A gifted scholar in Qing Dynasty wrote in “The History of Pu’er Tea”, “Pu’er tea is famous all over the world, the taste of thick Smell, especially valued by the capital”. This is also the origin of the name of this tea cake.
“Yan酽”, phonetic characters, sound Yan, means tea or wine that tastes thick.
Thick Smell is the newly invented formula by Taetea in 2006, as a classic, drinking series. Thick Smell 1701, made with selected sun-dried big leaf tea from Yunnan, undergoes appropriate fermentation and is pressed with high steam temperature. The smell is strong but not violent, with smoke aroma. Indeed a premium raw tea.
Origin
Most of the raw materials of Taatea Pu’er tea come from the birthplace of tea trees in the world – China Yunnan Menghai County, the core production area of Pu’er Tea.
Technology
The Taetea Processing Technology was selected into the National Intangible Cultural Heritage of China, boasts rich technical content, constantly innovate the blending technology and fermentation technology. Thus Taetea has a numerous classic Pu’er formula, applying a microbiology technology for tea making.
Culture & Collection
Every Taetea product has been well-designed with its unique and profound humanistic connotation, very suitable for collecting and tasting!
Age
More than 70 years of focus on Pu’er tea field, with rich storage of different year aged raw materials. Most of the old Pu’er tea products currently in existence are from the Menghai Tea Factory.
清代才子名士阮福的《普洱茶记》中云：“普洱茶名遍天下，味最酽，京师由重之”。大益“味最酽”得名于此。
“酽”，形声字，从酉，严声，“酉”与有酒有关，本义指茶，酒等饮料味厚。
味最酽是大益2006年首创的配方，定位为经典系列，口粮茶。大益1701味最酽生茶，产品精选云南一定区域内的大叶种晒青毛茶原料，适度发酵，经高温蒸压而成。味道重而不烈，带烟味，可谓茶之中坚。
产地价值 Origin
大益普洱茶原来，大部分里来自世界茶树之源（云南普洱茶核心产区勐海茶料）
工艺价值 Technology
拥有 “非物质文化遗产” 制茶技艺，不断革新拼配合发酵技术，拥有大量经典普洱配方，开创微生物科技制茶工艺。
文化价值 Culture & Collection
每一款大益普洱茶均经过精心设计，赋予深厚的人文艺术内涵，尤为适合收藏品鉴！
年份价值 Age
数十年专注普洱茶领域，拥有丰富陈化原料，目前存世的普洱老茶大部分出自于勐海茶厂。
大益集团
大益集团是中国现代化大型茶业企业，母公司为云南大益茶业集团有限公司，集团旗下包括勐海茶厂，北京益友会科技有限公司，东莞大益茶业科技有限公司，江苏宜兴益工坊陶瓷工艺品有限公司等多海内外成员企业，拥有享誉海内外的大益品牌。其大益茶制作技艺入选非物质文化遗产名录。
