Characteristics of the Fuding Damao Tea Cultivar and an Introduction to the Tea Types It Is Suitable For Processing
It belongs to the clonal propagation line. It is a national-level improved cultivar. It originates from Fuding County, Fujian Province. It has a cultivation history of one hundred years to date. It has been introduced and cultivated in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hubei, Anhui and other provinces. It is one of the high-yield, high-quality cultivars suitable for growing in low-hill red soil. Morphological characteristics: small tree type, large-leaf, early-budding cultivar. The plant is relatively tall and upright, with plump buds and leaves covered in abundant silvery-white downy hairs, and strong tenderness retention. Spring buds sprout in mid-March, and the peak period of one bud and three leaves is in early April, with a hundred-bud weight of 104 grams. It can be processed into famous teas of different appearances. It is not only a premium raw material for processing "Baihao Yinzhen", "Bai Mudan" and "Baimaohou", but the Wuxi Tea Cultivar Research Institute in Jiangsu also used this cultivar to create "Wuxi Hao Tea", which has won awards many times at successive famous tea appraisal meetings. Quality characteristics of fresh leaves of one bud and two leaves of spring tea: tea polyphenols 25.7%, amino acids 3.5%, caffeine 4.3%, total catechins 184.24 mg/g.