Huang Jin Gui is a premium variety of Chinese

China

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 oolong tea

Oolong

Oolong is a traditional Chinese tea produced through a unique process including withering under the strong sun and oxidation before curling and twisting. Most oolong teas, especially those of fine quality, involve unique tea plant cultivars that are exclusively used for particular varieties...

 traditionally from Anxi

Anxi County

is a county in the municipal region of Quanzhou, Fujian Province. It lies adjacent to and directly north of Xiamen.Anxi is well-known for a number of varieties of Oolong tea, the most well-known of which is Tieguanyin ....

 in Fujian province

Fujian

' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...

. Named after the yellow golden color of its budding leaves and its unique flowery aroma, said to be reminiscent of Osmanthus.

This oolong is similar to Tie Guan Yin (modern version), with only a little oxidation. Consequently, it has a very flowery, delicate aroma with out the astringency of a green tea or the heaviness of a Red/Black Tea

Black tea

Black tea is a variety of tea that is more oxidized than the oolong, green, and white varieties.All four varieties are made from leaves of the shrub Camellia sinensis. Black tea is generally stronger in flavor and contains more caffeine than the less oxidized teas. Two principal varieties of the...

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Legends

There are two legends behind this tea: Wang/Marriage legend and the legend of farmer Wei.

Wang legend

The first is that this tea originated from two seeds given to Lin Ziqin by Wang Danwei from an ancestral temple on their wedding day. The plants that grew were to represent the prosperity of their ancestors and families uniting. The tea produced from these had a unique golden color and fragrance like osmanthus. As a result it is often given as a wedding present.

Wei legend

The other story is that a tea farmer named Wei Zhen was strolling by a brook when he noticed a golden plant on the horizon. As a tea farmer he felt obligated to take a sample and cultivate it. To his surprise it had the fragrance of osmanthus and arich gold color remained.

Both legends date its origins back to about the mid nineteenth century.