Wuyi Yancha (rock tea) is a famous traditional Chinese tea, and it is an oolong tea with the quality characteristics of rock rhyme. "There is tea in rocks, but there is no tea in non-rocks", hence the name rock tea. It is a semi-fermented tea, featuring green leaves with red edges and rows of rocks, and a bright orange soup with a rocky flavor, famous for its unique rock rhyme of "rock bone flower fragrance“.
The main producing area of Wuyi Yancha is the Wuyi Mountain tea area in Fujian Province of China, that is known as "the most beautiful in the southeast". It is a place where the peaks are connected, the canyons are crisscrossed, and the Jiuqu River lingers in between, with a mild climate, warm winters and cool summers, and abundant rainfall. Wuyi Mountains are characterized by precipitous cliffs, deep pits and huge valleys. Tea farmers use rock hollows, stone gaps, stone cracks, along the edge of the masonry stone shore to grow tea, which is known as "potted" tea gardens.