Hand-made classic Fu brick tea

Jingwei Fu tea The manufacture technology of Fu brick tea is invented by Shaanxi Xianyang people. It firstly emerged around 1368 AD (Ming dynasty Emperor Hongwu). Fu brick tea has been produced in Jingyang county Shaanxi province, so called "Jingyang brick"; because of the processing during dog days, it’s also called the "Fu tea (hot summer days tea)". The utility of Fu tea is similar to China root- Smilax glabra (tufuling), so it was received a good name as “Smilax glabra tea” and its Chinese pronunciation sounds like “good fortune tea”. As the officials monitored and leaded manufacture of Fu tea as well as government was responsible for sales, the tea was also called as “Guan tea (official tea)” or “Fu tea (government tea)”. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties over 600 years, the “Renmin brand (people brand)” of Fu brick tea was popular among all minorities in western China. After the founding of P.R. China that issued public-private partnership, the policy focused on producing Fu tea in Xianyang city, but until 1958 the central government ordered closing Shaanxi Xianyang Renmin Fu tea factory due to raw materials, transportation and other internal diseconomies of production. However when closing, the factory already had 286 workers in total and production capability reached 3000 tons Fu brick tea annually. 50 years later, Shaanxi Cangshan Tea Co., Ltd. decided to undertake the historical responsibility, implementing emergent protection and research on the traditional technology, adhering to the traditional techniques of Fu brick tea, combining with modern advanced technology skill, to achieve protecting and continuing the 600 years of the Intangible Cultural Heritage - Jingwei Fu tea. Meanwhile, we adjust the tea industry in Southern Shaanxi where had no way out of the difficulty about dealing with bulk tea before, now summer tea is used efficiently and tea farmers increased their income. Jingwei Fu tea selected non-polluted and Selenium-rich tea as raw material, to adopt extraordinary technique for incubating Eurotium cristatum what is single microbial probiotic (commonly known as "Golden Flower"), bright and resplendent “Golden Flower” represent the distinction quality among all others. Jingwei Fu brick tea give flat and neat surface of brick, flourishing "Golden Flower", predominant aroma of "Golden Flower", mellow and thick flavour, the colour of tea liquor appear orange-red and bright. Jingwei Fu tea also contains many essential amino acids, vitamins and trace elements for human body. The juice of Fu tea and Eurotium cristatum may promote zymohydrolysis mechanism generated by pepsin and trypsin to digest and absorb protein in order to improve the human gastrointestinal function. Jingwei Fu tea is able to inhibit human rotavirus, it also effectively prevents the formation of carcinogenic compounds which cause cancer, and it contain higher amount of lipase than any other types of tea. Therefore, Jingwei Fu tea possess health benefits such as improving digestion, weight loss and preventing hyperlipemia, nourishing stomach and reinvigorating mind, physiology of balance, boosting immunity and many other effects. An old Chinese proverb depicts “rather three days without food, not live along without tea” which refers in particular to Fu tea, and Jingwei Fu tea have been reputed as "the mystery of Chinese tea on the Silk Road”.