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'''Junshan Yinzhen''' ([[wiktionary:君|君]][[wiktionary:山|山]][[wiktionary:银|银]][[wiktionary:针|针]]|t=君山銀針|p=jūn shān yín zhēn, ''lit.'' "Silver Needle(s) of the Gentleman Mountain") is a [[Yellow tea]] from Junshan Island of the Hunan Province in China. It is one of [[China Famous Tea|Chinese Famous Teas]]. Although the same kind of tea trees are also planted around [[Dongting Lake]], where Junshan Island is located, those teas should not be called Junshan Yinzhen. The tea resembles the [[White tea]] Yinzhen known as [[Bai Hao Yinzhen tea|Bai Hao Yinzhen]]. Junshan Yinzhen, allegedly the preferred tea of Chairman [[Mao Zedong]], is a rare tea sometimes sold as [[White tea]].
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[[File:Yinzhen.jpg|thumbnail|right|Junshan Yinzhen]]
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'''Junshan Yinzhen''' ([[wiktionary:君|君]][[wiktionary:山|山]][[wiktionary:银|银]][[wiktionary:针|针]] is a [[Yellow tea]] from Junshan Island of the Hunan Province in China. It is one of [[China Famous Tea|Chinese Famous Teas]]. Although the same cultivars are also planted around Dong Ting Lake, where Junshan Island is located, those teas should not be called Junshan Yinzhen. The production of this tea is very limited as only tea leaves before Qing Ming are harvested. Tea leaves picked after this period are processed into other teas such as Jun Shan Mao Jian and Jun Shan Lu Cha. Therefor authentic Junshan Yinzhen is among the rarest of [[China Famous Tea|China’s famous teas]].
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==See also==
 
==See also==
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[[Category:Yellow tea]]
 
[[Category:Yellow tea]]
 
[[Category:Chinese tea]]
 
[[Category:Chinese tea]]
[[Category:Chinese tea grown in Hunan]]
   
[[Category:China famous tea]]
 
[[Category:China famous tea]]
    
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