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Making and drinking Oolong tea
In making and drinking Oolong tea, people focus on quality. The tea utensils, small and exquisite, mainly include a kettle, a heater, a teapot and several teacups. They are usually in a complete set which is called “the four treasures of the tea shop”
I. Choose fine pottery tea utensils. Heat and wash the teapot and teacups with boiling water. Put proper amount of tealeaves into the teapot and pour the “boiling” water into it until it is full, making sure to the down-pouring water can fully stir the tealeaves in the teapot. Remove the foam with the teapot lid and then lid the teapot.
II. Shower the teapot with a little boiling water for one or two minutes. Distribute the tea soup equably into each cup in turn and the tea is ready to serve.
III. The tealeaves can endure several infusions. After the tea is poured into the cups, one should first smell the fragrance and then try the flavor. Only by sipping slowly can one enjoy the real flavor of the tea.
 Jasmine tea
Jasmine tea is a special type of Chinese tea. Its origin is in Fujian, where the production of Jasmine tea is of large yield and high quality. The tea is named with jasmine flower while the flower gains fame because of the tea. After over 700 years’ development, this type of tea now enjoys great reputation both inside and outside China. The main processing techniques include: selecting fine baked green tea from teagardens on high mountains, mixing with top-grade jasmine flowers, and scenting with traditional techniques and modern technology. The tea fragrance fuses with jasmine aroma and form a unique “Fujian flavor”. Jasmine tea has distinct medical functions like reducing fatness, aiding digest, delaying consenescence, and so on. Presently, XTIE produces a series of “Sea Dyke” jasmine tea of various grades and in different packages.
Sea Dyke black tea
Black tea is one main genus of Chinese tea. It is fully fermented through several procedures: withering, kneading and rubbing, fermenting, drying, etc. According to different manufacturing methods, it can be further divided into Gongfu (painstaking) black tea, black fannings and Xiaozhong black tea.
Fujian black tea not only includes Bailin, Zhenghe and Tanyang, three major Gongfu black tea, but also a special type called “Zhengshan Xiaozhong”, which is pleasant to drink because after special processing, it has the fragrance of dried longan nuts or candied dates.
Green tea
Green tea is of the highest yield in China. It is non-fermented, with main processing procedures of removing green, kneading and rubbing, and drying. It enjoys high worldwide reputation for its high fragrance and thick, mellow flavor. In Fujian, green tea is usually grown on mountains above 500 meters high, and refined from selective tender leaves. It is a wholesome and natural drink because of the several functions in refreshing, detoxifying, lowering blood pressure, reducing blood lipid, etc.
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