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Meng Ding Mao Feng
Méngdǐng máo fēng · 蒙顶毛峰
IMeng Ding Mao Feng (蒙顶毛峰, Méngdǐng máo fēng) itiye eliluhlaza elazalelwa emithambekeni yentaba edume ngezindaba yaseMengdingshan (蒙顶山, Méngdǐng Shān) esifundazweni saseSichuan — indawo lapho, ngokwesiko, kwatshalwa khona izihlahla zokuqala zetiye emlandweni eminyakeni engaphezu kweyizinkulungwane ezimbili edlule.
IMeng Ding Mao Feng (蒙顶毛峰, Méngdǐng máo fēng) itiye eliluhlaza elazalelwa emithambekeni yentaba edume ngezindaba yaseMengdingshan (蒙顶山, Méngdǐng Shān) esifundazweni saseSichuan — indawo lapho, ngokwesiko, kwatshalwa khona izihlahla zokuqala zetiye emlandweni eminyakeni engaphezu kweyizinkulungwane ezimbili edlule. IMeng Ding Mao Feng ingomunye wabameleli abaningi kakhulu futhi abatholakala kalula emndenini odumile wamatiye aseMengding, “umfowethu omncane” weMeng Ding Gan Lu (蒙顶甘露) edume kakhulu. Imichilo yawo emincane, eqondile, embozwe uboya besiliva, iphunga lawo elisha elinamanothi e-castnut kanye nokunambitheka okumnene, okunoshukela kufaka umoya wenye yezintaba zetiye zasendulo kakhulu emhlabeni.
1. Ukuhlukaniswa kanye Nemvelaphi:
- Uhlobo: Itiye eliluhlaza (绿茶, lǜchá), elingavutshelwanga. Lingaphansi kwesigaba se-hongqing (烘青, hōngqīng) — itiye eliluhlaza elincane futhi elingenantuthu, elenziwe ngendlela yokuhlanganisa ukugazinga kanye nokomisa. Ubuchwepheshe buhlanganisa izici ze-chaoqing (炒青, chǎoqīng) kanye ne-hongqing, okuvumela ukuthi lihlukaniswe njengohlobo “lokugazinga nokomisa” (炒烘结合, chǎo hōng jiéhé).
- Isigaba: Amatiye adumile aseNtabeni iMengding. Umkhiqizo wendawo enophawu lwendawo ethile “Mengdingshan cha” (蒙顶山茶, Méngdǐng Shān chá). Ifakwe phakathi kwamatiye aluhlaza ahamba phambili esifundazweni saseSichuan.
- Imvelaphi: IShayina, isifundazwe iSichuan (四川省, Sìchuān Shěng), umasipala waseYa’an (雅安市, Yǎ’ān Shì), isifunda saseMingshan (名山区, Míngshān Qū). Isizinda sokukhiqiza iyintaba iMengdingshan, eyaziwa nangokuthi iMengshan (蒙山, Méng Shān). Indawo enophawu lomkhiqizo ihlanganisa isifunda saseMingshan kanye nengxenye yesifunda saseYucheng (雨城区, Yǔchéng Qū). Ngaphandle kwesizinda saseMengdingshan, itiye elihambisana nesitayela se-“mao feng” likhiqizwa kakhulu kulo lonke ibhande letiye laseSichuan — eLeshan, eMeishan, eGuangyuan, eYibin, eLuzhou nasemathafeni aseChengdu.
- Izixhumanisi zendawo: Cishe u-30°05′ N, 103°12′ E (intaba iMengdingshan).
