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Xiaguan Tuocha has been created for more than a hundred years. The products, machinery, pictures, and other precious objects left over from different historical periods constitute a vivid picture of the history of Tuocha in Xiaguan. In order to expand the connotation of the Xiaguan Tuocha brand, inherit and promote the Xiaguan Tuocha culture. In March 2006, Yunnan Xiaguan Tuocha Group invested more than 7 million yuan to build the "Xiaguan Tuocha Museum". The project lasted more than 8 months and the museum was completed and grandly opened on Nov 16th, 2006.

Among the traditional Yunnan Tuocha for export, the blue label Xiao Fa Tuo is mainly exported to Belgium and Italy; the red label is exported to France; the yellow label is mainly exported to the United Kingdom.

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Bao Yan brand (宝焰牌) is the trademark used for products after the Kangzang Tea Factory was established in 1941. It was originally planned to be "Ran Bao Brand (燃宝牌)” and later named "Bao Yan Brand". After registration, it was used until 1952. Later, because the national tea industry uniformly used the "China Tea (中茶)“ brand trademark, the “Bao Yan brand” stopped being used. In 1990, Xiaguan Tea Factory re-registered “Bao Yan brand”.

Tight tea (紧茶) is known for its strong tea flavor and long-lasting aroma. Tea has been an indispensable daily necessity in Tibetan areas. In the old days, it was transported from Yunnan to Tibet by horse. The journey was long and the tea was often mildewed due to moisture. In order to allow the tight tea to have enough space to dissipate moisture and prevent mildew during the packing process, it gradually formed the unique shape of the mushroom or the heart shape, and it has been used until today.

T7653 is one of the most popular Pu-Erh recipes from the Xiaguan Tea factory. The difference between T7653 and 7653 is T7653 is an “iron” cake, which compressed by iron. The environment will not have too much impact on the cake, and it is easier for transportation and aging.

The meaning behind these digital "ID numbers" is: the first two digits are the year when the tea was formulated, the middle 1-2 digits are the grades of the main ingredients in the blended raw materials, and the tail number is the tea factory number. Under the planned economy, China Tea Yunnan Company assigned numbers to three major factories: Kunming Tea Factory as 1, Menghai Tea Factory as 2, and Xiaguan Tea Factory as 3. Therefore, taking 7653 as an example, the meaning of 7653 is: the formula standardized and used in 1976, using grade 5 tea leaves as the main blending raw material, and the pressed Pu'er produced by the Xiaguan tea factory from Yunnan big-leaf sun-dried tea leaves.

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At the beginning of 2019, Xiaguan Tuocha established a quality resource investigation team to conduct investigations in the famous mountain and ancient villages in the main producing areas of Pu-Erh Tea. In Iceland, there are seven or eight varieties that can be clearly distinguished within the population of Mengku large leaf species. Among them, the one with larger leaf shape and darker leaf color is called black large leaf species, which is very distinctive in quality. This variety is rich in active substances such as hydrolyzed tannins. With proper producing technology, the new tea can have an amazing throat rhyme.

"Iceland" tea has thick leaves, rich buds, oily black and bright color; soft aroma, mainly floral and fruity, sugar fragrant, and honey-yellow soup; mellow and smooth taste, and long lasting sweetness. The throat rhyme is obvious.

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Qingyun Wanxiang iron cake uses early spring sun-dried tea leaves from the old tea trees in the Bangdong (邦东) tea area as the raw material. It is carefully crafted through the classic light fermentation of Xiaguan Tuocha. The appearance is round and clean. The tea leaves are well-comperessed and brown. The tea buds are golden. The fragrance is pleasant and refreshing. The tea soup is red and transparent. The taste is strong and long-lasting, smooth and thick, the sweetness is obvious. The steeped tea leaves are brown and red.

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Xiaguan - Bing Dao Zhi Dian (冰岛之巅)

Bing Dao (Iceland) Zhi Dian was made from different tea plantations in Bingdao Laozhai, Yunnan. The raw materials have different altitudes, different plots, different age, and different species of tea leaves.

The raw materials have been aged for 1-3 years at the foot of Cangshan Mountain and Lingquan Creek.

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Tuocha is named after it was founded in Xiaguan, Yunnan, an important town on the ancient tea-horse road. The origin of Tuocha has a long history. It was recorded by Sanzhong Zheng in the "Dian Lue (滇略)” of the Ming Dynasty that "all the ordinary tea is used by everyone, and it is steamed and compressed to Tuo.” Dian tea is sold in Tibet and is mainly transported by horse. Tea is fragile and damp, often causing losses to tea merchants. In 1902, some tea merchants in Xiaguan made continuous improvements on the basis of "girl tuocha”, and created a "bowl tea" shaped like a bowl.

