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Ti Kuan Yin is also the name for the variety of tea plant. The pure plant of "Ti Kuan Yin" gets its bynames of "Red Heart Kuan Yin" or "Red Hue Kuan Yin" because of its fuchsia tip of the tender buds. Other plants which also named after "Kuan Yin", such as "White Hue Kuan Yin", "Thin Leaf Kuan Yin" etc, are also suitable to make Ti Kuan Yin tea, but the Ti Kuan Yin tea made from "Red Hue Kuan Yin" variety has the best quality.

The original producing area of Ti Kuan Yin tea is Xiping village of Anxi county in Fujian province. Till now, the production of Ti Kuan Yin tea in Anxi has lasted more than 200 yeas. Currently, Ti Kuan Yin tea is mainly produced produced in Fujian and Formosa. In Chinese mainland, Ti Kuan Yin tea generally refers to any Oolong tea that made from "Kuan Yin" varieties.While, In Formosa, Ti Kuan Yin tea refer to any Oolong tea that made by manufacturing technique of "Ti Kuan Yin". The Ti Kuan Yin tea made from "Red Hue Kuan Yin" variety is specially named as "Nanyan Ti Kuan Yin" or "Red Heart Ti Kuan Yin".