Shui Jin Gui is a
Wuyi oolong tea
Oolong (, ; (''wūlóngchá'', "dark dragon" tea)) is a traditional semi-oxidized Chinese tea (''Camellia sinensis)'' produced through a process including withering the plant under strong sun and oxidation before curling and twisting.Zhongguo ...
from
Mount Wuyi
The Wuyi Mountains or Wuyishan (; formerly known as Bohea Hills in early Western documents) are a mountain range located in the prefecture of Nanping, in northern Fujian province near the border with Jiangxi province, China. The highest peak in ...
,
Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...
, China. Its name literally means 'golden water turtle'. The tea produces a bright
green
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 Nanometre, nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by ...
color when steeped and is much
greener than most other Wuyi oolong teas. It is one of the ''
Si Da Ming Cong
Si Da Ming Cong () is a collective term referring to four famous Wuyi oolong tea bush varieties and the tea beverages made from them, namely:
* Da Hong Pao
Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe, 大紅袍) is a Wuyi rock tea grown in the Wuyi Mountains ...
'', the four famous
teas of Wuyi.
[''The Way of Tea'', Lam Kam Cheun, et al. (2002). Gaia Books. .]
References
Wuyi tea
Oolong tea
Chinese teas
Chinese tea grown in Fujian
Cultivars of tea grown in China
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