2. Umlando kanye Nokubaluleka Kwamasiko:
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Umlando: Umlando wokulinywa kwetiye entabeni iMengdingshan uneminyaka engaphezu kweyizinkulungwane ezimbili futhi usukela ku-monki weDaoist odumile uWu Lizhen (吴理真, Wú Lǐzhēn), owathi ngesikhathi sikaWestern Han (西汉, Xīhàn), cishe ngo-53 BCE (unyaka wesithathu wenkathi kaGan Lu, 甘露三年), okokuqala emlandweni watshala izihlahla zetiye eziyisikhombisa esiqongweni sentaba iMeng, eqala ukutshalwa kwetiye eShayina. Njengoba kusho uTao Gu ku- “Qing Yi Lu” (《清异录》): “U-Wu Lizhen wayehlala entabeni iMengding, akhe iqhugwane futhi watshala itiye iminyaka emithathu; lapho ukunambitheka sekuphelele, izinhlobo ezingcono kakhulu wazibiza ngo- ‘Sheng Yang Hua’ (圣扬花) no- ‘Jixiang Rui’ (吉祥蕊).” Kusukela enkathini yamaTang (618–907) kuze kube sekupheleni kwenkathi yamaQing (1912), itiye elisuka entabeni iMengding lalithunyelwa ngokuqhubekayo enkantolo njengentela (贡茶, gòngchá) — icala, elingenakuqhathaniswa ngobude balo emlandweni wetiye waseShayina futhi elihlanganisa iminyaka engaphezu kwenkulungwane.
Ngokuqondile, iMeng Ding Mao Feng njengomkhiqizo ohlukile yadalwa ngo-1983 yiSichuan State Mengshan Tea Farm (四川省国营蒙山茶场, Sìchuān Shěng Guóyíng Méngshān Cháchǎng) njengetiye eliluhlaza eliningi kakhulu nekhwalithi ephezulu, elincedisa iMeng Ding Gan Lu eyindida kanye nokhiqizwa okuncane. Ngenxa yekhwalithi enhle kanye nomthamo omkhulu wokukhiqiza, ngokushesha laba itiye leMengding elisakazeka kakhulu futhi elaziwayo ekusetshenzisweni kwansuku zonke.
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Igama:
- “Meng Ding” (蒙顶) — isiqongo sentaba iMeng. Uhlamvu “meng” (蒙) ngokwezwi nezwi lusho “ukumboza, ukugubuzela,” okubhekisela enkungwini ecishe ihlale igubuzele intaba.
- “Mao Feng” (毛峰) — “Iziqongo Ezinoboya” noma “Iziqongo Ezinophaphe.” “Mao” (毛) — uboya obuncane obumhlophe (trichomes) obumboze imiqumbe emincane; “Feng” (峰) — isiqongo sentaba, esikhumbuza ukuma okucacile kweqabunga letiye.
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Ukubaluleka kwamasiko: Intaba iMengding ihlonishwa njenge-“Ndawo Yokuzalwa Yokulima Itiye Emhlabeni” (世界茶文化发源地). Ngo-2004, eMengdingshan kwamukelwa i- “Mengdingshan Declaration of World Tea Culture” (《世界茶文化蒙顶山宣言》), eyaqinisa isimo sentaba njenge-“Ntaba Engcwele Yomhlaba Wonke Yesiko Letiye.” Ngo-2006, i- “Traditional Craft of Making Mengdingshan Teas” (蒙顶山茶传统制作工艺) yafakwa kwirejista yamagugu angaphatheki esifundazweni saseSichuan. IMeng Ding Mao Feng, njengommeli omningi kakhulu “womndeni waseMengding,” iyisiphuzo sansuku zonke sezigidi zabantu baseSichuan futhi itiye lokuqala lapho abaningi baqala khona ukujwayelana namatiye adumile ale ntaba. Isisho esidume kakhulu esithi “Yang-zi jiang zhong shui, Mengding shan shang cha” (扬子江中水,蒙顶山上茶) — “Amanzi asemfuleni iYangtze, itiye elisuka entabeni iMengding” — amakhulu eminyaka ligcizelela isikhundla esikhethekile setiye laseMengding.
3. Incazelo Yezitshalo kanye Nezinto Zokusetshenziswa:
- Izinhlobo / Cultivar: Izinhlobo zendawo ezinamaqabunga amancane (Camellia sinensis var. sinensis), ezikhula ngokomlando entabeni iMengdingshan. Okuyinhloko — iqembu lezinhlobo zendawo ezihlukahlukene iMengshan Quntizhong (蒙山群体种, Méngshān Qúntǐzhǒng), kanye nama-cultivar aseSichuan akhethiwe, avumelaniswe nezimo zesifunda. Izihlahla — ziyizihlahla ezincane noma uhlobo lwe-semi-shrub, zinamaqabunga amancane, athambile. Ngo-1979, entabeni iMengding ekuphakameni kwamamitha ayi-1400, kwatholakala izihlahla zetiye ezine ezineminyaka eyinkulungwane, okuqinisekisa ubudala bezitshalo zetiye zendawo.
