信阳毛尖
中国绿茶信阳毛尖，产于河南省大别山区的信阳市浉河区（原信阳市）、平桥区（原信阳县）和罗山县。这里地势高峻、峰峦叠翠，一年四季常常云雾弥漫，年平均气温在15℃左右，年平均降水量在1200毫米上下，肥沃的土壤、深厚的腐殖质，为茶树的生长提供了充足的养分。
信阳毛尖品质高上，外形细秀匀直，色泽翠绿，内质汤色嫩绿鲜亮，香气鲜嫩高爽，叶底嫩绿明亮细嫩。其含有粗纤维、茶多酚、咖啡因等成分，对抗菌消炎、降血压、降血脂、提神醒脑、清热解毒、清心明目、增强免疫力等有辅助功效。
信阳茶叶种植历史悠久，从唐朝开始，茶叶生产便进入兴盛时期，所产茶叶品质上乘，列为贡品。“茶圣”陆羽在《茶经》中把信阳毛尖列为唐朝名茶。宋朝大文学家苏东坡曾说，“淮南茶，信阳第一”。信阳毛尖于1915年荣获巴拿马万国博览会金奖，1958年被评为中国十大名茶之一。2014年，信阳毛尖茶制作技艺入选国家级非物质文化遗产名录。
Xinyang Maojian Tea
Maojian is a kind of green tea that grows on the steep Dabie Mountains in Xinyang, Henan Province. Shrouded by lush trees and perennial clouds and fogs, the mountains have an average annual temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and an average annual rainfall of 1,200 millimeters, which, coupled with the fertile soil and deep humus, provide the tea trees with adequate nourishment.
Xinyang Maojian tea boasts high quality, slender bright green leaves, transparent green soup, and refreshing fragrance. Containing coarse fiber, tea polyphenols, and caffeine, it can help counter bacteria and inflammation, reduce blood pressure and blood fat, refresh the mind, clear internal heat and pathogenic factors, reduce eye fatigue, and boost immunity.
Xinyang has a long history of tea planting. Local tea production bloomed in the Tang Dynasty, and the tea leaves were selected as a tribute to the imperial court for their superior quality. Lu Yu (733-c. 804), the Sage of Tea, put Xinyang Maojian on the list of best teas of the Tang Dynasty in his Cha Jing (Classic of Tea). Su Dongpo (1037- 1101), a great literary master of the Song Dynasty, praised the Xinyang tea "the best in the south of the Huaihe River."
Xinyang Maojian won a gold medal at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition and was rated one of the 10 best teas in China in 1958. In 2014, the Xinyang Maojian tea processing technique was put on the list of national intangible cultural heritage.
