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In the 21st year of Guangxu, there was an official named Bian Mingzi Yuqing in the backstreet of Zhongzheng Street, who was admitted as the champion of Wu and was a bodyguard with a knife in the Qing court. He once scented the tea in his hometown's Banluqiao Tea Pavilion with borneol spice, processed it into a treasure like "Dragon Tuan Feng Cake" and presented it to Empress Dowager Cixi. After drinking, Cixi praised: "The champion tea smells fragrant!" According to "The Record of Imperial Fragrance", "Empress Dowager Cixi is very particular about drinking tea. Tea is good, and the price is one hundred and twenty taels of silver a catty, which can be regarded as a luxury. However, it is a luxury, and the price of the tea she drinks is appalling. There is absolutely no silver to buy a catty. Every time she drinks tea, she has to change to a new kind of tea. " The tea of BanLuqiao Tea Pavilion, which was paid tribute by Bian Champion, has not been changed for a long time, so it is well-known in Beijing, and tea merchants are scrambling to come to Haizhou to buy tea. Bian's champion has gone lucky, and tea has also become famous. Banluqiao Tea Pavilion has become the birthplace of champion tea, which is famous in the north and south, and its tea is listed as a tribute.
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