What Tea Is Mengding Ganlu? A Detailed Look at This Famous Sichuan Green Tea

Our country is a major tea-producing nation with many varieties of tea, and Mengding Ganlu is a relatively traditional and ancient tea in our country. Many people have heard this name, but what kind of tea is it exactly?

1. What Tea Is Mengding Ganlu

Mengding Ganlu is a green tea produced in the Mengding Mountains of Sichuan Province. It is the oldest famous tea in China and one of China's ten famous teas. The tea has a slender shape, and the tea liquor is clear with a slight yellow-green hue and is transparent; the tea aroma is lingering and rich, and the tea tastes sweet and full-bodied.

2. The Benefits of Mengding Ganlu

It is recorded in the Sichuan Tongzhi that since the Western Han dynasty, when the famous mountain tea farmer Wu Lizhen planted seven tea trees by hand at the summit of Mount Meng, it has a history of more than two thousand years. The tea trees are “less than a chi tall, neither growing nor dying, utterly unlike ordinary ones.” Drinking this tea over a long period is good for the spleen and stomach, can prolong life, and has the reputation of being an “immortal tea.”

Drinking a cup of Mengding Ganlu in hot weather can calm the mind and soothe the spirit, relieve summer heat and remove heat. The tea polyphenols contained in the tea leaves can delay aging, kill bacteria and inhibit bacteria, and prevent and fight cancer.

3. How to Brew Mengding Ganlu

When brewing, the water temperature is about 80°C, and the tea-to-water ratio is kept at 1:50. When brewing a single cup, the tea leaves basically unfurl after about 1 minute, and the tea can be poured.

The hot summer days are about to arrive, so why not brew yourself a cup of Mengding Ganlu and savor it carefully?