通过对1994~2011年连续九届3948只“中茶杯”名优茶评比茶样数据分析,结果表明,我国六大茶类名优茶均呈现发展态势,绿茶是发展的主茶类,乌龙茶、黑茶稳步增长,红茶、白茶和黄茶呈恢复性增长。四大茶区中,江南茶区获奖率最高,发展势头强劲;浙江名优茶产业引领我国名优茶发展,江苏名优茶总体质量位居全国前列,山东显现强烈的市场竞争意识,福建、四川、湖北、贵州、广东和安徽等省也占重要地位。无性系品种茶样比例不断提高,福鼎大白茶、白叶一号、福鼎大毫茶、龙井系列品种等是主要无性系良种。名优茶质量不断提高,但外形同类化趋势明显;卫生安全状况良好,有机茶发展较快;名优茶机制率、按标准生产率和商标持有率等逐年提高到比较高的水平。

The current situation and tendency of the development for Chinese premium teas were investigated in analyzing the results of 3948 tea samples in nine “Zhongcha Cup” country wide premium tea competitions during 1994~2011. All the six types of Chinese tea developed well. Among them, green tea was the main tea, Oolong tea and dark tea increased steadily, black, white and yellow teas were in recovery growth. In the four tea growing areas, the Jiangnan (south Yangtze River) tea area developed strongly and has the highest prize awarded ratio. The premium tea in Zhejiang Province is leading its development in China, the quality of Jiangsu premium tea is at the top, Shandong province, a north tea area, has strong marketing and competition consciousness. And Fujian, Sichuan, Hubei, Guizhou, Guangdong, Anhui are also important premium tea producing provinces. The ratio of tea sample made by clonal tea cultivars increased continuously. ‘Fuding Dabaicha’, ‘Baiye 1’, ‘Fuding Dahaocha’, Longjing series clones are main clonal tea cultivars. The quality of premium tea increased steadily. Nevertheless, the tea appearance is becoming similar. Hygian safety (the situation of heavy metal, pesticide residues) was satisfactory, and organic tea developed rather fast. The ratios of machinery processing, producing according to standard, and trade mark increased year by year and reached a higher level.