安溪铁观音作为闽南乌龙茶具有品质特点的代表性品种,风行已久,近年虽畅销于国内外,但其产量始终未能满足市场的需求。而且从产区的发展速度来看,还是相当缓慢,一些原来主产铁观音的社队,产量有下降的趋势。我们曾调查访问铁观音原产地西坪公社尧阳点的几个大队和虎邱公社的大坪、萍州等大队,茶农反映:“铁观音栽培不易,枝条易枯致死,缺株严重,产量很低。”我们观察这些老 Anxi Tieguanyin, as a representative variety of the quality characteristics of Minnan Oolong Tea, has long been popular in recent years. Although sold well at home and abroad in recent years, its output has not been able to meet the needs of the market. Moreover, from the point of view of the pace of development of the producing areas, it is still quite slow. Some of the original production team of Tieguanyin communes have a downward trend in output. We have investigated and interviewed several brigades visiting the Yaoyang Point of the Xipeng Commune originating from Tieguanyin and Daping and Pingzhou Brigade of the Huqiu Commune, and the tea farmers said: “Tieguanyin is not easy to grow, the branches are easily dead, the crop is severely weeded, and the yield is very low ”We observe these old