Black tea is named for its black appearance. Black tea is one of the six major teas, which belongs to post-fermented tea and is unique to China. Its production history is long, and the main producing areas are Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Anhui and other places. Black tea used in traditional black tea has a high maturity and is the main raw material for pressing pressed tea.
The process of making black tea generally includes four processes: enzyme fixation, rolling, fermentation and drying. According to geographical distribution, black tea is mainly divided into Hunan black tea (Fu tea, Liang Qian tea, black brick tea, Sanjian tea, etc. ), Hubei Blue Brick Tea, Sichuan Tibetan Tea (Border Tea), Anhui Ancient Black Tea (ancha), yunnan black tea (Pu 'er Cooked Tea), Guangxi Liubao Tea and Shaanxi Black Tea (Fuzha Tea).
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Main varieties of black tea
1, Anhua black tea
Anhua Black Tea, a specialty of Anhua County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province, is a symbolic product of chinese national geography. Anhua black tea is the ancestor of China black tea. In the Tang Dynasty (856), it was recorded as "Qujiang Film" and was once listed as a tribute of the court. Anhua black tea was formally created in Jiajing three years of Ming Dynasty (1524). By the end of16th century, Anhua black tea had been in the leading position in China, and it was designated as official tea in Wanli years and exported to the northwest in large quantities. ?
2.liubao tea
Liubao pine tea, red, thick, aged and mellow, has a unique areca nut aroma, and the older the better. It belongs to black tea. It is made by picking a bud, two or three leaves, spreading, deactivating enzymes, rolling, retting and drying. Divided into special grades and grades one to six. Originated and mainly produced in Liubao Town, Wuzhou, China, it enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad.
3. Sichuan Tibetan tea
Tibetan tea is the main life drink of nearly 6 million Tibetan minority compatriots, and it is also known as the livelihood tea of Tibetan compatriots. From ancient times to the present, according to different historical periods and local customs, it is also called big tea, horse tea, black tea, coarse tea, south road side tea, brick tea, strip tea, pressed tea, group tea and side tea. Chinese Tibetan tea has been a kind of ancient tea for thousands of years since it was recorded in the Tang Dynasty. Tibetan tea is the most typical black tea with dark brown color.
4. Hubei black tea
The floorboard of the green brick tea produced in Hubei. Tea juice is fragrant and delicious, and has many functions, such as clearing the heart, refreshing, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, warming the stomach against cold, relieving depression and benefiting the stomach, sterilizing and astringing, and treating diarrhea. Old brick tea has a better effect. According to historical records, Hubei black tea originated around 1890.
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