Qimen black tea production areas, from a large range of three: Anhui Qimen, Anhui Chizhou, Jiangxi part of the region (formerly the old Huizhou area). Qimen County is the most central, but the quality of the county's regions is not consistent, but also divided into three main areas:

1, from the mouth of the dissolved straight up to the Houtan turn to Qixi Li mouth. In this area, to Guixi, Huangjialing, stone traces of the source for the attack of the best, the tea leaf bottom thick and thin moderate, taste mellow family Yuyi, color moist, fermentation time to 1 ? hours shall prevail. (Rikou is the founding place of Qihong, in 1915 won the Panama Gold Medal of Qihong is the Rikou with and Chang tea sent)

2, by the flash, Ruo pit to the mouth of the islet. In this area, to Ruo pit, flash, high pond, etc. is good, its tea leaves bottom thin, line good, taste color good, fermentation only 1 hour.

3, by the Tower Square until Qihong turned out of the inverted lake. This area is represented by Tangkengtou, Palm Lane, Luxi, Pour Lake, etc. Its tea leaves are thick, strong flavor, dark color, thick branches, fermentation must be more than 2 hours, and this kind of tea is generally good for making green tea.

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Qihong tea plantations around the tree forests, forming a natural shade; at the same time in the spring and summer seasons, rainy and cloudy, even if the sky is clear, but also often cloudy and foggy shrouded mountain tops, weakening the intensity of direct sunlight. On average, there are more than 50 sunny days per year, about 170 cloudy days, and 150 rainy and foggy days. Average annual sunshine hours 1861.6 hours, annual sunshine rate of 45%. This environment for Qihong aroma fragrance, leaf juice mellow and not bitter, flavor aroma and timeless characteristics of the formation of a certain foundation.

The soil is mainly weathered by the thousand rock, purple shale, etc., there are seven categories, namely, red soil, yellow soil, yellow-brown soil, limestone soil, purple soil, etc., which is suitable for tea planting of red soil, yellow soil, yellow-brown soil, limestone soil accounted for 86.7% of the total area. The soil is fertile, well-structured, with good air permeability, water permeability and water retention, rich in alumina and iron, and sufficient water. Soil acidity is moderate, PH is mostly between 5-6.