早在唐宋时期,九江茶就已闻名遐迩。到了近代,九江成为与汉口、福州齐名的中国三大茶市之一。在中外,特别是在中俄茶叶贸易史中占有十分重要的地位。 从十八世纪下半叶起,茶叶就开始在中俄恰克图贸易中起重要作用。1762—1785年间,恰克图每年输往俄国的茶叶近3万普特(1普特为16.38公斤),1820年增至10万普特,约占中国全部对俄国出口商品的88％。十九世纪三十年代后,再增至30万普特以上,占对俄出口商品的95％以上。恰克图的华商为保证茶叶的来源,并获取更大利润,常年派人驻守两湖、江西、福建茶区,收购贩运茶叶,集中到汉口,经湖北樊城和河南赊旗镇、山西太原运到张家口,再转往恰克图。毫无疑问,十九世纪中叶前,九江地区输往俄国的茶叶数量仅次于两湖地区,在对俄茶叶出口中占有重要地位。 As early as the Tang and Song dynasties, Jiujiang tea was famous. In modern times, Jiujiang became one of the three major tea markets in China with the same name as Hankou and Fuzhou. In China and foreign countries, especially in the history of China-Russia tea trade, it occupies a very important position. From the second half of the eighteenth century, tea began to play an important role in the Sino-Russian chuckot trade. Between 1762 and 1785, Kirkuktu exported nearly 30,000 pounds of tea to Russia each year (16.38 kilogrammes for 1 pout) and increased to 100,000 pounds in 1820, accounting for about 88% of all Chinese exports to Russia. After the 1930s, it increased to more than 300,000 pounds, accounting for more than 95% of the Russian exports. In order to ensure the origin of tea and obtain greater profits, Chinese businessmen in Chucktu have sent personnel to tea stations in the two lakes, Jiangxi, and Fujian all the year round to acquire tea and trafficking and to concentrate in Hankow. They have been shipped to Fancheng in Hubei Province and Yuqi Town in Henan Province and Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. Zhangjiakou, then turn to Chuktu. Undoubtedly, before the middle of the nineteenth century, the quantity of tea exported to Russia in the Jiujiang region was second only to the two lakes, and it played an important role in the export of tea to Russia.