Known as the "Meizhou Plateau", Martu is one of the most suitable places for tea cultivation in Meizhou. It began to grow alpine green tea more than 300 years ago. The tea garden is mainly distributed on the high-altitude alfalfa where the clouds are haunted and the vegetation is good all the year round. The tea tree variety is a rare and precious leaflet oolong, and the green tea made by the unique hand-made tea process is made into a brow-like shape, and the color is grayish green. The bottom of the leaf is soft and tender, the soup is green and slightly yellowish, the drink is sweet and refreshing, the aroma is high and the taste is strong, refreshing and refreshing, and the aftertaste is endless.

The green tea leaves are tightly knotted, slightly curved like eyebrows, and the color is grayish green and lustrous. It has a chestnut fragrance and a special mountain charm. It is green and clear, slightly yellowish. The tea leaves that are soaked are rich, fresh, luscious, and long-lasting. [Historical origin] Matu green tea has a long history. As early as the 11th year of Daoguang (1831), it began to plant small leaf green tea (now the small leaf species), which has a history of nearly 200 years. When the commander-in-chief of Zhu De led the Red Fourth Army to the village of Matu in 1929, the tea garden of the whole village was about 200 mu. After the work of the commander of Zhu De, he tasted the green tea of ​​the horse and thought that only the development of tea in the mountain area had a way out. The commander-in-chief brought more than 20 kilograms of lobular green tea seeds to the local villagers for planting, and also mobilized villagers to vigorously develop tea production at the mass meeting. Since then, the planting area of ​​the tea garden in Matu Village has been expanding. Since the Red Army established a red regime in the village of Matu and planted the seeds of the revolution, the Matu green tea was also called "black tea" and "Red Army Tea" by the local villagers. So far, the local singer also praised the Red Army and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De. The song "Greeting you a cup of horse tea." [Famousness] Matu Village was originally named Matou Village. The mountains surrounding Ma Tau Village resemble the horse head and the sky is shouting, the spirit is full of energy, and the vitality is as far-reaching as the galloping horses, so the ancestors Also known as Ma Tu Village, it means the horse galloping, the meaning of Hongtu Wanli. Matu Green Tea is located in Matu Village, Longgang Town, in the northern mountainous area of ​​Fengshun County. The average elevation of Matu Village is 700 meters. The water in the village originates from Jiulongyu, Azhao, Beishan, 1050 meters above sea level. Any source of pollution, the village has a history of planting green tea for nearly 200 years. Matu Village is known for the cultivation of tea. The tea trees grow on the mountains, and the clouds are lingering all the year round. The essence of the rain is exposed and the spirituality of the mountains is collected. Therefore, the green tea produced by the unique geographical environment of Matu Village is of the quality of the original green tea. With the advancement of reform and opening up, the expansion of production scale and the expansion and extension of the external market, Matu Green Tea is more familiar and loved by the outside world, and is relished by outside tea merchants. People are also accustomed to giving Matu green tea as a famous and special product in their hometown to friends and relatives in various activities. In the subconscious mind, Matu Green Tea naturally forms a kind of “Matu Green Tea” which is the artistic conception of good tea in the hometown. As early as in the 1970s, Matu Green Tea was rated as one of the eight famous teas of green tea in Guangdong Province. Over the years, Matu Green Tea series has won more than 20 awards. Matu green tea is a kind of rare original green tea. In recent years, through the promotion of its quality and red human history, it has promoted the development of local eco-tourism. People's awareness of Matu green tea is also becoming wider and wider. It is exported to more than 20 countries and regions such as Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Macao, especially in the surrounding areas, overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese. The tea industry has not only become a characteristic industry that displays the regional image of the old district and a cultural industry that carries history, but also has become an ecological industry that improves the living environment and a health industry that protects the health and health. It has also become a wealthy industry and a promising sunrise industry for the people in the old areas to get rid of poverty. . With the quality characteristics of the products, it has won a series of honors and awards in the past years: in June 2002, it won the 5th Guangdong Famous Tea Quality Competition Quality Tea Award; in May 2005, it won the Gold Prize of the 6th Guangdong Famous Tea Quality Competition; In December 2007, he won the Silver Award of the 7th Famous Tea Quality Competition of Guangdong Province. [Development] In the early 1980s, the production and sales of Matu green tea was organized by farmers themselves. It did not form a scale. It once caused the decline of the Mapu tea tree and the decline in production. After the reform and opening up, the rural system reform, the implementation of the contracting system for the joint production, the previous government attaches great importance to the protection and development of the green tea, as a major economic industry, in the policy of implementing preferential policies for tea production, in the development of land and The application of agricultural projects and other aspects will give policy inclination and promote the development of the tea industry in all aspects. Through the declaration of agricultural projects, the relevant government departments have adopted various means such as financial subsidies, targeted assistance, and counterpart assistance to support enterprises and individuals to vigorously grow and produce green tea. In 2009-2011, it received special fund support for SME loan interest subsidies; from 2009 to 2012, it was supported by “Special Fund for the Provincial Hanjiang Upstream Tea Industry Belt”; in 2012, it received funding support from modern agricultural projects, and obtained various support funds. More than 5 million yuan. With the strong support of governments at all levels, after years of development, together with the scientific use of organic tea production technology, tea garden machinery tea picking technology, Matu green tea production standards and other local tea technology, covering the entire tea production and processing In all aspects, the tea quality and output will be further improved. At the same time, Matu Green Tea combines the unique process and scientific process with the protection of the old tea garden to ensure the quality of the original green tea of ​​“fragrance, sweetness, smoothness, softness and alcohol”.

