Kings Tea (Qingshenge 清神阁).
Kings Tea is the brand of Wuyishan Qingshenge Tea Co., Ltd. (武夷山清神阁茶业有限公司), a Wuyi rock tea producer in Huangbai Village, Wuyishan, Fujian, China. The company took over the Huanglongyan tea factory and its gardens in January 2004, was first certified organic in September 2005, and makes its tea under chief tea maker Liu Dexi.
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The essentials, for the record.
- Legal name
- 武夷山清神阁茶业有限公司Wuyishan Qingshenge Tea Co., Ltd.1
- Brand
- Kings Tea · KingsTEA · Qingshenge 清神阁2
- Address
- No. 30 Jiangdun, Huangbai Village, Wuyi Subdistrict, Wuyishan, Fujian 354301, China福建省武夷山市武夷街道黄柏村江墩30号3
- Unified social credit code
- 9135078275938493532
- Here since
- 6 January 20042
- Organic since
- 30 September 20054
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Kings Tea, KingsTEA, Qingshenge, 清神阁
Qingshenge (清神阁, roughly "pavilion of a clear mind") is our Chinese name; Kings Tea is the English name on our packaging. They are the same company. In Chinese documents and on our certificates you will see the legal name 武夷山清神阁茶业有限公司.
The people
Liu Dexi 刘德喜 — factory director and chief tea maker since 2005; a representative inheritor of the Wuyi rock tea (Da Hong Pao) making technique, named by the Wuyishan Municipal People's Government in 2015. More about Liu Dexi
Twenty-two years in Huangbai Village.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2004 | Takes over the Huanglongyan tea factory, its gardens and site in Huangbai Village by auction | Company record |
| Feb 2005 | Liu Dexi joins as factory director and chief tea maker | Company record |
| 30 Sep 2005 | First organic certificate | Certificate |
| 2006 | Wuyi rock tea (Da Hong Pao) making technique named to China's first national intangible heritage list | Public record |
| 20 Mar 2015 | Liu Dexi named a representative inheritor of the technique by the Wuyishan government | Government decision |
| 28 Aug 2017 | Written company rule banning chemical pesticides in our gardens | Company document |
| 29 Nov 2022 | UNESCO inscribes traditional tea processing techniques in China, including Wuyi rock tea | Public record |
| 2005–2024 | Twenty consecutive annual organic certificates, to 29 Sep 2025 | Certificates |
| 19 Aug 2026 | Da Hong Pao blend listed for a Special Prize, 22nd Wuyishan Spring Tea Competition | Competition record |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Current organic certificates issued, valid to 29 Sep 2027 | Certificates |
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