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In Tang Dynasty was the golden age for the Meng Mountain's Teas. It officially became the imperial tributes for
the Emperor in AD 742 with its well-known prestige and non to the second quality in China. It is recorded in
history that Meng Mountain's teas had been the mostly popular tribute among all the other tribute teas with the
biggest recorded number of quantities in history (each year: 365 pieces of pure leaves for offering to the God +
14kg for the Emperor). In Tang Dynasty, China and Japan kept close relationship. During AD 630-894, Japan
sent hundreds of officials, monks and students to China for about 13 times. In AD 840, Japanese Monk Yuan
Ren (Chinese Religious Name) was setting off back to Japan from Chang-an after he finished his studies. The
emperor Li Ang included 1000g Meng Mountain's teas in the official presents, which made Meng Mountain's tea
firstly introduced to the overseas as one of the national presents of China. During the Song Dynasty, the quality
of Meng Mountain's teas has been greatly developed. It has always been the tributes to the following emperors
in the Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing Dynasties. It has been rewarded by the history as the "No. 1 tea outside the
heaven". It had also been one of the national presents of China in the 50s and enjoyed its popularity in the US,
Japan, Switzerland etc in the 70s, until the decline of its exporting due to the geographic disadvantage.
Jing Tea prides itself to be the only business trading Meng Mountain's teas internationally.

Meng Shan Gan Lu
Meng Mountain's Sweet Dew was firstly produced in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1541). The tea tree grows in the
ancient tea court near the ancient Gan Lun Jin (Sweet Dew Well). They are purely prepared with young buds
and leaves with 1/1 mixture, which were picked right around the April 5th each year. Its product processes
include 3-frying, 3-rubbing, sharping, drying, cooling, re-drying and packing with the temperature.
The tea has slim and winding/spiral shape, greenish silver colour, refreshing and sweet taste and tender
green soup colour. Its leaf is so tender, even, and is covered with very white hair.
To prepare Meng Mountain's Sweet Dew, take 3-5g, brew with 85º water for 1-2 minutes. Re-steep as desired.
Meng Mountain's Sweet Dew
There has been an ancient saying in China that
"Where there is the water in the Yang-zi River,
there is the tea in Meng Mountain".
The earliest production of Meng Mountain's teas
began since BC 53 in the West Han Dynasty. A
locate Monk, Wu Lizhen, planted seven in
creditable seeds into a very small pieces of land
between the five peaks of Meng Mountain in
Szechwan Province. This began the recorded tea
history of China.