Wu Yi Shan "Huang Qi" Rock Oolong Tea * Spring 2018

This variety was developed by the Institute of Tea Research, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences from 1972 to 1993, and was selected from the natural hybrids of Huang Yan 黄棪 (aka Huang Jin Gui) and Bai Qi Lan 白奇兰. In 1994, the Fujian Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee approved the provincial variety. Due to the early emergence of buds and the more prominent aromas. The plants are taller, the tree posture is half open, and the leaves are horizontal. Leaves oval, green leaves, rich luster, micro-uplift leaves, leaf edge is serrated, flat leaf, tip acuminate, leaf teeth more blunt and shallow thin, thick and crisp leaf quality. Yellow, green shoots, less hair, a bud of three-leaf hundred bud weight 65.0g. Corolla diameter 4.4cm, petals 6-7 petals, ovary with few hairs, styles 3-lobed. The buds have strong fertility, dense germination, and strong tenderness. One sample of two buds of spring tea contains about 3.5% amino acids, 32.8% of tea polyphenols, 18.4% of catechins, and 5