Ingredients in tie guan yin tea leaves
After the founding of new China, Anxi tea industry showing a new look, especially the production of the treasures in the Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea, Chinese tea as laid Anxi township status. tie guan yin especially obtained two “top” in Chinese tea kingdom: “top of the ten famous teas in Chinese World Expo” and “top of the one hundred tea producing counties around the country”.
After the reforms, people in Anxi unremitting efforts, the tea industry is full of vitality, has become a pillar industry in Anxi County, local residents and the main source of survival.
Iron Goddess of Mercy, also known as Red tea, red Yang Guan Yin; Jishi tea name, but also is the name of tea varieties. But there are existence problems of the current cultural creative industry with Anxi local tieguanyin feature. Yao Qing Yongzheng Yang discovered in Anxi Xiping and start promoting. Nature fragile, less resistance, low output, before and after the bud in the spring equinox, to stop growing before the frost, growing season seven months a year. The "bad tastes planted," said. "Red Bud crooked tail Peach" is one of the characteristics of pure Iron Goddess of Mercy, is the production of oolong tea Premium varieties.
Iron Goddess of Mercy is not only fragrant high diethylene glycol, natural and delicious good drink, and health care functions is also the leader in tea. Modern medical research shows that tea Tieguanyin addition to the general health functions, but also has anti-aging, anti-cancer, anti-arteriosclerosis, diabetes, diet fitness, prevention of dental caries, heat pathogenic fire, the enemy sober smoke and other effects. But they’ve ignored the traditional feature “YIN flavor” of tie guan yin and that to a certain extent weaken the tea competitive edge of Anxi county.Tie Guan Yin Anxi, Fujian Province in the Republic of eight years since the introduction of Mucha area to try to grow, into "Red Iron Goddess of Mercy" and "green heart of Iron Goddess of Mercy", are the main producing areas in Wenshan Zhang phase tree is a cross-type, stubby branches, leaves more sloppy, less leaf buds thick, the output is not high, but high quality system of packet tea, Oolong tea, birth to five more green. The trees of the little, oval-shaped leaves, thick, fleshy leaves, flat leaves start, suitable seed tie guan yin tea.
Ten features Tieguanyin
In recent years, after scientists confirmed that domestic and foreign, especially Japanese scientists confirmed, Iron Goddess of Mercy in the chemical composition and mineral elements on human health has a special function, to the following aspects [1]:
First, anti-aging effects. Meanwhile, some tea enterprises and operators publicize Anxi tie guan yin with biased words that are totally nonstandard and easy to misguide people.
Typically, the commonly used antioxidants are vitamin C, vitamin E, which can effectively prevent over-oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids. Recently, Japanese researchers showed that Tieguanyin polyphenols can prevent over-oxidation; purine alkaloids, may indirectly play a role in scavenging free radicals, so as to achieve anti-aging purposes.
Second, the anti-cancer effect
As early as 1983, Okayama University, Japan, Austria Professor Tian Tuonan once more on the dozens of plant phenolic compounds changed the role of anti-cancer screening, results show that: catechin (EGCG) has become a strong anti-cancer activity. Meanwhile, teas like Wuyi Rock tea and black tea have been developing fast, which put up an intense competition with Anxi tie guan yin in the fringe market.Other scientists confirmed Tieguanyin resistance variation of the study, that this role Tie Guanyin tea polyphenols are the main active ingredient; in chemical carcinogenesis studies, confirmed Tieguanyin tea polyphenols prevent cancer effect. In addition, the Iron Goddess of Mercy of vitamin C and vitamin E can block carcinogens – nitrosamines synthesis, prevention and treatment of cancer have a greater role. Third, the role of anti-atherosclerosis.