- Ukuvunwa: Ihlobo lokuqala — isizini eyinhloko. ISichuan, ngenxa yesimo sezulu esipholile, iqala ukuvuna kusenesikhathi kakhulu kunezifundazwe ezisempumalanga yeShayina: ukuvunwa kokuqala eMengdingshan kuqala ekupheleni kukaFebruwari — ekuqaleni kukaMashi. Iningi leMao Feng livunwa ngemuva kweQingming (清明) futhi ngaphambi kweGuyu (谷雨, “Izimvula Zokusanhlamvu”), lapho ukukhula okusheshayo kanye nokuchichima kwezinto kusetshenziswayo kunikeza umthamo omkhulu ngentengo ephakathi.
- Izinga lokuvuna: Umqumbe neqabunga elilodwa noma amabili aphezulu (一芽一二叶初展, yī yá yī-èr yè chūzhǎn). Emabangeni aphezulu — ikakhulukazi umqumbe neqabunga elilodwa; kweziningi — umqumbe namacembe amabili noma amathathu. Izinto zokusetshenziswa kufanele zifane, zingonakalisiwe, zinamanzi, zivunwe ngesikhathi esomile.
- Izidingo zezinto zokusetshenziswa: Imiqumbe emincane kanye namacembe amancane, ambozwe uboya obumhlophe, ngaphandle kwamacembe amaholo nansomi, ngaphandle kwezimpawu zezifo nezinambuzane. Ubusha bezinto ezisetshenziswayo bubaluleke kakhulu: ukucubungula kuqala ngosuku lokuvuna.
4. ITerroir kanye Nezici Zokulima:
- Intaba iMengdingshan: Itholakala engxenyeni esentshonalanga yeSichuan Basin (四川盆地), lapho ihlangana khona neQinghai-Tibet Plateau. Ukuphakama — amamitha angama-557–1456 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle; izingadi zetiye eziyinhloko — zisemazingeni angama-800–1400 m. Intaba idume ngezindawo zayo ezinhle kakhulu, amathempeli asendulo kanye nomlando ocebile wamaBuddha namaDaoist.
- Inhlabathi: Inhlabathi ephuzi (黄壤, huángrǎng) nebomvu (红壤, hóngrǎng), ijulile, ivulekile, ikhipha amanzi kahle. I-pH 4.5–6.0 — impendulo ene-asidi eyanele kahle esihlahleni setiye. Inhlabathi ene-asidi kanye ne-asidi ephansi yakha ngaphezu kuka-70% womhlaba olimekayo wesifunda.
- Isimo sezulu: Isimo sezulu esinomswakama sase-subtropical monsoon (亚热带季风性湿润气候). Izinga lokushisa lonyaka eliphakathi — cishe 15 °C; ubusika bupholile, ihlobo alishisi kakhulu. Imvula yonyaka — cishe 2000 mm (isifunda saseYa’an — singesinye sezimvula kakhulu eShayina, ngezinye izikhathi esibizwa nge-“Nhlokodolobha Yemvula”). Ukukhanya kwelanga ngonyaka — cishe amahora angama-900–1000 (inani eliphansi), okunxeshezelwa ukuchichima kokukhanya okusabalele.
- Inkungu: Intaba iMengding igubuzelwe inkungu eminyene (云雾, yúnwù) isikhathi esiningi sonyaka. Ukukhanya okusabalele kubambezela i-photosynthesis futhi kunomthelela ekuqongeleleni kwama-amino acid (ikakhulukazi i-L-theanine) ngokunciphisa ukuguqulwa kube ngama-catechin, okunikeza itiye ukunambitheka okunoshukela, okunambitheka “njengomami.”
- Ukumbozwa kwehlathi: Ngaphezu kuka-51% wendawo yesifunda saseMingshan imbozwe amahlathi; ukutshalwa kwezihlahla — 79.6%. Umoya ohlanzekile wasezintabeni kanye nokuchichima kwamanzi emithombo kudala i-ecosystem ekahle kakhulu yokutshala itiye lekhwalithi.
