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Teas from Jianxi  province are not  very popular abroad.   In this province  there are more than 20 kinds of high  quality green teas which are  worth to  enjoy their taste.

The place origin of  Cuilu Jade green  tea are Jinggang Mountains 井岡山- known as the birthplace of the Chinese Red Army.  Nowadays famous tourist spot  -so  probably  there is one of  reasons why this tea  is well known.
 Jing Gang Cuilu cha 井岡翠緑茶 is quite good even it suppose to be an ordinary standard quality leaves picked in May – not selected one from April’s  first fresh buds .
leaves:

preparation:

 tasting

 and impression:
Even color of brewed tea is dark yellow, liquid has a tender taste, without bitterness,also without a pleasant particular scent.   Just  tea for everyday sipping 

The other probably the  most famous tea  of Jianxi province   is  Lu Shan Cloud Mist  (廬山雲霧 Lu Shan Yun -Wu)  from Lu Shan Mtn. . Widely exported abroad.

Each part of  Jianxi province has own local teas and some of them are quite good like Magu Tea (麻姑茶 ) from Magu Mountain ( 江西省南城)
Official list of most famous taeas in Jianxi:

List  of Jianxi’s traditionl teas – official guideline  on web:

	雲淋茶		yun lin cha
	窩坑茶		wo keng cha
	九龍茶		jiu long cha
	狗脳茶		gou gu nao cha
	高嶺雲峰		gao ling yun leng
	山谷翠緑		shan gu cui lu
	攅林茶		zan lin cha
	秀谷毛尖		xiu gu mao jian
	周打鉄茶		zhou da tie cha
	上饒白眉		shang rao bai mei
	小布岩茶		xiao bu yan cha
	新江羽絨茶		xin jiang yu rong cha
	瑞州黄檗茶		rui zhou huang bo cha
	靖安翡翠		ling an fei cui
	井岡翠緑茶		jing gang cui lu cha
	前嶺銀毫		quan lling yin hao
	双井緑		shuang jing lu
	通天岩茶		tong tian yan cha
	天工茶		tian gong cha
	得雨活茶		de yu huo cha
	万龍松針		wan long song zhen
	源墨菊		wu yuan mo ju
	源茗眉		wu yuan ming mei
	州挙岩		wu zhou ju yan
	浮梁春玉		fu liang chun yu
	浮梁毛峰		fu liang mao feng
	文公銀毫		wen gong yin hao
	麻姑茶		ma gu cha
	羅峰茶		luo feng cha
	龍舞茶		long wu cha
	霊岩剣峰茶		ling yan jian feng cha
	廬山雲霧		lu shan yun wu
Also there is  populaｒ Hong CHA ( 紅茶  ）       寧紅工夫			ning hong gong fu

Changes in recent China have big influence of tea situation. Official guideline of  teas is not showing  what going on  in China.
   For example nowadays at  Magu Mountain ( 南城-麻姑山)　they  produce  :
 Magu Black Tea(麻姑紅茶 )
 Magu Tie Guan Yin ( 麻姑 )   
Magu Rock oolong (麻姑岩茶  – Sui Xian plant ) 　 
and  finally   traditional  green   Magu Tea  -麻姑茶


In famous tea region Wu Yuan ( 婺源  ) we  find  many  kinds of teas including   standard teas like :




There is a tea of lowest quality which are served  for free in restaurants :


Also we can find new   teas like　Jing’an  BAICHA 　from   靖安白茶(緑茶)  （but plant is from  Anji）