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Tea Da Hong Pao, why it was one of the most expensive in the world

The Chinese Da Hong Pao tea is a Wuyi rock tea that is cultivated in the Fujian province but is best known because it can be very expensive.

Its high cost in the past was justified by the fact that the best trees that produced it were only 6 left and all on the Jiulongyu cliff. In 2006, these trees were insured by the Wuyi city government and in the same year it was forbidden for anyone to privately harvest tea from the trees.

One of the last available batches of tea sold for a record $28,000 for 20 grams.

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Da Hong Pao Tea
Chinese Da Hong Pao tea is a Wuyi rock tea that is grown in the Fujian province but is best known because it can be very expensive.
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Why can it be expensive
Its high cost in the past was justified by the fact that the best trees producing it were only 6 left, and all on the Jiulongyu cliff.
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The protection of the trees
In 2006, these trees were insured by the Wuyi city government and in the same year it was forbidden for anyone to privately harvest tea from the trees. One of the last available batches of tea sold for a record $28,000 for 20 grams.
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The beneficial effects
Da Hong Pao tea contains, among others, caffeine, flavonoids, and tea polyphenols that enable numerous beneficial effects. Da Hong Pao tea would help alleviate physical fatigue, facilitate blood circulation and counteract water retention. This tea would also help reduce the negative effects of alcohol and smoking.
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An historical curiosity
A curiosity is told: when the US President Richard Nixon visited China in 1972, Mao Zedong gave him 200 grams of Da Hong Pao tea, which was a sort of gesture of peace and friendship between China and the US.
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