5. Ubuchwepheshe Bokukhiqiza:
IMeng Ding Mao Feng ikhiqizwa ngendlela ehlanganisa izici zokugazinga kanye nokomisa — okuthiwa yi- “chaohong jiehe” (炒烘结合). Ubuchwepheshe bufaneka nobikaMeng Ding Gan Lu, kodwa ngomjikelezo olula wokubumba kanye nomthamo omkhulu. Isici esivelele — isimiso “soku-gazinga kathathu, uku-sonta kathathu” (三炒三揉, sān chǎo sān róu).
- Ukuvuna (采摘 — cǎizhāi): Ukuvunwa ngesandla kwezinto ezisetshenziswayo ezincane ngokwezinga “umqumbe + iqabunga elilodwa noma amabili.”
- Ukubhula (摊放 — tānfàng): Amacembe asanda kuvunwa andlalwa ngongqimba oluncane (amasentimitha ayi-15–17) ezisefweni zoqalo noma endwangwini amahora ama-4–8. Kwenzeka ukulahlekelwa okuyingxenye komswakama, kuqala ukuguqulwa kwamakhemikhali kwangaphakathi, okwakha isisekelo sephunga kanye nokunambitheka. Ukugcinwa okuminyene akwamukelekile ukuze kugwenywe ukushisa nokonakala.
- “Ukubulawa kohlaza” (杀青 — shāqīng): Ukugazinga ebhodweni (锅, guō) ngesilinganiso sokushisa esingu-140–160 °C. Isisindo — cishe 200 g ngebhodwe (ububanzi ~50 cm). Ubuchwepheshe buhlanganisa ukushintshana “kokuthintitha” (抖炒, dǒuchǎo) kanye “noku-simmer” (闷炒, mènchǎo) ukugazinga: imizuzu engu-1–2 yoku-simmer ukufudumeza kufike ku-70–90 °C ngaphakathi kweqabunga, bese kuba ukuthintitha ukukhipha umhwamuko. Inhloso — ukumisa ukuvutshelwa, ukuqinisa umbala oluhlaza, ukususa ukunambitheka kotshani obuluhlaza. Umswakama wehlela ku-~60%. Lesi sigaba sidinga ikhono eliphezulu: kufanele kugwenywe ukushisa imiqumbe emincane, ukwakheka kwemithambo ebomvu noma iziqu.
- Ukusonta kanye nokubumba (揉捻/做形 — róuniǎn/zuòxíng): Iqabunga licindezelwa kancane futhi libunjwe, linikezwe ukuma okude, okugobekile kancane, okukhumbuza “izilimi zikagcina” (雀舌, quèshé). Imichilo iba mincane, iqondile, inemichilo enamathele.
- Ukugazinga okuphindaphindiwe kanye nokusonta: Ngokwesimiso “uku-gazinga kathathu — ukusonta kathathu,” kwenziwa imijikelezo eyengeziwe yokugazinga ngokushisa okwehla kancane kancane nokupholisa okuphakathi (摊凉, tānliáng), okuqinisekisa ukusatshalaliswa ngokulinganayo komswakama kanye nokwakheka kwesakhiwo sokugcina seqabunga.
- Ukomisa (烘干 — hōnggān): Ukomisa kokugcina ngesilinganiso sokushisa esingu-40–50 °C kuze kube umswakama ocishe ube ngu-5%. Ukomisa okuhamba kancane, okuhle kunomthelela ekwakhekeni nasekuqiniseni iphunga.
- Ukuhlukanisa (分级 — fēnjí): Itiye eliphelele lihlukaniswa ngososayizi, ukuma kanye nekhwalithi.
6. Izici Ze-Organoleptic:
- Ukubukeka kweqabunga elomile: Imichilo imincane, iminyene, icishe iqonde (紧细较直, jǐnxì jiào zhí), inoboya obumhlophe obugqamile (鲜润显毫). Umbala — uluhlaza okotshani one-silver tint evela ebuningini bamatrichome; indawo ebushelelezi efana namafutha. Ukuma kukhumbuza “iziqongo zezintaba” ezincane noma “izilimi zikagcina.”
