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Translation jiecha (Jie4 Cha2) = (岕茶) literally Ravine Tea: highly esteemed by Lu Yu, and a tribute tea in the Ming Dai and Qing Dai, a Luojie lücha whose complex manufacturing protocol, involving an initial steaming short of full shaqing followed by repeated baking, yielded a result similar to huangcha; the “secret” of its manufacture was lost in the 18th century, but some producers claim to have rediscovered it
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