Technical requirements for quality of Matu green tea 1. Variety of local populations. 2. The elevation of the site conditions is ≥400 meters above sea level. The soil is red soil or yellow red soil. The soil layer thickness is ≥60cm, the organic matter content is ≥1.5%, and the pH value is 4.5 to 6.0. Third, cultivation management Seedling: use asexual breeding seedlings. 2. Planting: Planting density ≤ 45,000 plants per hectare. 3. Fertilization: ≥15 tons of organic fertilizer for decomposing farmhouses that are treated without pollution. Fourth, fresh leaves picking 1. Picking time: from the beginning of March to the end of April each year. 2. The bud leaves are of equal length and uniform in size. Environmental and safety requirements: The use of pesticides, fertilizers, etc. must comply with relevant national regulations and must not pollute the environment. Fifth, the processing technology 1. Process: fresh leaves → agitation → killing → 揉捻 → hair fire → full fire → picking. 2. The thickness of the leaf is ≤10 cm. When the water content is 70 to 80%, the leaf is changed from greenish green to dark green. (2) Killing: temperature 260 to 280 °C. When the tea leaves are held in groups and spread out, the curved tea stems are not easy to break. (3) 揉捻 : 揉捻 to tea into a strip rate ≥ 90%. (4) Fleece: The temperature is 90 to 110 ° C, and the simmered leaves are fried to 70% dry, and then allowed to cool to room temperature. (5) Foot fire: temperature 80 to 90 ° C, when the moisture content of tea leaves ≤ 6%, cool to room temperature. Sixth, quality characteristics 1. Sensory features: The smell of tea is rich and fragrant, the drink is sweet and delicious, and the product is smashed into the lungs and has the characteristics of “fragrance, sweetness, slipperiness, softness and alcohol”. 2. National regulations.

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Producers within the production area of ​​Matu Green Tea may submit an application to the Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau of Fengshun County of Guangdong Province for the use of the “Special Mark for Geographical Indication Products”, which shall be reviewed by the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and announced to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine for approval. . The detection mechanism of Matu Green Tea is selected by the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision in the testing institutions that meet the qualification requirements.