- Iphunga leqabunga elomile: Lisha, lihlanzekile, linamanothi e-castnut (栗香), i-orchid (兰花香, lánhuā xiāng) kanye noluhlaza olusha. Emabangeni aphezulu — amanothi akhilimu amancane.
- Iphunga lomhluzo: Ligqamile, liphakeme (清香高长, qīngxiāng gāo cháng), ligcwele amanothi ezimbali (i-orchid), amanothi angaphansi otshani obusha kanye nethoni elula yamantongomane. Iphunga lihlala njalo, kodwa lihle.
- Ukunambitheka: Kumnene, kuthambile, kunoshukela (味浓爽适口, wèi nóng shuǎng shìkǒu), kunobumuncu obulula, obujabulisayo kanye nokunambitheka okuhlala isikhathi eside okuvuselelayo. Umzimba womhluzo — uphakathi nendawo, “ubushelelezi,” ngaphandle kokuqina. Ku-bouquet — amanothi e-orchid, i-castnut, uluhlaza lwasehlobo, ngezinye izikhathi — amathoni akhilimu amancane. Ukunambitheka “醇厚甘甜” (chúnhòu gāntián) — “okugcwele, okuwugqinsi, okunoshukela.”
- Umbala womhluzo: Uluhlaza okotshani ngokukhanya kuze kube ngokusasaphazwa kophuzi (微黄明亮, wēihuáng míngliàng), kucwebezela njengekristalu, kuhlanzekile, kukhazimula kahle.
- Ithemba letiye (iqabunga eliselisetshenzisiwe): Amacembe athambile, aphelele, anwebekayo nemiqumbe ngombala ogqamile oluhlaza (嫩匀成花朵, nèn yún chéng huāduǒ — “amancane, alinganayo, avuleka njengembali”). Ukufana kwethemba letiye kufakazela ikhwalithi ephezulu yezinto ezisetshenziswayo kanye nekhono lokucubungula.
7. Ukwakheka Kwamakhemikhali:
IMeng Ding Mao Feng, ngenxa ye-terroir esezintabeni enenkungu eningi kanye nokukhanya kwelanga okuphansi, ihlukaniswa ngokulinganisela okuhle kwama-amino acid nama-catechin.
- Ama-Polyphenol (ama-catechin): Okuphakathi ngokuphakeme. Ingxenye ehamba phambili — i-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), enikeza izinto zokulwa nokugqwala. Ezintweni ezisetshenziswayo zaseSichuan ezinamaqabunga amancane, okuqukethwe ama-polyphenol kuvamise ukuba kuncane kunakweYunnan enamaqabunga amakhulu (ngokuvamile 20–30%), okwenza ukunambitheka okumnene, okungababayo kakhulu.
- Ama-Amino acid (okuhlanganisa ne-L-theanine): Okuqukethwe okwenyukile ngenxa yezimo zokukhanya okusabalele kanye nenkungu eningi. IL-theanine ngokwayo inikeza ubumnandi obubonakalayo, “umzimba” wokunambitheka kanye nomphumela wokuthoba. Ucwaningo lwetiye laseSichuan (ikakhulukazi, isihlobo — iMeng Ding Gan Lu) lukhombise ukuthi ama-amino acid ayinhloko abumba ukunambitheka yi-theanine, i-glutamic acid kanye ne-aspartic acid.
- Ama-Alkaloid: I-Caffeine — okuqukethwe okulingene, okunikeza umphumela wokuqabula omuhle. I-Theobromine, i-theophylline — ngamanani amancane.
- Amavithamini: C (okuqukethwe okuningi etiyeni eliluhlaza elisha, okugcinwa kancane ngokucubungula okuhle), amaqembu B.
- Amaminerali: I-Fluoride, i-potassium, i-magnesium, i-zinc, i-manganese.
- Amafutha abalulekile: Ucwaningo lokuqhathanisa (i-GC-MS) lwezingxenye ezinephunga elimnandi zeMeng Ding Gan Lu kanye neMengshan Mao Feng luveze ukuthi womabili amatiye anephrofayili ecebile yezinhlanganisela eziguquguqukayo, ezakha iphunga lezimbali nekastnut eliyisici, nomehluko ezingxenyeni ze-terpene kanye ne-aldehyde.
