Hsinchu County's 2022 Winter Oriental Beauty Tea (Puffing Tea) Excellent Tea Evaluation Competition results were announced today, and Yang Ruilong (middle), a tea farmer from Emei Township, was crowned this year's "Superior Tea King".

(Provided by Emei Township Farmers Association)

[Reporter Huang Meizhu/Hsinchu Report] The results of the 2022 Winter Oriental Beauty Tea (Puffing Tea) Excellent Tea Evaluation Competition in Hsinchu County have been announced, and Yang Ruilong (Yanglong Tea Shop), a tea farmer from Emei Township, has been crowned this year's "Superior Tea King" , and the Emei Tea Shop won the first and second honors respectively.

Chen Guanyi, director-general of the Emei Township Farmers' Association, said that the evaluation of East Tea started on the 14th. Last night, the last day of the final evaluation was held this morning. All tea farmers, tea drinkers, or other people who are concerned about this annual event will be able to learn about it at the first time, so as to understand the selection process of Dongfang Beauty Tea (Puffing Tea) in Hsinchu County in winter.

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He said that Beipu and Emei Townships in Hsinchu County are important producing areas of Oriental Beauty Tea (Puffing Tea). , In December, the "Winter Oriental Beauty Tea (Puffing Tea) Appraisal Competition" will be held by the two townships in turn.

Fan Wanzhao from the Agriculture Department of the County Government said that Oriental Beauty Tea (Puffing Tea) is an important specialty of Hsinchu County. Refined with traditional techniques to make high-grade pekoe oolong tea.

The leaves of the tea leaves are white, green, yellow, red, and brown in five colors, and the tea soup is amber in color, with a natural honey aroma and ripe fruit flavor.

In the future, the department will continue to invest funds to guide and organize the appraisal of Oriental Beauty Tea (Puffing Tea) high-quality tea, and will also set up tea making and roasting technology research, as well as training courses for high-quality tea beginners and intermediate tea evaluation committees, and promote high-quality tea. Evaluation and grading system.

Chen Guanyi said that the above-mentioned high-quality tea evaluation is based on "naked tea" (large package without canning) and tea samples are selected for evaluation, so as to strengthen the fairness and openness of the competition.

Scoring criteria include appearance (including shape and color), fragrance (aroma, taste), and water color. After the competition, they will be uniformly packaged according to grades. Each can of tea is marked with QR Code to indicate the producer, tea variety and other information, providing consumers with complete information. Purchase information.

This evaluation is divided into preliminary review and re-review. The preliminary review is handled by the tea evaluation committee members of the Hsinchu County Preliminary Review Team, and the re-review is handed over to experts from the tea improvement field of the Council of Agriculture.

This time, a total of 500 points participated in the evaluation, with a total weight of about 5687 catties and 8 taels. All the samples passed the drug test. A total of 25 participants, 20 second prizes, 11 first prizes, 6 first prizes and special prizes were selected. 1.

Lin Jinchi, the judge and director of the tea improvement field, said that due to the impact of the climate this year, the total production of winter tea has decreased compared with the past, but the tea leaves are salivated by the little green leafhoppers, so the overall quality is actually very good.

In Hsinchu County's 2022 Winter Oriental Beauty Tea (Puffing Tea) Excellent Tea Evaluation, the tea from Emei Township tea farmer Yang Ruilong (Yanglong Tea Shop) won the "Special Prize".

(Provided by Emei Township Farmers Association)