Bai Ji Guan

Bai Jiguan

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Bai Ji Guan or Bai Jiguan ( Chinese 白雞冠 , Pinyin bái jīguān , W.-G. pai ² chi ¹ -kuan ¹ - "White cockscomb ") is a light oolong tea from the Wuyi Mountains . It is less strongly fermented than other types of "rock teas" from Wuyi . The type of tea is one of the " four famous tea bushes " ( 四大名欉 , sì dà ming cong - "Four Large bushes") of the Wuyi Mountains in the northwest of the province of Fujian and thus the original tea plants, obtained from the leaves oolong tea becomes.

Legend of the origin of the name

According to legend, this tea got its name from a monk who watched a rooster courageously protect its chick from an eagle. He lost his life and was buried by the monk. A tea bush grew out of the rooster’s grave, the leaves of which produced the first Bai Jiguan.

Characteristics

In contrast to most Wuyi teas, the fresh leaves of this tea are more yellowish than green or brown in color. This is due to the growth behavior of the tea plant under different lighting conditions: If the tea plant is cultivated under the influence of strong light, its leaves have a reduced chlorophyll content; their chlorophyll content is normal under more shady growing conditions. A genetic analysis in 2016 showed that the cultivars from which Bai Jiguan is obtained are closely related to those of Da Hong Pao from the same region.

Individual evidence

^ Mary Lou Heiss, Robert J. Heiss: The story of tea: A cultural history and drinking guide . Potter / TenSpeed / Harmony, 2011, ISBN 978-1-60774-172-5 , pp. 333 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ ^a ^b Towler Solala: Cha dao: The way of tea, tea as a way of life . Singing Dragon, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-84819-032-0 , pp. 157 .
↑ Wu Quanjin, Chen Zhidan, Sun Weijiang, Deng Tingting, Chen Mingjie: De novo sequencing of the leaf transcriptome reveals complex light-responsive regulatory networks in Camellia sinensis cv. Baijiguan . In: Frontiers in Plant Science Vol. 7 . 2016, p. 332 ff ., doi : 10.3389 / fpls.2016.00332 .
↑ Wang RJ, Gao XF, Kong XR, Yang J .: An efficient identification strategy of clonal tea cultivars using long-core motif SSR markers . In: SpringerPlus; 5 (1) . 2016, p. 1152 , doi : 10.1186 / s40064-016-2835-8 .

[1] Mary Lou Heiss, Robert J. Heiss: The story of tea: A cultural history and drinking guide . Potter / TenSpeed / Harmony, 2011, ISBN 978-1-60774-172-5 , pp. 333 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[Cha_Dao-2] Towler Solala: Cha dao: The way of tea, tea as a way of life . Singing Dragon, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-84819-032-0 , pp. 157 .

[3] Wu Quanjin, Chen Zhidan, Sun Weijiang, Deng Tingting, Chen Mingjie: De novo sequencing of the leaf transcriptome reveals complex light-responsive regulatory networks in Camellia sinensis cv. Baijiguan . In: Frontiers in Plant Science Vol. 7 . 2016, p. 332 ff ., doi : 10.3389 / fpls.2016.00332 .

[4] Wang RJ, Gao XF, Kong XR, Yang J .: An efficient identification strategy of clonal tea cultivars using long-core motif SSR markers . In: SpringerPlus; 5 (1) . 2016, p. 1152 , doi : 10.1186 / s40064-016-2835-8 .