The Legend of Kungfu Tea
Oolong (black dragon) tea is the best variety for making Kungfu tea. Half fermented; Oolong tea is as mellow as black tea and as refreshing and sweet as green tea, complete with lingering aftertaste. According to research, Oolong tea helps lose weight, to prevent and cure illnesses, prolong life and prevent arteriosclerosis and cancer.
Guangdong¡¯s Oolong tea comes from Anxi in Fujian Province. Legend has it that the first cultivator of the tea was named Wu Liang. One day, Wu Liang went home after he had picked several pounds of mountain tea and caught a river deer. In the evening, he was busy with killing the river deer, and didn¡¯t have enough time to dry the green tea. The next day, he found the tea in the basket had fermented on the way back and after having been stored in the basket the whole night. He fried the tea at once. To his surprise, he found that the tea tasted very mellow, with no bitter and astringent taste. Soon Wu Liang taught his fellow villagers how to make the tea. Almost everyone in his village liked the fermented tea and they named it Wu Liang tea. In the south Fujian dialect, Liang and long two are homophonic words. As time went by the tea was called Oolong tea by later generations.
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