Shihegang Huangmiao Ecological Tea Factory

Shihegang Huangmiao Ecological Tea Factory — registered as 信阳市浉河区浉河港黄庙生态茶厂 — grows and processes tea from Shihe District in Xinyang, Henan, widely regarded as the core production area for Xinyang Maojian, one of China's famous green teas. The factory's range covers Xinyang Maojian green tea alongside Xinyang red tea and white tea, with the green tea further split by harvest timing into classifications like 明前茶 (picked before the Qingming festival, the earliest and most prized flush), 雨前茶 (picked before Grain Rain), and later spring and white-dew pickings — a seasonal grading system specific to Chinese green tea rather than a generic "early harvest" label. Leaf grade is marketed by pick standard too, including 一芽二叶 ("one bud, two leaves"), a widely used quality benchmark in Chinese tea grading that indicates hand-picking rather than machine harvesting. The factory sells direct to consumers through its own website with same-day dispatch, alongside wholesale distribution, and maintains a retail presence on WeChat, Weibo and Taobao. The business frames itself as supporting rural revitalization in its home district, tying its commercial activity to sustaining agricultural livelihoods in tea-growing regions like Shihe.