Hello everyone, welcome to Taste Tea Podcast. I'm your host, Tali. Nice to meet you here again! In this episode, together we will be learning more about the black tea varieties and their growing regions. I will also share with you some of my recent updates in life. So let's start this tea journey right now!  For more information, please visit the show notes at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CfhXmHdLZkiyJA9qREaEPNaveUVEPvDkdPIRdPt-ANw/edit

Many of you may have heard that Shanghai lockdown has been eased that many people can go out and take public transportations. However, has the lockdown really been lifted? Poem mentioned in the episode is “If” by Rudyard Kipling. And “Memorial to Yueyang Tower” by Fan Zhongyan from Song Dynasty.

May 21st is observed for the International Tea Day by United Nations. To all my listeners, happy tasting tea and happy enjoying the weekend. Reference link: https://www.un.org/en/observances/tea-day

Since March 18th when the compound was under lockdown, I finally walked outside of the compound on May the 4th. But today we are told no one is allowed to leave the compound again. I asked myself: when will this lockdown end? It seems that this question is not that important anymore. People always tell themselves a lot of impossibles, but keep breaking these impossibles. So just as a quote says: “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’.” Instagram@taste_tea_taste_life Email: [email protected]

哈咯，大家好。我是Tali，欢迎来到Taste Tea Podcast。上一期我们谈了绿茶、黄茶和白茶的产地。Taste Tea Podcast又刚好收到一位来自德国的听友提出的问题。这位听友说，他喜欢喝乌龙茶，并希望可以得到一些乌龙茶的推荐。那么我听到这个问题非常地激动。于是就根据产地，分享了4款乌龙茶给这位听友。这一期的分享也会将我给这位听友的答案进行延展，介绍乌龙茶的产地和其特色的品种。话不多说，那么我们就开始本次的品茶之旅吧。 根据产地，乌龙茶可以分为闽北乌龙、闽南乌龙、广东乌龙和台湾乌龙。其中福建乌龙的产量最大。下面会根据这个顺序而依次介绍。 更多信息，请参考以下链接。 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tfJwvFAYxfGMWSNx-JUBmw4iDbtMqqZ-R78wiSk2UcQ/edit?usp=sharing 如果你有任何问题，想法或者建议，欢迎你来联系我。我的联系方式如下。 Instagram@taste_tea_taste_life Email: [email protected]

Welcome to Taste Tea. Previously, we talked about the growing regions of Green tea, yellow tea and white tea. Just in time, Taste Tea Podcast received a question from a listener from Germany. This listener shared that he likes oolong tea and hopes to get some recommendations about oolong teas. When I heard this question, I was very excited, so I shared 4 types of oolong teas with him. In this episode, I will elaborate on the answer I had for this listener and introduce the growing areas of oolong tea and its distinctive tea varieties. Without further ado, let’s start this journey of tea tasting. According to the growing origins, oolong teas can be divided into: Northern Fujian oolong (闽北乌龙茶), Southern Fujian oolong (闽南乌龙茶), Guangdong oolong (广东乌龙茶) and Taiwan oolong (台湾乌龙茶), of these, oolong tea from Fujian has the largest production.  For more detailed information, please refer to the shared notes below:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tfJwvFAYxfGMWSNx-JUBmw4iDbtMqqZ-R78wiSk2UcQ/edit?usp=sharing  Reference links:  Northern Fujian oolong:  https://www.puretaiwantea.com/china-wuyi-narcissus-oolong-tea  https://www.teavivre.com/info/four-famous-firs-of-wuyi.html  Southern Fujian Oolong:  https://www.puercn.com/wulongcha/zhishi/159429.html  https://www.puer10000.com/chalei/123596.html  Guangdong Oolong:  https://www.163.com/dy/article/GLKD5N1J0552HOHQ.html  https://serenetea-cha.com/blogs/news/what-is-phoenix-dan-cong-oolong-tea  Taiwan Oolong:  https://www.puercn.com/zhishi/44163/  Instagram@taste_tea_taste_life  Email: [email protected]

My recent updates and one question for my listeners. When the thing you are going through is over, what is that one thing you want to do the most? I also want to know your answer. You are welcomed to tell me about it. Instagram@taste_tea_taste_life Email: [email protected]

In this episode, I will be sharing the Shanghai lockdown in my eyes and my recent updates in life. Thank you for listening. If you have any feedback and questions, you are welcome to contact me. Instagram@taste_tea_taste_life Email: [email protected]

