Cha Zhi Ji Liu Bao Tea is produced in Cangwu County, Guangxi Province, China. It is carefully crafted from fresh and tender one bud and two to three leaves, or three to four leaves. The initial processing steps include: fresh leaves → fixation → rolling → pile fermentation → re-rolling → drying → Liu Bao Tea raw material. The refined process includes: Liu Bao Tea raw material → screening and sorting → blending → cold water pile fermentation → basket pressing or tight pressing → cooling → warehouse aging → Liu Bao Tea finished product.
Cha Zhi Ji also specially supervises the production of Liu Bao Tea using the traditional "double steaming and double pressing" process, which means steaming twice and pressing twice. It involves steaming the sorted Liu Bao raw materials twice to soften them, then placing them in wooden boxes or crates for pressing and baking, about twenty hours of baking. After that, the tea is broken up, cooled, and steamed again for the second time. The tea leaves are then pressed into baskets or pressed into the desired shape, dried, and aged to become the finished product.
Cha Zhi Ji is also very professional in appreciating aged Liu Bao Tea. From the 1930s to the 2000s, the different stages of high-quality, rare Ma Cang Zheng Liu Bao Tea offer a very complete appreciation experience. In promoting the culture of aged Liu Bao Tea, an activity called "Shanyuan Qingyun--Liu Bao Tea Unsealing Ceremony" was launched, aiming to find properly stored high-quality aged Liu Bao Tea. Experts are invited to witness and explain, and the intact Liu Bao Tea is carefully weighed and packaged in special custom-made delicate porcelain bottles or purple sand jars. Finally, traditional wax sealing is used to seal the tea lid. The purpose is to highlight the practical value of Liu Bao Tea, as small packaging can be widely circulated, and to witness the original taste of old tea. The mission is to enable tea lovers to appreciate and collect a truly beautiful and old Liu Bao Tea, reaching a state of joy in body and mind. So far, the opened old Liu Bao Teas include: Putingongqing from the 1930s, Fuhua from the 1950s, Daxin from the 1950s, SSHC from the 1970s, and VIVE from the 1980s.
