In the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian designated Zhuxi Meiziya tea as a tribute, hence the name "Meizigong" and earned Zhuxi County the reputation of "the hometown of tribute tea". Over the years, Mei Zigong Company has adhered to the road of developing tea through science and technology relying on Hua Agricultural University, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences and others. It has developed more than 50 products in three series of "Mei Zigong" green tea, oolong tea and tea food. Among them, oolong tea has been awarded the provincial science and technology award. The department recognized it as a major scientific and technological achievement of the province. The products have passed organic tea certification, ISO9001 international quality system certification, QS certification and C standard certification. Hubei Province Famous Trademark, Hubei Province Famous Brand Products and Hubei Province Consumer Satisfaction Products and other honors.
In August 2009, the organic tea food project with a total investment of 35 million yuan was officially completed and put into production; in April 2010, the organic tea ultrafine powder development project with a total investment of 33 million yuan was officially launched. It is expected to be launched by the end of August 2010 Officially put into production.
Company headquarters: Zhuxi County Industrial Park
Company tea garden address: Shuangzhuyuan, Huiwan Township, Zhuxi County. According to historical records, plum tribute tea originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and became famous in its prosperity. Tang. It is said that when King Li Xian of Luling was demoted, he passed by Meizi Valley in Zhuxi during the scorching heat. He contracted an illness and fainted there. At that time, people picked plum tribute tea, boiled it and drank it, and he recovered after drinking it. Li Xianzhu brought plum tea as a tribute to Wu Zetian. After tasting it, Emperor Wu praised it greatly and designated it as a tribute. Hence the name "Plum Gong" and spread throughout the world. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty designated plum tribute tea as a tribute and ordered local officials to pay tribute every year.
“The water of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, the plum tea of ??Chu” has been highly praised by people throughout the ages for plum tribute tea. Meizi Gong Tea Co., Ltd. was formerly known as Meiziya Tea Farm in Zhuxi County and was founded in 1969. Meiziya is a large mountain located about six kilometers southwest of the Huiwan Township Government. The top of the mountain is more than 1,200 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by undulating mountains, lush vegetation, sparsely populated, and very fresh air.
On March 27, 2005, as the auctioneer lifted the hammer, the original Meiziya Tea Farm in Huiwan Township was bought out by Ye Yan, the original director of the tea farm, at an auction price of 4.06 million yuan. Collective enterprises were transformed into private enterprises, realizing a change in the system.
After the establishment of Mei Zigong Tea Co., Ltd., it spent more than 5 million yuan to purchase tea processing and quality testing equipment, and invited Professor Ni Dejiang, a tea doctor from Huanong University, to teach tea making technology and production technology, which improved the overall quality. Tea processing level and enterprise production capacity. Since its establishment, Liu Zusheng, a doctoral tutor in tea science at Zhejiang Agricultural University, Liang Yuerong, a professor at the China Tea Research Institute, and Ni Dejiang, a tea doctor from Huazhong Agricultural University, have been invited to give personal guidance and teach processing techniques. The ancient plum tribute tea has regained its youthful vitality.
In June 2007, the sub-topic "Research and Application of Mei Zigong Organic Oolong Tea Production Technology" of the "Comprehensive Development and Utilization of Tea Resources" jointly conducted by the company and the Shiyan Academy of Agricultural Sciences was a success and ended Hubei has a history of only producing green tea, breaking through the restricted area that does not produce oolong tea north of 31 degrees north latitude. According to experimental calculations, each mu of high-yield tea garden can harvest 500 kilograms of fresh oolong tea leaves per year without affecting green tea production, which can increase income by more than 1,000 yuan, and the benefits are very considerable.
In 2008, the company built four new oolong tea workshops in Shuangzhuyuan and Qinglongzhai, Xianhe Tea Farm, and Tianbao Zhangjiashan Tea Farm in Huiwan Township, Zhuxi County. All 55 tons of organic oolong tea produced that year were sold out. .
On March 18, 2009, the company's headquarters moved from Shuangzhuyuan, Huiwan Township to Zhuxi County Industrial Park. With Meiziya as the core base and the new headquarters of the County Industrial Park as the external window.
On the morning of August 20, 2010, the production line of tea micron powder and tea polyphenols of Zhuxi County Meizigong Tea Co., Ltd. was put into operation. This is the first production line in Hubei Province and the third in my country. The project was developed under a contract between Meizigong Company and Shanghai Laonike Stone Company of Japan, with a total investment of 26 million yuan. It can produce 250 tons of tea micron powder and tea polyphenols per year, with an added output value of 150 million yuan.