Meitan county is located on the subtropical Guizhou Plateau which lies south of the Yangtze River. The steep terrain that bounds the plateau is marked by massive craggy limestone boulders cut by fast-moving streams.
Tea is planted in the northern part of the plateau, about 70 kilometers from Zunyi (known as Guizhou’s tea city). Meitan county is 65% covered by a forest of conifers with oak and
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What a complex and fascinating tea. Very interested to know this green tea is oxidized for a few hours in the shade. I assume this would be considered withering?
Meitan Cuiya tea has 43 kinds of volatile compounds, among them, the predominant compounts were alcohols, esters, aldehydes, ketones, hydrocarbons and others, of which the major ones were ethanal (2.444%), methyl sulfide (5.264%), linalool (5.106%), trans-Geraniol (2.587%), dihydroactinidiolide (2.364%), hexadecane (3.605%) and caffeine (26.348%), according to researchers who completed a chemical analysis. Note the high percentage of caffeine.
A lovely tea story,
and very interesting desrciption of the Guizhou tea area;
would you let us have details about the local cultivars?
names, numbers , characteristics ? thank you !
Hi, I’m Sia from China Tea Marketing Association. you can contact with me by email yyj2188238@163.com, i can send you some informations about the Meitan tea companies. Do you want to buy some Chinese tea?
I would love to try this one now and get to know more about the region. Its history, processing and terroirs. I am CEO of Agência Porthia, Public Relations in Brazil, journalist and Tea Somellier.
Would you ship to Brazil? Thank you, gratitude Wei Peng.