It
is said that tea was drunk as early as the Tang dynasty, but that it
only became popular in the Qing dynasty. In the twentieth century it
gained international repute by winning a first-grade certificate at
the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition held in San
Francisco to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal. The plant
is a broad leafed strain with many small buds, which can still be
seen after it is processed. The beverage has a mellow taste and
long-lasting flower flavor.
Huiming Temple, which gives this tea its names, stands halfway up a
peak called Mt. Chimu in southern Zhejiang province. The tea grows
on slope around it, which are generally within the level of almost
perpetual mist and cloud.
