六堡茶Liu Pao Tea

Liu Bao Tea is from Guangxi province, south west of China. In Qing dynasty, Liu Boa Tea was listed as one of the famous tea during years of JiaQing emperor. Named under the original  producing town Guangxi Wuzhou Liubao village.

Liu Bao Tea is a famous tea in the history. It's production history can be traced back to one thousand five hundred years ago. It is categorized as "Dark Tea" in China and become an outstanding fermented tea product of Guangxi.

Tea area is local in the mountain or canyon, vertical and horizontal streams, beautiful, sunshine short, year-round misty, fertile soil, very suitable for tea growing. Liu Bao tea leaf picking a bud and two, the beginning of the system by sharing green, low-temperature fixing, rolling, and steep heap, dry made. Replication process, including screening shaping, pick stems pick films, fight heap, cold fermentation, drying, steaming on, step baskets, and cool set aging.

 

The finished product of Liu Pao Tea has various kinds of package styles such as wicker basket packing of different specifications, For Guangxi is center of some minority nationality in China, the package of Liu Bao tea are very intereting, such as bamboo basket, cloth basket and so on.It is with higher values and appreciation of the value of collections.

Liu Pao Tea, is natural, healthy and good-tasty and it has been generally accepted by consumers. It contains higher lipase content than other kinds of tea in addition to various kinds of essential amino acid, vitamin and micro element. It has a good many healthcare functions as follows:

1. lowering blood pressure and preventing arteriosclerosis;

2. healthcare and slimming;

3. clearing the internal heat;

4. refreshing the mind and relieving the fatigue;

5. digesting and reducing the fat;

6. protection of radiation and cancer.

Liu Bao tea has similar benefits as Puer tea, such as losting-weight, lower blood-fat and chelostria. Moreover, Liu bao tea are all oxidized tea, there is no any side effects to our stomach.  

 

It is ideal to serve Liu Bao with boiling water of about 95 to 100 degree C. The quantity of tea to be placed for brewing should be decided by the size of the tea pot used, in general, 1:50 is most adopted. Pour boiling water into the tea pot and brew for 3-5 minutes then the tea is ready for taste. It is recommended to wash the tea for 2 times with boiling water before brewing.

 

六堡茶是指原产于广西苍梧县六堡乡的黑茶。采摘一芽二三叶,经摊青、低温杀青、揉捻、沤堆、干燥制成。分特级、一至六级。有特殊的槟榔香气,存放越久品质越佳。

 

 在《六堡茶》标准中对六堡茶有明确定义,这就是六堡茶”( Liu Pao Tea)是用茶树( Camellia sinensis L.O.Kunts)新芽、嫩叶和嫩茎,采用六堡茶初制(杀青、初揉、渥堆、复揉、干燥)和六堡茶精制(筛、风、拣、拼配、初蒸渥堆、复蒸压笠、陈化)的传统工艺,制成具有六堡香品质特征的黑茶。

 

产地情况:

苍梧县的六堡乡位于北回归线北侧,峰峦耸立,海拔10001500米,坡度较大。茶叶多种植在山腰或峡谷,林区溪流纵横,山清水秀,日照短,终年云雾缭绕。

六堡茶的产地现有到苍梧、贺县、横县、恭城、贵县、三江、河池、柳城等二十余县。在六堡茶区范围内,有恭村茶、黑石村茶、罗笛村茶、离涌村茶、蚕村茶等,在历史上最为有名的是恭州村及黑石村的茶叶最好,仅横县,岭溪所产茶叶,品质和制法与

六堡茶相近,亦统称为六堡茶。

历史沿革

 六堡茶远在唐代已有生产,因产于六堡镇而得名,至今已有1500多年历史。成品茶有粗茶、散茶、末茶和饼茶四大茶类,招引着四面八方的茶贩、茶商。据专家考证,六堡茶兴于唐朝,始盛于宋朝,繁荣于清朝,明清年间更被列为贡茶。

清代嘉庆年间(17961820),六堡茶就以其特殊的槟榔香味而入选中国名茶之列。产品远销香港、澳门、日本及东南亚等地,是广西传统的出口产品之一。

 

品质特点:

六堡茶属黑茶类,是一种后发酵茶, 六堡茶素以红、浓、醇、陈的品质特点著称,其外形茶条壮重,色泽黑褐光润,间有黄花点,汤色红浓明亮,如琥珀色,滋味甘醇,爽口,香气陈纯,带有独特的槟榔香味。

六堡茶耐于久藏,越陈越好,久藏的茶叶有发金花(一种有益于人体的金色菌类孢子),即生有金黄霉菌的最受欢迎。因金黄霉菌能分泌多种霉,使茶叶物质加速转化,形成芬芳香味,有消暑祛湿、明目清心、助消化,暖胃提神之功效,保健功能极佳,被视为养生保健的珍品。

采制技术

旧时茶商收购六堡茶分为细茶、元度、粗茶、行茶四个级,收后炊蒸在箩就运走。

现在国家规定:六堡茶毛茶分为123456(级外)、7级(粗茶),每级又分为上、中、下三个等级

现在六堡茶的初制工艺为:杀青~揉捻~沤堆~复揉~干燥。鲜叶原料多为l34叶,白天采,晚上制;六堡茶的复制工艺为:过筛整形~拣梗拣片~拼堆~冷发酵~烘干~上蒸~踩篓~凉置陈化。

六堡茶的品质要陈,凉置陈化,是制作过程中的重要环节,不可或缺。一般以篓装堆,贮于阴凉的泥土库房,至来年运销,夏蒸加工后的成品六堡茶,必须经散发水分,降低叶温后,踩篓堆放在阴凉湿润的地方进行陈化,经过半年左右,汤色变得更红浓,滋味有清凉爽口感,且产生陈味,形成六堡茶红、浓、醇、陈的品质特点

六堡茶采用传统的竹篓包装,有利于茶叶贮存时内含物质继续转化,使滋味变醇、汤色加深、陈香显露。用六堡散茶蒸制、压模,可制成六堡饼茶六堡砖茶六堡沱茶等,

 

保健功效:

六堡茶属于温性茶,除了具有其它茶类所共有的保健作用外,更具有消暑祛湿、明目清心、帮助消化的功效。既可饱食之后饮之助消化,亦可以空腹饮之清肠胃。在闷热的天气里,饮用六堡茶清凉祛暑、倍感舒畅。

六堡茶除含有人体必需的多种氨基酸、维生素和微量元素外,所含脂肪分解酵素高于其它茶类,故六堡茶具有更强的分解油腻、降低人体类脂肪化合物、胆固醇、三酸甘油脂的功效,长期饮用可以健胃养神、减肥健身。

六堡茶功效:1 降血压、防止动脉硬化。2 保健、减肥、延年益寿。3 去湿热、防癌、防病。4 提神醒脑、消除疲劳。5 去油腻、助消化、醒酒。