安溪铁观音乃天合之作，可遇不可求！

铁观音的优秀在于集天时地利人和为一体，比如：铁观音茶树品种、种植环境、天气要求、土壤要求、茶树翻新、茶质富含量、茶叶芳香物等等，铁观音都要高于其它茶叶品种。

铁观音的突出具体表现以下十方面：

一、茶树品种：铁观音茶树被称为“红心歪尾桃”，典型的茶圣陆羽《茶经》所书之紫者上，绿者次。这种品种，本身就独具吸天地精华之优势。

二、种植环境：铁观音的源产地安溪，被称为厦门“后花园”。福建为八闽大地，八山一水一分田，安溪却是9山点水点点田。全县基本没有重工业，连轻工业也很少，特别是产茶区几乎零工业，只有水泥路、房子和汽车展现着现代文明，基本保留纯农业生产。以上这些，都为安溪产好茶提供了良好自然条件。

三、天气要求：茶树的生长特别是香气的形成，天气昼夜温差极为重要，安溪茶山海拔在600米以上，平均海拔800米，是从厦门0海拔过来的第一高山，所以昼夜温差在20度左右，长期云雾萦绕。太阳晒时茶叶会产生光合作用而生成芬芳香气，晚上温度骤然降温，将白天的芬芳香气储藏于茶叶之中。还有充足的降雨量，可以保证茶树的茁壮生长。

四、土壤要求：茶树需要吸天地之精华，良好的土壤对茶树的生长至关重要。安溪山非常多，大都数铁观音茶叶种植在山上，所以，茶山上的土壤都是极为有利于茶树生长的，都为铁观音的优良品质提供了坚实的基础。

五、茶树管理：茶树如果生长过快，那么茶叶的营养就会少，生长较早的茶叶已经粗老而新生长的茶叶还很嫩，这样的铁观音难以有好品质，而且做出来的茶叶茶梗多。较好的茶树生长是新长茶叶保持在3-4叶，当第一叶处于老嫩相间时，最后一芽已经长到七成状，这种茶青是加工优质铁观音的基础。所以茶园管理相当重要，既要让茶树正常生长，又不要让茶树过份生长。

六、茶树翻新：铁观音为了保证茶叶品质与营养丰富，铁观音茶树的最佳茶龄为3-8年，三年产量少，但茶叶品质高；5年产量适中，茶叶的品质也好，是铁观音的最佳状态。8年虽然茶叶产量高，但由于茶树的营养在减少，所以茶叶品质也在下降，所以基本上这时茶树考虑挖掉重新种植新茶树。

七、茶叶采摘：铁观音采摘春茶和秋茶，当采摘季节来临，天气显得极为重要，只有连续晴天铁观音才可以采摘，如果遇到下雨天，铁观音茶农一季的付出都会颗粒无收。而且须等到茶叶生长为最佳状态，此时茶叶营养丰富。基本需要生长三四叶，最上芽也需要开到七成状。

八、茶叶加工：铁观音初加工基本在农户实现，采摘回来的茶青需要晒青，如果没有太阳，此时铁观音的品质会大打折扣。铁观音的发酵过程中也需要良好的天气配合，如果天气不配合，茶农会累的半死，甚至还要用空调来伺候。

九、茶叶精选：铁观音茶叶经粗加工后，开始进行精选环节，去除茶叶沫，去除茶叶梗，去除茶叶中老叶、死叶、粗叶。然后再进行茶叶筛选，红外线消毒、轻焙火烘干再包装。

十、茶叶品质：铁观音具有天然的兰花香和观音韵，这是其它茶叶无法比拟的，而且铁观音茶叶营养和茶多酚遥遥领先于其它茶叶。所以铁观音突出的保健功能被广泛接受，特别是减肥，更是其它茶叶望尘莫及。

The excellence of Tieguanyin lies in the combination of the right time, place and people, such as: Tieguanyin tea tree varieties, planting environment, weather requirements, soil requirements, tea tree renovation, tea quality and richness, tea aroma, etc. Tieguanyin is higher than Tieguanyin. other tea varieties.

