County-level city in Longyan, home of Zhangping Shuixian: Shuixian oolong pressed in wooden moulds into small paper-wrapped square cakes and charcoal-roasted.
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The trade often dates the square cake to 1914 and names a Shuangyang (Zhongcun) maker. This pass could not verify the year or the name (the brief suggested 邓观金) in any accessible source. The official pages give only a folk legend set between Nanyang Beiliao and Shuangyang Zhongcun. Do not publish a founder or a year until it is sourced.
Zhangping became a county in 1470 and a city in 1990. It lies where the Daiyun, Daimao and Boping ranges meet, cut in two by the north branch of the Jiulong river. Locals speak the Zhangping form of Southern Min (Zhangzhou accent). Its signature tea is Zhangping Shuixian (漳平水仙, also 'square paper-wrapped tea' 方块纸包茶). The leaf is sun-withered, worked (做青), pan-fired and rolled, then pressed in a wooden mould into a flat square, wrapped in soft paper and carefully charcoal-roasted. The liquor is golden and the aroma is described as orchid- or osmanthus-like.
The heritage text says local makers combined Wuyi rock-tea and southern-Fujian Shuixian methods, judging the leaf and the weather as they go ('看青做青, 看天做青'). The core area is Nanyang town (南洋镇: about 37,000 mu of Shuixian, 5,754 t in 2025, title 'home of Chinese shuixian tea'). Shuangyang town (双洋镇) also has Shuixian as a lead industry. The city's folk legend sets the tea's beginnings between Nanyang's Beiliao (北寮) and Shuangyang's Zhongcun (中村) villages. Nanyang's Shiniudong (石牛岽) has an old tree billed as the 'Shuixian tea king'.
The collective trademark 'Zhangping Shuixian' holds a national agricultural-product GI registration (year not given in the source). Zhangping's total tea output (16,200 t in 2025) also includes other teas, notably high-mountain oolong from Yongfu (inference from the city's tourism material).
| Product | Vendor | Channel | per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Fujian Zhangping Oolong Tea Cake | What-Cha | International retail | $26.69 |
| China Fujian Zhangping Oolong Tea Cake | What-Cha | International retail | $35.59 |
| Orthodox Zhangping Shuixian | One River Tea | China retail | $37.50 |
| Roasted Zhangping Shuixian | One River Tea | China retail | $37.50 |
| Zhangping Shui Xian Oolong P.free | Yoshi en | International retail | $42.39 |
| Zhangping Shuixian Oolong Tea | Moychay.nl | International retail | $43.59 |
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| Product | Vendor | Price | Per 100 g |
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China Fujian Zhangping Oolong Tea Cake
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What-ChaSelected destinations |
£10.00 / 50 g | $26.69 £20.00 / 100 g ≈ $2.14 a session |
China Fujian Zhangping Oolong Tea Cake
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What-ChaSelected destinations |
£12.00 / 45 g | $35.59 £26.67 / 100 g ≈ $2.85 a session |
Orthodox Zhangping Shuixian
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One River TeaSelected destinations |
$9.00 / 24 g | $37.50 ≈ $3.00 a session |
Roasted Zhangping Shuixian
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One River TeaSelected destinations |
$9.00 / 24 g | $37.50 ≈ $3.00 a session |
Zhangping Shui Xian Oolong P.free
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Yoshi enSelected destinations |
€18.90 / 50 g | $42.39 €37.80 / 100 g ≈ $3.39 a session |
Zhangping Shuixian Oolong Tea
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Moychay.nlSelected destinations |
€28.76 / 74 g | $43.59 €38.86 / 100 g ≈ $3.49 a session |
Prices recorded on the dates checked. Conversions use ECB rates dated 2026-10-20; original prices appear alongside. Origin, age and cultivar are stated by the vendor.
