[GI Product] Anhua Dark Tea

Place of Origin: The protection area of Anhua dark tea includes the 32 townships currently under the jurisdiction of Yiyang City, Hunan Province

(2010) No. 29

6006528

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More Details about Place of Origin

The protection area of Anhua dark tea includes the 32 townships currently under the jurisdiction of Yiyang City, Hunan Province: Qingtangpu Town, Meicheng Town, Le'an Town, Xianxi Town, Changtang Town, Dafu Town, Yangjiaotang Town, Lengshi Town, Longtang Town, Xiaoyan Town, Taoxi Town, Jiangnan Town, Tianzhuang Township, Dongping Town, Zhexi Town, Ma Lu Town, Kuixi Town, Yanxi Town, Pingkou Town, Qujiang Town, Nanjin Township, and Gulou Township in Anhua County, Taohuajiang Town, Shiniujiang Town, Fuqiushan Township, Lulangdu Town, Daligang Town, and Majitang Town in Taojiang County, Xinshidu Town, Nijiangkou Town, and Cangshuipu Town in Heshan District Town, Xinqiaohe Town in Ziyang District, Hunan Province.

 
Brief Introduction of GI

Anhua is the hometown of Chinese dark tea, the origin and exclusive producer of many products in the Chinese dark tea family, with a long history of tea production and a profound tea culture. The unique geographical environment, special tea varieties, and complex processing techniques have given Anhua dark tea remarkable health benefits and excellent quality, making it a mysterious tea on the ancient Silk Road and a healthy, civilized, and wise drink for modern people.

The product series of Anhua dark tea is rich. They include: Anhua Qianliang tea, Tianjian tea, Gongjian tea, Shengjian tea, Heizhuan tea, Huazhuan tea, Fu tea .

Anhua dark tea quality characteristics: the appearance of black or black brown, soup color orange or orange red bright, pure aroma or with unique pine smoke, mellow or mellow taste, extremely brew resistant.

GI Branding Practices and Effectiveness

Anhua County has always taken the tea industry as the leading industry, strengthened policy support, constantly improved the standards, inspection and testing, traceability system, promoted quality and efficiency improvement, strengthened supervision, escorted high-quality development, established the tea industry chain leading group, established the industry-university-research cooperation mechanism, excavated and carried forward the tea culture, and built the tea tourism culture and health characteristic industrial system. Anhua dark tea has become a regional public brand with unique cultural charm and market influence.

Anhua dark tea has passed the project acceptance of the national Anhua dark tea Industry Standardization Demonstration Zone, was selected into the EU-China Agreement on Geographical Indications, the production skills of Qianliang tea and Fu tea were included in the United Nations intangible Cultural Heritage Representative List, the preparation of Anhua dark tea National Geographical indication product protection demonstration Zone was approvedand. There are 115 enterprises authorized to use the special mark of Anhua dark tea geographical indication certification trademark, and 61 enterprises approved to use the special mark of Anhua dark tea geographical indication protection products. In 2023, the tea industry in Anhua County achieved a comprehensive output value of 25.2 billion yuan, and the tax revenue exceeded 200 million yuan.

Source: Belt and Road IP Cooperation Portal

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