In 2002, Xiaguan Tuocha was the first in China's tea industry to obtain the national "Product Registration of Origin Markings"; in 2010, Xiaguan Tuocha production techniques were included in the "National Intangible Cultural Heritage List". On November 1, 2013, Dali Tuo Zhi Yuan Tea Culture Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xiaguan Tuocha Group Company, officially opened. To commemorate the establishment of Tuo Zhi Yuan Tea Culture Company, a star tea product of the same name - Tuo Zhi Yuan was launched.

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Xiaguan - Pin Ge (品格)

Pin Ge from Xiaguan has a grid shape, each mini brick has 12 squares. The grooves in the middle of each small block are arranged horizontally and vertically, you can break the tea brick with your hand. The tea soup is reddish-brown and oily. You can taste the sweetness in your mouth and smell the caramel fragrant.

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Xiaguan - Bing Dao Zhi Dian ().

Iceland Laozhai (冰岛老寨) is in the northern of the Bangma (邦马) Mountains

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In 1902, Yong Chang Xiang (永昌祥), the business group of Xizhou (喜洲), moved its headquarters to Xiaguan, and implemented the business strategy of "Sales Yunnan tea in Sichuan". The scale of operation expanded rapidly and a large amount of capital was accumulated. In 1908, Yong Chang Xiang Company opened its first tea factory in Xiaguan. As the tea was sold well, other companies also built tea factories one after another.

From 1920 to 1930, companies such as Fuyihe (复义和), Fuchunhe (复春和), Tiandechang (天德昌), Dereli (德瑞利), Tianzhengong (天真公), Dexinglong (德兴隆), and Yuntaixiang (云泰祥) successively built factories. After 1930, Hongshengxiang (洪盛祥), Zhenchang (振昌), Baoyuantong (宝元通), Hongfaxiang (洪发祥) and other companies built factories.

Because of convenient transportation in Xiaguan and the prosperous development of tea industry, the Mongolian-Tibet Committee sent representative Gesang Zeren (格桑泽仁) and Yunnan China Tea Trading Co., Ltd. to negotiate that each party would invest 100,000 yuan to establish a joint factory "Kangzang (康藏茶厂)” in Xiaguan. In the spring of 1941, the Kangzang Tea Factory was formally established and began to produce tea for sale to Xikang (西康) and Tibet (西藏).

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2014 - Gao Yuan Chen

2014 Gao Yuan Chen Tuocha, the tea soup is orange and bright, and the orange slowly fades as the brewing continues. The aroma is a unique scent of fruit nectar, pure and dynamic, slightly smoky. The taste is mellow and rich. The bitterness and astringency basically disappear because of the aging. The fruit acidity and sweetness are long-lasting and it can last for 10 more steeps.

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Xiaguan - Jia Zi Tuocha (甲字沱茶)

The word in the package surround with tatie (饕餮) patterns. The tatie pattern is one of the common patterns on bronze wares in ancient times. It was first seen on the Liangzhu pottery and jadeware in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. This pattern combines the characteristics of various birds, beasts, insects and fish in nature. It is one of the most outstanding pieces of bronze decorative patterns and represents the highest level of bronze decorative patterns. Jia Zi Tuocha uses aged spring tea leaves. It has obvious honey fragrance, mellow taste, and long-lasting sweetness.

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In the 1970s, Mr. Fred Kempler of France introduced Yunnan Tuocha to France, which was called “Xiao Fa Tuo (销法沱)“ by the tea industry.

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Mabei Tuocha is selected from Yunnan Big-leaf Sun-dried Mao Tea aged 3-6 years in Xiaguan warehouses as raw materials, carefully blended by traditional Xiaguan blending techniques, and refined by Xiaguan centuries-old production techniques. The tea has a dark color and a rich aroma with a honey fragrance. The soup is bright orange-yellow, with a rich and balanced taste.

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Shooting Xiaguan Tuocha photos for our website. First batch, over 40 products. There will be much more later on. Continuous on the hard work and trying to provide the best products and images for our customers.

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Traditional Tuocha and high grade dried tea leaves as raw material. Xiaguan Tuocha has always maintained this traditions and carefully selected tea leaves that has one bud and two leaves from Yunnan. Xiaguan Tetuo produced with exquisite craftsmanship inherited over a century. It has Golden and translucent tea soup. It also has rich and mellow taste.

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Xiaguan - Xibanshan (西半山)

Xiaguan Tuocha Mengku Xibanshan Old Tree Cake Tea. The cake picks tea leaves from Mengku xibanshan ancient tea gardens, which is 1700 meters above sea level. The tea cake has been refined through Xiaguan Tuocha production technology that is over a century.

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