北苑茶产于建安(令福建建瓯县),为宋、元两朝的贡茶,曾极盛于北宋。由于“建安不但形成为宋朝制茶和茶学的中心,而且宋朝茶书大多以建安贡茶为内容”,历代学者对建安北苑茶研究颇多,但对北苑的称指则有异同,本文就这些方面作初步考证。 一、史料中的“北苑” 1.北苑茶焙。《福建通志》四十五卷“古迹”中载:“五代北苑茶焙在凤凰山麓”。《元丰九域志》在 Beiyuan tea produced in Jian (Fujian Jian’ou County), Song, Yuan tribute tea, has flourished in the Northern Song Dynasty. Because Jian’an not only formed the center of the Song Dynasty tea and tea study, but most of the Song dynasty tea books built the content of An Gonggong tea. In the past dynasties, there were many studies on Jian’an Beiyuan tea, but there were similarities and differences to Beiyuan, This article makes a preliminary research on these aspects. First, the historical data of “Beiyuan” 1. Beiyuan tea baking. “Annals of Fujian” forty-five “monuments” contains: “Five Dynasties Beiyuan tea baked Phoenix foothills.” “Yuanfeng nine domain records” in