Pingyang Tanghuang Tea is a specialty of Pingyang County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The quality characteristics of Pingyang Tanghuang are: delicate strings, yellow-green color, orange soup color, clear aroma, fresh taste and even leaves at the bottom. Pingyang Tanghuang tea is a national product protected by geographical indications of agricultural products.
Pingyang Tanghuang, also known as Wenzhou Tanghuang, belongs to the small yellow tea in the six categories of yellow tea, which is as famous as Mengding Huangya and Huoshan Huangya. Originated in Pingyang, Taishun, Ruian and other places, Pingyang Beigang (South Yandang Mountain Area) has the best quality.
Pingyang Tanghuang was mined before the Qingming Festival, and the picking standard was tender and tender with one bud and one leaf and one bud and two leaves. Require the same size. The production of Pingyang Tanghuang is divided into five processes: fixing, rolling, punching, initial baking and punching. The general characteristics of Pingyang Tanghuang products are: yellow appearance and exposed white hair, commonly known as white heart and yellow leaves. The specific performance is: the appearance is delicate, compact, delicate and uniform, the color is yellow-green, the soup is apricot-clear, the taste is sweet and refreshing, the aroma is high and lasting, and the leaves are yellowish, bright and uniform.
Pingyang Tanghuang is a traditional famous tea in Zhejiang, which has won the favor of consumers with its "yellow leaves Tanghuang" and "strong but not astringent, strong and sweet". In 20 10, the "Pingyang tea processing technology" jointly developed by Lin Ping, Lu and Chen won the national invention patent.
20 14 "Pingyang Tanghuang Tea" declared by Pingyang Tea Industry Association passed the examination by the Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and organized expert review, and implemented the registration and protection of national geographical indications of agricultural products.
territorial scope
Pingyang Tanghuang tea farmers' geographical indications cover 42 villages in 8 towns, namely Shuitou Town, Aojiang Town, Shanmen Town, Tengjiao Town, Kunyang Town, wanquan town, Nanyan Town and Shunxi Town, with Ruian City in the north, Wencheng and Taishun counties in the west and Cangnan County in the south. Geographical coordinates are120 24' ~12108' east longitude and 27 21'~ 27 46' north latitude. The land area of the county is 105 1. 17 square kilometers, and the protected area is 97 1.5 square kilometers. In 20 12, the planting area is 20,000 mu and the output is 50 tons.
Product quality characteristics
(1) Sensory quality characteristics Pingyang Tanghuang tea is a famous product with local characteristics, excellent quality and unique flavor, which is made from fresh leaves or local species of high-quality Pingyang special morning tea. Dry tea is light yellow in color, fresh apricot in soup color, with high and lasting aroma, sweet and refreshing taste and tender and even leaves. Its typical characteristics: the soup color is apricot yellow and bright. (2) Physical and chemical quality index Pingyang Tanghuang tea's unique components are: dry tea moisture ≤6%, total ash ≤6.5%, broken tea ≤2%, crude fiber ≤ 14%, and water extract ≥38%. (III) Safety Requirements The quality and safety requirements of Pingyang Tanghuang tea shall be implemented according to GB2762 and GB2763.