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{{Short description|Chinese oolong tea}}
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{{Infobox Tea |
Tea_name = Bai Jiguan |
Tea_type|Tea_name = [[OolongBai tea|Oolong]]ji |guan
|Tea_type Tea_color = Wuyi[[Oolong tea|Oolong]]
Tea_image|Tea_color = No picture available |Wuyi
|Tea_image = Bai Jiguan.jpg
|Tea_origin = [[Mount Wuyi]], [[Fujian| Fujian Province]], [[China]] |
|Tea_names = White Cockscombcockscomb, Whitewhite Roosterrooster, {{lang|zh|白鸡冠| }}
|Tea_quick = Light [[Wuyi Tea.tea]]
}}
{{Tea map china province | Tea_province=Fujian}}
'''Bai Ji Guan''' or '''Bai Jiguan''' ({{zh|s=[[wikt:白{{linktext|白]][[wikt:鸡|鸡]][[wikt:冠|冠]]}}|t=[[wikt:白{{linktext|白]][[wikt:雞|雞]][[wikt:冠|冠]]}}|p=bái jīguān|w=pai2 chi1-kuan1}}; pronounced {{IPAc-cmn|b|ai|2|-|j|i|1|.|g|uan|1}}) is a very light ''[[Si Da Ming Cong tea|Si Da Ming Cong]]'' andtea, a verywell-known light[[oolong]] [[Wuyi Oolong tea|tea of Wuyi]], in [[Fujian]], China.
 
Legend has it that the name of this tea (Whitewhich Cockscombtranslates to 'white rooster' or more literally 'white [[Comb (anatomy)|cockscomb]]') was given by a monk in memorial of a courageous rooster that sacrificed his life while protecting his baby from an eagle. Touched by the display of courage and love, the monk buried the rooster and from that spot, the Bai{{lang|zh-Latn|bai Jiji Guanguan}} tea bush grew.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Cha Dao: The Way of Tea – Tea as a Way of Life |first=Solala |last=Towler |date=2010 |publisher=Singing Dragon |isbn=9781848190320 |location=London |page=157 |oclc=703432018}}</ref>
 
Unlike most Wuyi teas, the leaves of this tea are yellowish to light green rather than dark green or brown.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Bai ji guan.jpg|thumb|A field of {{lang|zh-Latn|bai ji guan}} bushes with the light-green leaves characteristic of this tea.]]
 
The flavour is also quite different from the other Wuyi Oolongsoolongs, which tend to be otherwise very similar asto a group. Still, just likeLike most Wuyi oolongs, it sits in the highly oxidized end of the oolong tea spectrum, butthough in the lower range of oxidization for a Wuyi tea, which tend to be 60-80% oxidized.
 
==See also==
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==References==
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* Babelcarp on [http://babelcarp.org/babelcarp/babelcarp.cgi?phrase=Bai+Ji+Guan Bai Ji Guan].
 
==External links==
* Babelcarp{{cite onweb |url= [http://babelcarp.org/babelcarp/babelcarp.cgi?phrase=Bai+Ji+Guan |title=Bai Ji Guan].}}
*[https://www.chineseteainfo.com/bai-ji-guan/ Bai Ji Guan oolong tea]
 
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[[Category:Chinese tea grown in Fujian]]
[[Category:Oolong tea]]
[[Category:Cultivars of tea grown in China]]
 
 
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