8. Izinto Eziwusizo:
- Umsebenzi wokulwa nokugqwala: Ama-Catechin (i-EGCG) avikela amaseli emonakalweni owenziwa ama-free radical, abambezele izinqubo zokuhlupheka kwe-oxidative. Imithi yesintu yaseShayina yayigqamisa ngokukhethekile itiye elisuka entabeni iMengding: U-Li Shizhen (李时珍) ku- “Ben Cao Gang Mu” (《本草纲目》) wabhala ukuthi “itiye langempela ngokwemvelo liyabanda, kuphela lelo elisuka entabeni iMengding eYa’an — elifudumele futhi likwazi ukuxosha izifo.”
- Ukuqabula okumnene kanye nokugxilisa ingqondo: Inhlanganisela ye-caffeine kanye ne-L-theanine inikeza ukukhuphuka kwengqondo okushelelayo, okuqhubekayo ngaphandle kokukhathazeka.
- Ukusekela ukugaya: Itiye eliluhlaza livuselela ukukhiqizwa kwama-enzyme wokugaya, lilekelele ekugayweni kokudla, ikakhulukazi ngemva kwezitsha ezinamafutha.
- Ukuqinisa amasotsha omzimba: Ama-Polyphenol kanye ne-vitamin C kukhulisa ukumelana komzimba nezifo zenkathi ethile zonyaka.
- Ukusekela inhliziyo nemithambo yegazi: Ukusetshenziswa njalo kwetiye eliluhlaza kuhlotshaniswa nokwehla kwamazinga e-LDL-cholesterol kanye nokuqiniswa kodonga lwemithambo yegazi.
- Umphumela wokuqabula: Umelana nokoma kahle kakhulu, ikakhulukazi lapho kushisa; ulungele kahle njengetiye lasehlobo.
- Umtnombo walo wusizo emehlweni: Emthini wesintu waseShayina, itiye eliluhlaza, futhi ikakhulukazi amatiye ohlobo lwe-“mao feng,” ngokwesiko athathwa njengawusizo emehlweni.
- Umsebenzi ongase ube khona wokulwa nesifo somdlavuza: Abacwaningi baseWest China Medical University (华西医大) baphawule ukuthi itiye eliluhlaza elisuka entabeni iMengding libonisa umphumela obonakalayo ekuvimbeleni izifo zomphimbo.
9. Ukwenza Itiye:
- Izinga lokushisa lamanzi: 75–80 °C. Amanzi ashisayo “ashisa” amacembe athambile, okubangela ukubaba nokulahleka kwamanothi amahle ephunga.
- Inani letiye: 3–5 g kumanzi ayi-150–200 ml.
- Izitsha: Ingilazi engilaziwe (玻璃杯) — ukuze ubuke “umdanso” wamacembe avulekayo futhi ujabulele umbala womhluzo. I-porcelain gaiwan (盖碗) — ukuze kwembuleke iphunga ngokugcwele. Zombili izindlela zinhle kakhulu; ukukhetha kuyindaba yokunambitheka kanye nesimo sengqondo.
- Inqubo:
- Fudumeza isitsha ngamanzi abilayo, uwachithe.
- Faka itiye esitsheni.
- Geza ngokushesha ngokuthululwa kokuqala (ukuwasha, imizuzwana engu-1–2) — lesi sigaba siyakhethwa emabangeni aphezulu, kodwa kuyanconywa ezintweni eziningi.
- Thela amanzi ane-75–80 °C bese uyeka imizuzu engu-1–2 (indlela yaseYurophu) noma imizuzwana eyi-10–15 (i-gongfu, 6–8 g ku-120 ml).
- Thela umhluzo ezinkomishini.
- Phinda ukwenza itiye izikhathi ezi-3–5, unyusa kancane isikhathi sokuyeka ngemizuzwana eyi-15–20.
10. Ukugcinwa:
- Isiqukathi esivalekayo, esingenalutho, ukuvikelwa kumaphunga angaphandle, ukukhanya kanye nomswakama.
