Dahongpao is a kind of oolong tea. In China, there are black tea, green tea and green tea. The representative category of green tea is oolong tea, which is different from Wuyi Rock Tea and Anxi Tieguanyin. Dahongpao is the representative work of Wuyi Rock Tea. Tea growing in Wuyishan vein has a unique landscape atmosphere, and the special soil quality of cracks in rocks and ravines gives Dahongpao a tough and mellow quality.

The quality characteristics of Dahongpao are: compact appearance, fresh green and brown color, bright orange-yellow soup color after brewing, red and green leaves, and typical leaves have the aesthetic feeling of green leaves and red edges. The most prominent feature of Dahongpao's quality is its rich fragrance with orchid fragrance, high and lasting fragrance and obvious "rock rhyme". Dahongpao is very resistant to foam, and it still smells after being soaked for seven or eight times.

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1385, in the eighteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Ding Xian went to Beijing to take the exam. When passing Wuyi Mountain, he suddenly fell ill and his abdominal pain was unbearable. He happened to meet a monk in Tianxin Yongle Temple. The monk took his tea and drank it with him. The disease stopped.

I came to thank the monk and ask about the origin of tea. When he learned that, he took off his Dahongpao and circled the tea bushes three times, hence the name "Dahongpao". The champion took Dahongpao out of the tin can and brought it back to Beijing.

When the champion returned to Korea, it happened that the queen was ill, and all the doctors failed, so they took out the pot of tea and presented it. After drinking, the queen was healthy and the emperor was overjoyed. He gave the champion a red robe, ordered him to go to Kowloon Pavilion in person, put it on a tea tree to show his long kindness, and sent someone to look after it. All the tea leaves have been collected and paid tribute, so he is not allowed to hide them.

Since then, Wuyi Rock Tea Dahongpao has become the exclusive tribute tea of the royal family, and the reputation of Dahongpao has spread all over the world. Legend has it that every year, officials sent by the imperial court put on Dahongpao, took off their robes and hung them on tribute tea trees, so they were called Dahongpao.