Wuyi Yancha (oolong tea) ranked China's top 10 tea, but with almost Wuyi Oolong tea has appeared in Wuyishan, and in Europe Among the Wuyi tea as China's earliest appearance and the first output abroad aware of the history of tea a few people . Wuyi tea and the fruitful China and the United States into the tea culture and tea to promote more to the whole world, the formation of the consumer as much as 900 billion cups of the British people have to send spies to steal secrets Wuyi tea manufacturing more little-known history.
Wuyi tea emerged in the late Ming and early in Wuyishan City Star villages Dongmu Village, from the Dutch in 1610 to Europe, the first entry to the United Kingdom in 1640. Wuyi tea fame began in the United Kingdom in 1662 Portugal Princess Catherine married King Charles II, brought several boxes Wuyi tea as a dowry, to drink tea from the popular British high society. Gradually to the masses is also widely consumed black tea. Wuyi tea sales expanding rapidly. According to the information shows that the United Kingdom in 1664 Wuyi tea imports only 2 pounds, 18 to the end of 1792 Wuyi tea exports 156000 dan, then, tea exports accounted for 85 per cent. 30 per担two silver dollars, Wuyi tea export value of 4.68 million taels of silver. To the 19th century because of overseas demand surged tea, black tea production from Fujian spread to the southern tea production areas. Tea exports amounted to 1.65 million the highest year piculs, Wuyi tea exports also up to 60 years maximum million piculs. In the black "Wuyicha (BOHEA TEA)," a "Wuyi tea," the name of China's tea exports in Europe and the United States welcomed the most sought after commodity.
In 1834, long tea trade, the British East India Company lost its monopoly of tea imports. The production of tea has become the main objective of the trade giant. In order to shift kinds of Chinese tea, the tea master China, the East India Company found Fook-kwan. Fu Jun Who is also in the East Main Street on the 9th Lunduijiershi the wall a blue sign above engraved with the words: Botany Jiafu Jun 1880 death of this. Fu Jun (Fortune) and translation Luobaitefuqiong (Rorbert Fortune 1813-1880), also translated complex IP (Fortune), in 1842-1845, he was a leader of the London horticultural spent some time in China, China understand, back to back to the Westerners have never seen more than 100 kinds of plants. Fu Jun in July 1843 in Wuyishan collected plant specimens, as Jiuquxi lai scenery and have a painted scenery Figure 9 (see attached map), the plan to declare posted Wuyishan World Cultural and Natural Heritage in the text.
Like this one wearing a botanist who holds the title of the British gentleman, he and the people it is very difficult to link up to espionage. But France "History" magazine in March 2002, article on the small crowd to a secret: China's tea Fu Jun steal confidential. British Embassy in India Governor Dalhousie Marquis in the July 3, 1848 order Fu Jun: "You must be from China's tea-rich region pick the best tea and tea seeds, and then you will be responsible for tea and tea Seeds from China transported to Calcutta, from Calcutta transported to the Himalayas. you must also make every effort to recruit some experienced Chongcha and tea processing, they did not, we will not be able to develop tea production in the Himalayas. "Fuk Jun in the East India Company paid him 500 pounds a year prompted served as a spy role.
September 1848-Jun Fu arrived in Shanghai, and then to Huangshan, and then went to Ningbo, in the December 15, 1848 addressed to the Governor's letter to India, he was pleased to report: "I have caused a lot of kinds of tea and tea saplings, "Since then, he and his entourage to Wuyishan, which in some stay at the temple, looking for some tea to the secret also learned that green tea into the tea process. At the same time, he also opened Fuzhou, Wuyishan tea to come up with ideas for transportation, and the recruitment of eight Chinese workers arrived in Calcutta. Three years later, Fu Jun finally Chongcha and total control of the knowledge and skills of tea, tea from India's rapidly expanding area under cultivation, production jumped dramatically, the world tea market pattern began to change. Squeeze in Indian tea, black tea Wuyi increasingly shrinking export market, to 1939, Fujian Wuyi tea exports fell to the lowest point, only about 20,005 1,000.
Of course, the decline of tea and black tea were retired Wuyi for far less simplistic, but China's Fu Jun-stealing "nearly 5,000-year history of know-how" greatly promote Indian tea plantation industry development is, however, no doubt about that. Back to Britain, Fu Jun, released his travel Notes, also did not reveal the slightest with his espionage mission on the details. He Notes from the publication of the benefits obtained.
