{
 "organization": "Kings Tea (Qingshenge 清神阁)",
 "legal_name": "武夷山清神阁茶业有限公司",
 "legal_name_en": "Wuyishan Qingshenge Tea Co., Ltd.",
 "url": "https://qingshenge.com/",
 "updated": "2026-11-13",
 "status_legend": {
  "document": "checked against an original document held by the company",
  "public": "public reference, link in sources",
  "company": "company record or figure, not independently verified"
 },
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  {
   "id": "legal-name",
   "claim": "Legal name",
   "value": "武夷山清神阁茶业有限公司 (Wuyishan Qingshenge Tea Co., Ltd.)",
   "status": "document",
   "source": "Organic product certificate 096OP1200315 (garden), GB/T 19630-2019, valid 30 Sep 2026 – 29 Sep 2027. Document held by Kings Tea.",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "brand",
   "claim": "Brand names",
   "value": "Kings Tea; KingsTEA; Qingshenge; 清神阁",
   "status": "company",
   "source": "Kings Tea company records and figures (not independently verified).",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "address",
   "claim": "Registered address",
   "value": "福建省武夷山市武夷街道黄柏村江墩30号 — No. 30 Jiangdun, Huangbai Village, Wuyi Subdistrict, Wuyishan, Fujian 354301, China",
   "status": "document",
   "source": "Alex Stewart (Agriculture) China Ltd., analytical report TS2631904, 30 Aug 2026, sample Wuyi rock tea Rou Gui, lot 20260510. Document held by Kings Tea.",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "uscc",
   "claim": "Unified social credit code (China)",
   "value": "913507827593849353",
   "status": "company",
   "source": "Kings Tea company records and figures (not independently verified).",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "organic-first",
   "claim": "First organic certification",
   "value": "30 September 2005 (first-issue date printed on both current certificates)",
   "status": "document",
   "source": "Organic product certificate 096OP1200315 (garden), GB/T 19630-2019, valid 30 Sep 2026 – 29 Sep 2027. Document held by Kings Tea.",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "organic-continuous",
   "claim": "Continuous organic processing certification on file",
   "value": "20 consecutive annual certificates covering 30 Sep 2005 – 29 Sep 2025",
   "status": "document",
   "source": "Twenty annual organic tea processing certificates, 2005–2024, issued by Hangzhou Zhongnong Quality Certification Centre (OTRDC, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences). Documents held by Kings Tea.",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "organic-current",
   "claim": "Current organic certificates",
   "value": "096OP1200315 (garden) and 096OP1200316 (processing), GB/T 19630-2019, valid 30 Sep 2026 – 29 Sep 2027",
   "status": "document",
   "source": "Organic product certificate 096OP1200316 (processing), GB/T 19630-2019, valid 30 Sep 2026 – 29 Sep 2027. Document held by Kings Tea.",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "organic-garden-scope",
   "claim": "Certified garden scope",
   "value": "Huanglongshan No. 1 garden, 10.53 hectares, fresh tea leaf",
   "status": "document",
   "source": "Organic product certificate 096OP1200315 (garden), GB/T 19630-2019, valid 30 Sep 2026 – 29 Sep 2027. Document held by Kings Tea.",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "organic-proc-scope",
   "claim": "Certified processing scope",
   "value": "Qingshenge-brand oolong tea (Wuyi rock tea) and black tea",
   "status": "document",
   "source": "Organic product certificate 096OP1200316 (processing), GB/T 19630-2019, valid 30 Sep 2026 – 29 Sep 2027. Document held by Kings Tea.",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "organic-not",
   "claim": "Organic schemes NOT held",
   "value": "No EU, USDA or JAS organic certification is claimed. Certification is under China's GB/T 19630.",
   "status": "document",
   "source": "Organic product certificate 096OP1200316 (processing), GB/T 19630-2019, valid 30 Sep 2026 – 29 Sep 2027. Document held by Kings Tea.",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "lab-rougui",
   "claim": "EU residue test, Rou Gui sample",
   "value": "Report TS2631904 (Alex Stewart, 30 Aug 2026), lot 20260510: tested parameters complied with the EU limits cited (Regulation (EC) 396/2005). One substance detected: 2-phenylphenol 0.036 mg/kg (limit 0.05). Applies to the submitted sample only.",
   "status": "document",
   "source": "Alex Stewart (Agriculture) China Ltd., analytical report TS2631904, 30 Aug 2026, sample Wuyi rock tea Rou Gui, lot 20260510. Document held by Kings Tea.",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "heritage-national",
   "claim": "National intangible cultural heritage",
   "value": "Wuyi rock tea (Da Hong Pao) making technique, national list item VIII-63, first batch, 2006",
   "status": "public",