The outstanding specific performance of Tieguanyin is as follows:

1. Variety of tea tree: Tieguanyin tea tree is called "red heart and twisted tail peach". The typical tea sage Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" has the purple one, and the green one. This species itself has the advantage of absorbing the essence of heaven and earth.

2. Planting environment: Anxi, the origin of Tieguanyin, is known as Xiamen's "back garden". Fujian is a land of eight Fujian, with eight mountains, one water and one field, but Anxi is 9 mountains, water and fields. There is basically no heavy industry in the county, and there is even very little light industry. Especially in the tea-producing area, there is almost no industry. Only cement roads, houses and cars show modern civilization, and pure agricultural production is basically reserved. All of the above provide good natural conditions for Anxi to produce good tea.

3. Weather requirements: the growth of tea trees, especially the formation of aroma, the temperature difference between day and night is extremely important. Anxi Tea Mountain is above 600 meters above sea level, with an average altitude of 800 meters. It is the highest mountain from Xiamen at 0 altitude, so the temperature difference between day and night is 20 degrees. Left and right, long-term clouds linger. When the sun is in the sun, the tea will produce photosynthesis to generate a fragrant aroma, and the temperature will drop suddenly at night, and the fragrant aroma of the day will be stored in the tea. There is also sufficient rainfall to ensure the vigorous growth of tea trees.

4. Soil requirements: Tea trees need to absorb the essence of heaven and earth, and good soil is essential for the growth of tea trees. There are many Anxi Mountains, and most of the tea leaves are planted on the mountain. Therefore, the soil on the tea mountain is extremely conducive to the growth of tea trees, which provides a solid foundation for the excellent quality of Tieguanyin.

5. Tea tree management: If the tea tree grows too fast, the nutrition of the tea leaves will be less, the tea leaves that grow earlier are already rough and the newly grown tea leaves are still very tender, such Tieguanyin cannot have good quality, and the tea leaves made Lots of tea stems. The best growth of the tea tree is to keep 3-4 leaves for the newly grown tea leaves. When the first leaves are aged and tender, the last bud has grown to 70%. This tea green is the basis for processing high-quality Tieguanyin. Therefore, the management of tea gardens is very important, not only to allow the tea trees to grow normally, but not to let the tea trees grow too much.

6. Tea tree refurbishment: In order to ensure the quality and nutrient-rich tea, the best tea age of Tieguanyin tea tree is 3-8 years. The output of Tieguanyin tea tree is low in three years, but the tea quality is high; It is the best state of Tieguanyin. Although the tea yield was high in 8 years, the quality of tea was also declining due to the decrease in the nutrition of the tea trees, so basically at this time the tea trees were considered to be dug up and replanted with new tea trees.

7. Tea picking: Tieguanyin picks spring tea and autumn tea. When the picking season comes, the weather is extremely important. Only Tieguanyin can be picked on consecutive sunny days. And you have to wait until the tea leaves are in the best condition, and the tea leaves are rich in nutrients at this time. It basically needs to grow three or four leaves, and the top bud also needs to open to 70%.

8. Tea processing: The initial processing of Tieguanyin is basically carried out by farmers. The tea leaves that are picked need to be dried. If there is no sun, the quality of Tieguanyin will be greatly reduced at this time. The fermentation process of Tieguanyin also requires good weather cooperation. If the weather does not cooperate, the tea farmers will be exhausted and half-dead, and they will even be served by air conditioners.

9. Selection of tea leaves: After rough processing of Tieguanyin tea leaves, the selection process begins to remove tea foam, tea stems, and old leaves, dead leaves and thick leaves in tea leaves. Then the tea leaves are screened, sterilized by infrared rays, lightly roasted and dried before being packaged.

Ten. Tea quality: Tieguanyin has natural orchid fragrance and Guanyin rhyme, which is unmatched by other teas, and Tieguanyin tea is far ahead of other teas in terms of nutrition and tea polyphenols. Therefore, Tieguanyin's outstanding health functions are widely accepted, especially for weight loss, and it is beyond the reach of other teas.