中国茶及它们的产区： 绿茶：绿茶的产地很广泛，在贵州，河南，江苏，江西，四川，浙江，陕西，湖北，湖南，广西，福建等地都有生产。下面就给大家简单介绍三款有名的中国绿茶及其产地。 龙井茶：龙井茶在浙江省广泛种植，主要有西湖、钱塘、越州三个产地，但还是以西湖龙井的品质最佳。据杭州市西湖区龙井茶产业协会介绍，除了西湖产区规定的168平方公里的茶叶叫作西湖龙井外，其它两地产的俗称为浙江龙井茶，或者钱塘龙井和越州龙井。 信阳毛尖：主要产地在河南省信阳市。 碧螺春：产于江苏省苏州市吴中区东洞庭山及西洞庭山，因此又称洞庭碧螺春。 黄茶：黄茶的六大主要产地为湖南、湖北、四川、安徽、浙江和广东省。其中湖南被称为“中国黄茶之乡”。有名的黄茶有，产于中国湖南洞庭湖中君山岛的君山银针、产于四川省雅安市蒙顶山的蒙顶黄芽，还有产于安徽省霍山县的霍山黄芽。 白茶：关于白茶有流传着这样一句话，“世界的白茶在中国，中国的白茶在福建。”，是的，中国白茶主要产在福建省的福鼎、政和、建阳、松溪等县，台湾也有生产少量的白茶。有名的白茶如福鼎的白毫银针、建阳的白牡丹和贡眉。 我喜欢品白茶，一直希望去福鼎看看，所以就在2020年的时候，去到了这个地方，也将品过后买下的白茶茶饼寄给我的家人、朋友和同事一起赏味。福鼎并不是一个繁华的城市，而是一个小镇，民风淳朴。没有大城市人的复杂，可以感受到人和人之间单纯而善良的交集。 好的，那么今天的品茶就到这里咯。还是如以往一样，和大家更新一下我生活的近况。今天公司发了物资，满满的一大袋，沉在手上，暖在心里，很感谢公司，也非常感谢上天让我遇到了好老板，学习到很多，只是觉得自己应该更加努力。网上的新闻漫天飞舞，自己的身体被锁在小区，但是思绪和心已经飞到了很多地方。不知道听到这一期提及了这么多地方的你，有没有也和我一样，想去看看美丽的茶田，呼吸呼吸大自然新鲜的空气了呢？那就开始安排起来吧，等到哪天时机到了，就可以来一场说走就走的旅行。想一想都觉得这是一件多么幸福又令人感到激动的事！笔记里也有这篇文章的参考文书，如果对这个话题有兴趣，也可以点击查看。期待我们下次品茶品生活咯。我们下次再见。IG@teatasteslife 参考文书： http://www.xhlj.org/newsitem/277197065 https://www.puercn.com/huangcha/zhishi/159960.html https://www.puercn.com/baicha/bccs/163688.html

This episode will introduce the famous tea varieties and their growing regions in Green tea, Yellow tea and White tea. Without further ado, let’s get into it! Green tea: There are many regions growing and producing Green tea including Zhejiang, Guizhou, Henan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, etc. The following is a brief introduction to the three types of famous green teas in China and their growing origins. Longjing Tea/ Dragon Well tea (龙井茶): It is widely cultivated in Zhejiang province, and mainly has three growing areas, West Lake, Qiantang and Yuezhou, but the tea grows and processes in West Lake area still has the highest quality of all. According to the record from Hangzhou Xihu Longjing Tea Industry Association, except for the tea cultivated within the 168 square kilometers of West Lake production area that can be called West Lake Longjing; the tea growing in other two areas, Qiangtang and Yuezhou, are commonly known as Zhejiang Longjing tea or Qiantang Longjing and Yuezhou Longjing. Other two well-known green teas are, Xinyang Maojian (信阳毛尖), mainly produced in Xinyang city of Henan province, and Biluochun (碧螺春), mainly produced in East Dongting Mountain and West Dongting Mountain in Wuzhong District, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, so it is also called Dongting Biluochun (洞庭碧螺春). Yellow tea: The six major producing areas of Yellow tea are Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Anhui, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces. Among them, Hunan province is known as the "Hometown of Yellow Tea in China". Famous yellow teas include Junshan Silver Needle (君山银针) from Junshan Island at Dongting Lake, Hunan Province, Mengding Huangya (蒙顶黄芽) from Mengding Mountain in Ya'an City of Sichuan Province, and Huoshan Huangya (霍山黄芽) from Huoshan County of Anhui Province. White tea: There is a saying: “World's white tea is in China, and China's white tea is in Fujian.” Yes, Chinese white tea is mainly cultivated in Fuding, Zhenghe, Jianyang, Songxi and other counties in Fujian Province; Taiwan also produces some white tea locally. Some famous white tea varieties are Baihao Yinzhen aka White Hair Silver Needle (白毫银针) from Fuding, and White Peony (白牡丹) and Gongmei (贡眉) from Jianyang. I love tasting white teas and have always wanted to visit Fuding, so, in 2020, I went to this place. After trying several teas, I picked one and mailed the white tea cakes to my family, friends and coworkers to taste it together. Fuding is not a busy city, rather a small town. Not as sophisticated as the people living in the big cities, you could feel the simple and kind connection among the local people. After hearing all these places mentioned in this episode, do you also feel like to go to a tea field and breath some fresh air? Then start planning for the trip, and when the time has come, you are ready to go. It is such a lovely and exciting thing just by having the thought of it. There are also reference links in the show notes for you to take a look if you would like to learn more about this topic. Looking forward to the next we when we are tasting tea and tasting life together. See ya next time. IG@teatasteslife Reference: http://www.xhlj.org/newsitem/277197065 https://www.puercn.com/huangcha/zhishi/159960.html https://www.puercn.com/baicha/bccs/163688.html