   "source": "China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network — national list item VIII-63, Wuyi rock tea (Da Hong Pao) making technique, first batch (2006).",
   "source_url": "https://www.ihchina.cn/"
  },
  {
   "id": "heritage-unesco",
   "claim": "UNESCO intangible heritage",
   "value": "Part of 'Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China', inscribed 29 Nov 2022",
   "status": "public",
   "source": "UNESCO — Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China, inscribed 2022 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.",
   "source_url": "https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/traditional-tea-processing-techniques-and-associated-social-practices-in-china-01884"
  },
  {
   "id": "inheritor",
   "claim": "Chief tea maker's heritage recognition",
   "value": "Liu Dexi (刘德喜), named a representative inheritor (second batch) of the Wuyi rock tea (Da Hong Pao) making technique by the Wuyishan Municipal People's Government on 20 Mar 2015 — a municipal-level recognition",
   "status": "document",
   "source": "Wuyishan Municipal People's Government, decision Wu Zheng Zong [2015] No. 34 (20 Mar 2015), naming the second batch of representative inheritors of the Wuyi rock tea (Da Hong Pao) making technique. Copy held by Kings Tea.",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "inheritor-role",
   "claim": "Liu Dexi's role",
   "value": "Factory director and chief tea maker at Kings Tea since February 2005",
   "status": "company",
   "source": "Kings Tea company records and figures (not independently verified).",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "producer",
   "claim": "Producer type",
   "value": "Grows and processes its own tea: certified organic garden and certified organic processing at its own factory in Huangbai Village, Wuyishan",
   "status": "document",
   "source": "Organic product certificate 096OP1200316 (processing), GB/T 19630-2019, valid 30 Sep 2026 – 29 Sep 2027. Document held by Kings Tea.",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "takeover-2004",
   "claim": "Origin of the company's gardens and factory",
   "value": "Took over the Huanglongyan tea factory, its gardens and site in Huangbai Village by auction on 6 Jan 2004",
   "status": "company",
   "source": "Kings Tea company records and figures (not independently verified).",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "garden-area",
   "claim": "Own garden area",
   "value": "About 600 mu (about 40 hectares) owned; the certified organic scope above is 10.53 hectares",
   "status": "company",
   "source": "Kings Tea company records and figures (not independently verified).",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "location",
   "claim": "Location",
   "value": "Huangbai Village, about 2 km (straight line) from the northern boundary of the Mount Wuyi scenic area",
   "status": "company",
   "source": "Kings Tea company records and figures (not independently verified).",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "gi",
   "claim": "Protected origin",
   "value": "Wuyi rock tea is a geographical-indication product under GB/T 18745-2006; the protected area is Wuyishan",
   "status": "public",
   "source": "GB/T 18745-2006 Product of geographical indication — Wuyi rock tea (national standard of China).",
   "source_url": "https://openstd.samr.gov.cn/bzgk/gb/"
  },
  {
   "id": "world-heritage",
   "claim": "World Heritage",
   "value": "Mount Wuyi, UNESCO World Heritage (cultural and natural), 1999, ref. 911",
   "status": "public",
   "source": "UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Mount Wuyi (ref. 911), inscribed 1999, mixed cultural and natural site.",
   "source_url": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/911/"
  },
  {
   "id": "award-2026",
   "claim": "2026 award",
   "value": "Special Prize (特等奖), Da Hong Pao (blend), 22nd Wuyishan Spring Tea Competition 2026, entry 3248005742 — preliminary announcement 19 Aug 2026",
   "status": "document",
   "source": "Competition entry record 3248005742, 2026 Wuyishan 22nd Spring Tea Competition, preliminary announcement 19 Aug 2026.",
   "source_url": "assets/award-entry-3248005742.jpg"
  },
  {
   "id": "teas",
   "claim": "Main teas",
   "value": "Wuyi rock tea (oolong): Rou Gui, Shui Xian, Da Hong Pao; also Wuyi black tea",
   "status": "company",
   "source": "Kings Tea company records and figures (not independently verified).",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "trade",
   "claim": "Sales to tea shops abroad",
   "value": "Enquiries from tea shops, importers and tea clubs are welcome; prices, minimum quantities and samples are agreed per enquiry",
   "status": "company",
   "source": "Kings Tea company records and figures (not independently verified).",
   "source_url": null
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}