The origin of oolong leaf tea name

Oolong leaf tea originated in fujian, has been 1000 years of history. The formation and development of oolong leaf tea should trace back to beiyuan tea. There are many legends oolong tea name sources. In this article, I'll introduce the origin of oolong leaf tea name to you.

There are four sources may be roughly: one for origin said. Secondly, tea tree breed and come; Three to come for inventor’s name; Four color in tea form.

The origin of oolong leaf tea name 1:

  Hundreds of years ago, Anxi Western Township, south village, there is a single called "dragon", planting tea and hunting for a living. Because of sun-scorched and rain-drenched, he had dark-skinned and people also called him "oolong"(Chinese means black dragon). One day, "oolong" plucking tea on the hill. When came home at noon, he wounded a mountain roe, and capture it near the "guanyin stone”. When back home, because a busy killing of mountain roe, "oolong" forgot making tea. The next morning, “oolong" found the tea already wilting, but some leaves turned red and emit bursts scent. "Oolong” began to making tea hurriedly, it's surprised that the tea is speck and sweet after brewing. “Oolong" think carefully, and finally realized the mystery: originally, tea in the basket, especially after running of turbulence, is the "shake”; After a night, it is "cool", so the tea was different. Later "oolong" trial and error, according to mystery, finally create a set of new technology. He passed villagers the technology, in order to thank him, villagers named this kind of tea “oolong leaf tea”. When Oolong died, villagers built temple statue in South Mountain to commemorate him.

The origin of oolong leaf tea name 2:

There is another story; a tea garden host gone to look his fast drying tea, found that there was a goal. He was scared, a few dare to come back to see genius. The tea oxidation under the sun, these days is no longer the former’s, but tasted delicious. So the owner called it oolong leaf tea from now on.

The origin of oolong leaf tea name 3:

In the anxi mountains, there was a hunter called Hu Liang, once approved in hunting wild tea trees, conveniently pick a handful of tea leaves in the basket to cover their prey. Home after a day of travel, he let go of things and ready to do dinner, suddenly smelled a smell, finding, only to find that coming from the basket. Turned out to be the tea, He used it to bubble water, after drinking, the sweet though the bottom of the throat.Hu conscience thanked: "it's a fairy tree! “He immediately ran to the mountain picked a large bunch of branches and leaves come back, but after brewing, but bitter difficult to swallow.Hu Liang think a long while, to realize truth, the last is tea tree branches In a bamboo basket bumps in the sun for the day. Tea flip, rubbed in the basket, and just take off is not the same as the green leaf. Then, after continuous experiments, Hu Liang finally figured out to dry, knead a set of tea such as green, baking time. After tea technology spread, Hu Liang name is told, will he made tea known as the "Hu Langham", because of anxi dialect "Hu Liang" two words voice similar to "oolong", then they called it " oolong leaf tea ".

The origin of oolong leaf tea name 4:

The origin of the name of oolong tea, because this kind of black tea is like a raven feathers, the appearance of leaf shape is like a dragon, so its name.

Other:

oolong leaf tea name should actually come from the morphology of the tea, frying, roasting and processing, and black color, line like fish (compared to the dragon).In the water bubble, leaf roll like a song, color and luster is black, like oolong into the water. Whether by name or by tea varieties of oolong leaf tea and said, as long as the method of the same, are known as oolong leaf tea, including oolong varieties and other famous varieties, such as tieguanyin, dahongpao, etc.

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