- Okuhle — ifriji (0–5 °C), ishelufu noma indawo ehlukile. Ngaphambi kokuvula — gcina iphakethe ezingeni lokushisa legumbi lize lifudumale ngokuphelele.
- Isikhathi sokuphila — kuze kube yizinyanga eziyi-12–18 emaphaketheni angenawo umoya ezingeni lokushisa eliphansi; ngemva kokuvula — amasonto ama-4–6.
- Izitha zetiye: umswakama, ukukhanya, izinga lokushisa eliphezulu, amaphunga anamandla.
11. Intengo kanye Nokukhwabanisa:
IMeng Ding Mao Feng — ingenye yamatiye atholakala kalula kakhulu phakathi kwamatiye adumile aseNtabeni iMengding. Uma iMeng Ding Gan Lu imiswa njengomkhiqizo ongavamile othenjiswa ngentengo yetiye elomile engama-yuan angama-600–800 nangaphezulu nge-500 g, iMao Feng ithatha indawo yentengo ephakathi: ama-yuan angama-80–200 nge-500 g ngokuya ngebanga. Amabanga aphezulu (intwasahlobo yokuqala, amaqabunga amancane) — abiza kakhulu; izinto ezisetshenziswayo eziningi ngemva kwe-Qingming — zishibhe kakhulu. Izinto eziyinhloko zentengo: isizini yokuvuna (ngaphambi kwe-Qingming kubiza kakhulu kunangemva kwe-Qingming), izinga lezinto ezisetshenziswayo, umkhiqizi othile kanye nendawo yokutshala (iMengdingshan vs. ezinye izifunda zaseSichuan).
- Indlela yokugwema amafake:
- Bheka uphawu “蒙顶山茶” (uphawu lokuthengisa olubhalisiwe) — luqinisekisa ukuthi umkhiqizo uvela endaweni enophawu lomkhiqizo.
- Ukubukeka kwangaphandle: imichilo imincane, iminyene, icishe iqonde, inoboya obumhlophe obuningi, ngaphandle kwezingcezu ezinkulu neziqu ezimaholo.
- Iphunga leqabunga elomile — lihlanzekile, lisha, linenkastnut nezimbali, ngaphandle kokubola kanye namaphunga angaphandle.
- Umhluzo — ucwebile, uluhlaza okotshani ngokukhanya kuze kube ngokusasaphazwa kophuzi, awunawo amafu.
- Intengo ephansi kakhulu ye- “Meng Ding Mao Feng” (engaphansi kwama-yuan angama-50/500 g) enemvelaphi okuthiwa yaseMengdingshan iyisizathu sokusola.
12. Amaqiniso Athakazelisayo:
- Izihlahla eziyisikhombisa zikaWu Lizhen: Ngokwenganekwane, izihlahla zetiye eziyisikhombisa ezatshalwa nguWu Lizhen esiqongweni sentaba iMengding eminyakeni engaphezu kweyizinkulungwane ezimbili edlule zaba ngokhokho babo bonke abalimi betiye baseShayina. Indawo yokutshala — “Ingadi Yetiye Lombuso” (皇茶园, Huáng Chá Yuán) — isekhona nanamuhla futhi iyindawo yokuvakashelwa.
- Intela eqhubekayo yenkulungwane yeminyaka: Itiye elisuka entabeni iMengding lalithunyelwa enkantolo kusukela enkathini yamaTang kuze kube sekupheleni kwamaQing — iminyaka engaphezu kwenkulungwane yokuthunyelwa kombuso okuqhubekayo. Lokhu kuyirekhodi eliphelele phakathi kwazo zonke izifunda zetiye zaseShayina.
- I- “mingqian” lokuqala kunazo zonke eShayina: Ngenxa yesimo sezulu esipholile saseSichuan, ukuvunwa kwetiye eMengdingshan kuqala ekupheleni kukaFebruwari — emasontweni ama-2–3 ngaphambi kwalapho eJiangsu noma eZhejiang. Umcimbi waminyaka yonke we- “Bhasikidi Lokuqala Letiye” (第一背篓茶) — ukuvulwa okusemthethweni kwesizini.
