Hou Kui tea
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| Type: | Green |
| Other names: | Monkey Tea, Taiping Hou Kui |
| Origin: | Anhui Province, China |
| Quick description: | Coarse green tea |
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Taiping Hou Kui (Simplified Chinese: 太平猴魁; pinyin: tàipíng hóukuí lit. "peaceful monkey leader") tea is grown at the foot of Huangshan (黄山) in Taiping County, Anhui. The tea has been produced since the beginning of the 20th century and is produced around the small village of Hou Keng (猴坑). It won the "King of Tea" award in China Tea Exhibition 2004 and is China Famous Tea.
