Baojing Golden Tea is a geographical indication certification trademark. Baojing Golden Tea is an agricultural product with geographical indications.

Baojing Golden Tea is a sexual group variety formed through long-term natural selection. It belongs to group inheritance and has complex genetic genes. It has a variety of genotypes and phenotypes, and there are many specific and excellent ones. The amino acid content of a single plant is more than twice that of other green teas, and the water extract is close to 50%. The processed tea products have the quality characteristics of "fragrant, green, refreshing, and strong". According to research by Mr. He Shihua, vice president of the Pu'er Tea Culture Research Association, the ancient golden tea tree located in Huanghuangqiao is a tree-type large-leaf variety and has certain genetic similarities with the Jinggu broad-leaf magnolia 35 million years ago. Kinship. Golden tea is a rare tea tree variety with distinctive characteristics.

Tea characteristics

"Baojing Golden Tea" is an ancient and rare local tea tree variety resource in Baojing County, western Hunan. According to the records of Baojing County Chronicle, during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, a certain Daotai inspected the six capitals of Baojing and passed by the Liangcha River. After tasting the tea there, he was quite impressed. He was rewarded with one tael of gold as a tribute. Later generations named the tea "Golden Tea" and the place was renamed Huangjinzhai. There are still large tea trees there that are more than 200 years old. "Xiangxi Golden Tea" has the quality characteristics of "high amino acid, high tea polyphenols, high water extract" and "fragrant, green, refreshing and strong". It is known as the best tea in China (the world), "one tael of gold" The advertisement "One Liang of Tea" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The amino acid content of early spring tea is as high as 7, which is more than twice that of green tea in the same period, and the content of tea polyphenols is as high as 20. The produced product has a mellow taste, strong but not bitter, is resistant to brewing, and has a sales success rate of 90%.

Tea Story

According to the "Records of Jiajing Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty": In the fourth lunar month of the 18th year of Jiajing's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1545), Lu Jie, the imperial censor of Huguang and Guizhou, called the police Xuanweisi (now Qianling Town, Baojing County) took the road to Zhenxi (now Jishou City) to inspect the military defense. Passing by Lu Banner (now Hulu Town, Baojing County) in the Baojing area, there were more than a hundred people in the deep mountains, ravines and dense forests. Many people were infected with the miasma and had to walk to Liangchahe Miao Village with difficulty. Those infected with the miasma could no longer walk. The Miao people went to the old lady of the family to make soup from the century-old tea leaves in front of their house and gave it to the civil and military people who were infected with the miasma. Half an hour after drinking the tea, the miasma immediately healed. Lu Jie was very happy and thanked the old lady Xiang on the spot with a piece of gold (gold bar). He also reported the tea as a tribute to the emperor of the dynasty. From this moment on, the tea has a distinguished value in the market of "one tael of gold and one tael of tea". An unnamed tea tree that naturally grows in the mountains of the Miao family has the name "Golden Tea". The Miao village is also called the "Golden Village" because of the tea. The "Baojing County Chronicle" of the Qing Dynasty also records: During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, a certain Daotai inspected the six counties of Baojing and passed by the Liangcha River. After tasting the tea from the place, he was quite impressed. He was rewarded with one tael of gold as a tribute. There are still large tea trees that have been growing for hundreds of years in the village.

Regional Scope

The geographical scope of Baojing Golden Tea Geographical Indication is based on the "Reply on Determining the Regional Scope of Baojing Golden Tea Agricultural Products Geographical Indication" by the Agricultural Bureau of Baojing County, Hunan Province (Baonong The scope proposed by Ban [2008] No. 61) shall prevail. Namely: the administrative areas currently under the jurisdiction of three towns including Hulu Town, Bangsha Township, and Shuitianhe Town in Baojing County, Hunan Province, with east longitude 109°12'-109°33', north latitude 28°24'-28°36', and an altitude of 330 m - 1272 meters, it borders Yangchao Township and Morong Town of Guzhang County to the east, Aizhai Town, Majingao Town and Jilue Township of Jishou City to the south, and Changle Township, Dongmaku Township and Pailiu Township of Huayuan County to the west. , adjacent to Tucha Township and - Township to the north. The Baojing golden tea production area in the region is 2,100 hectares, with an annual output of 86 tons.