- “Okuwukuphela kwetiye eliphakathi nendawo”: U-Li Shizhen ku- “Ben Cao Gang Mu” ugcizelela ngokukhethekile ukuthi itiye elisuka entabeni iMengding “lifudumele” ngokwemvelo futhi “liyakwazi ukuxosha izifo,” elihlukanisa kunawo wonke amanye amatiye aseShayina, ayecabanga ukuthi “ayabanda.”
- IMao Feng neGan Lu — ubuso obubili beMengding: Uma iGan Lu — “iwumkhosi,” tiye elingavamile futhi eliyingqayizivele lezikhathi ezikhethekile, iMao Feng — “eyansuku zonke,” enentando yeningi, kodwa noma kunjalo igcina isimilo sangempela sentaba iMengding. Ezigidini zabantu baseSichuan, iMao Feng ngokwayo iyitiye “labo” lansuku zonke.
13. Ukuqhathaniswa namanye amatiye aluhlaza:
- Meng Ding Gan Lu (蒙顶甘露, Méngdǐng Gānlù): “Isihlobo” esiseduze — itiye eliluhlaza eliyingqayizivele elisuka entabeni efanayo iMengding. Umehluko: iGan Lu yenziwa ngezinto ezisetshenziswayo ezithambile kakhulu (ikakhulukazi umqumbe owodwa noma umqumbe + iqabunga elilodwa lasekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo), ukuma kwayo kugobe kakhulu futhi kunoboya, iphunga — linamandla kakhudlwana, futhi ukunambitheka — kunothe kakhulu, kunoshukela futhi kunezendlalelo eziningi. IMao Feng — ilula ngesakhiwo, inokuma kweqabunga okuqonde kakhudlwana, ayibizi kakhulu, kodwa igcina isimilo se-terroir yaseMengding.
- Huangshan Mao Feng (黄山毛峰, Huángshān Máo Fēng): I- “mao feng” edume kakhulu yase-Anhui ephuma kwi- “Amashumi Ayishumi Amatiye Amakhulu AseShayina.” Izinto ezisetshenziswayo — ezinamaqabunga amancane, izinhlobo zase-Anhui; ukuma — “ulimi lomgcini” olunombala osagolide (象牙色, “umbala wophondo lwendlovu”). Iphunga linezimbali kakhulu, “i-orchid”; ukunambitheka — kucole kakhulu futhi kuhle. IMeng Ding Mao Feng — inamandla kakhulu, “iminyene,” inethoni ye-castnut egqamile kakhulu.
- Long Jing (龙井, Lóngjǐng): Ukuma kweqabunga okuyisicaba, okucindezelwe, iphunga elikhanyayo lamantongomane, amanothi “ebhontshisi,” iphrofayili yokugazinga eyisici. IMeng Ding Mao Feng — ayisicaba, inoboya obugqamile kakhulu kanye nesimilo esinezimbali nekastnut, akahle kangako “kwamantongomane.”
- Bi Luo Chun (碧螺春, Bìluóchūn): Izisongo ezinosontekile kahle ezinoboya obuningi; amanothi ezimbali nezithelo agqamile, ukukhanya kanye nesimilo esiqabulayo. IMeng Ding Mao Feng — iqonde kakhulu ngokuma, ayinawo amanothi ezimbali angako, inengxenye ye- “kastnut” egqamile kakhulu.
Ekuphetheni:
IMeng Ding Mao Feng itiye lapho udumo lweminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili lwentaba iMengding luba olutholakalayo futhi oluthintekayo. Amacembe awo anoboya obusiliva, azalwe enkungwini yezinye zezintaba zetiye ezihlonishwa kakhulu emhlabeni, anikeza umhluzo onephunga elihlanzekile lezimbali nekastnut, ukunambitheka okumnene, okunoshukela kanye nokunambitheka okuhlala isikhathi eside okuvuselelayo. Akulona nje itiye — liyibhuloho lansuku zonke eliya emlandweni wenkulungwane yeminyaka, intambo ephilayo ehlanganisa umthandi wetiye wamanje nenganekwane yezihlahla eziyisikhombisa zikaWu Lizhen. Kulabo abafuna ukulinganisela phakathi kokutholakala kalula nobuqiniso, phakathi kwensuku zonke kanye nesiko elikhulu, iMeng Ding Mao Feng iyindlela ekahle kakhulu.