China is the hometown of tea, tea in our country has a long history, after thousands of years of precipitation, now China's tea has formed 7 major tea series, namely green tea, black tea, white tea, yellow tea, black tea, green tea and flower tea. Today we will talk in detail about the black tea in China's 7 major tea series.
Black tea belongs to a kind of fully fermented tea, because the color of its finished dry tea and the color of the soup after brewing are mainly red, so it is named "black tea". Black tea is made from the buds and leaves of tea trees, which are refined through tea making processes such as withering, kneading, fermentation and drying. The world's earliest black tea originated in China's Fujian Wuyi Mountain Tea Region, so China is the "originator" of the world's black tea.
The typical appearance and taste characteristics of black tea are: the appearance of the finished dry tea is uniform and the stripes are even, the color is dark and moist; the soup color after brewing is red and bright, the color of the leaf bottom is mostly brown, but neat; the taste of drinking is smooth and tender, rich and fresh, thick and sweet. Because black tea has been fully fermented, the main nutritional components of black tea are carotene, caffeine, vitamin A and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and other trace elements, as well as leucine, lysine, glutamic acid and other acid components, with refreshing fatigue, stomach and stomach protection and other health care effects, so black tea is also a very suitable for winter drinking tea.
Nowadays, there are many types of black tea on the market, and black tea is also widely produced in China. The main black tea species in China are Jin Junmei, Zhengshan small species, Qi Hong, Su Hong, Sichuan Red, Qian Hong, Dian Hong, Yue Hong and Sea Red. However, the quality of black tea produced in different regions is also very different due to the influence of different geographical environments and climatic environments in the tea-producing areas. As people say: "One side of the water and soil nurtures the other person", the same is true of black tea, one side of the water and soil nourishes the other side of black tea.
So which places in China are the most famous black teas? Let's take a look at the well-known black tea in China!
1. Jin Junmei (WuyiShan, Fujian)
JinJunmei black tea is native to Tongmu Village in Wuyishan, Fujian Province, and belongs to a branch of the Zhengshan subspecies. Jinjunmei is a kind of high-end black tea using innovative technology, the whole process is made by hand, its tea green uses the bud tip of the alpine original wild tea tree in Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, a pound of Jinjunmei needs about 60,000 to 80,000 wild tea tips to make, and the time to pick tea leaves every year needs to be after the Qingming Dynasty to the end of May.
Therefore, Jin Junmei is a kind of world-class black tea with natural delicacy, and it is a "treasure in tea" that can be encountered but not sought. Its typical characteristics are that the shape of the finished dry tea is round and straight, the cord is slender and tight, well-proportioned and tight; the color is golden, yellow and black, and the black is permeated with gold, the fragrance is high, and the fragrance is special; the soup color after brewing is golden and transparent, the aroma of the hot soup is refreshing and pure, the warm soup is cooked and delicate, the cold soup is clear and elegant, the high and lasting; and the comprehensive aroma of fruits, honey, flowers and so on after tasting is rich, sweet and fresh, the throat rhyme is long, and the spleen is refreshing.
2. Qimen Kung Fu (Qimen, Anhui)
Keemun Kung Fu Black Tea is produced in Keemun County, Anhui Province, China, with more than 100 years of cultivation and production history, belongs to the treasures of China's traditional Kung Fu Black Tea, and is also a special black tea that only China has in the whole world. Keemun black tea is called the "world's three most fragrant teas" along with Sri Lanka's Uwa black tea and India's Darjeeling black tea.
Keemun black tea is famous for its three characteristics: "miao xiu", "rich aroma" and "color with treasure light". Its salient characteristics are that the tea is beautiful, the cords are even and tight, the color is moist; the soup after brewing is bright and red, the bottom of the leaves is bright red; the tasting is sweet and mellow, with obvious orchid fragrance and honey aroma, and it is rich and long-lasting. If you add milk and sugar, the tea rhyme of Qi Hong will become more and more vivid, and it will not lose its mellowness. This further highlights the distinctive personality and proud and independent quality characteristics of Keemun black tea.
3. Dianhong Gongfu (Southwest Yunnan, Yunnan)
Dianhong Kung Fu Tea belongs to a novelty of China's Kung Fu Black Tea, founded in 1939, produced in southwest Yunnan, Yunnan, China, with the colors of the border areas, the colorful clouds lingering between, the refreshing fragrance makes people fall in love. Dianhong Kung Fu Black Tea is famous for its unique qualities of tight and fat appearance, golden appearance and high flavor.
High-grade Dianhong Kung Fu tea has the following distinctive characteristics: the appearance of the tea buds is fat, the Miao Feng is beautiful and complete, and the gold is revealed; the color is dark and oily; the soup color after brewing is thick and transparent, the red bottom of the leaf is uniform and bright, and the contact between the tea soup and the tea cup often shows a golden circle; the taste after tasting is fresh and thick, and the aroma is high and long-lasting. In addition, for Dianhong Kung Fu tea, the alkaloids and polyphenolic compounds in its nutritional components are particularly rich, which can be called "the first chinese tea", and the quality of Dianhong Kung Fu has seasons, in general, spring tea is better than the quality of summer tea and autumn tea.
4. Tanyang Gongfu (Fujian Fu'an)
Tanyang Gongfu black tea was originally produced in Tanyang Village, Fu'an City, Fujian Province, and enjoys the reputation of "Beautiful Queen" and "the first of the three major black teas in Fujian". At the same time, it is also a kind of historical tea, which has a history of about 100 years, and is said to have been successfully tried by the people of Tanyang Village in Fu'an City during the Years of Qing Xianfeng and Tongzhi. Only with the passage of time and the changes of the times, the production technology of Tanyang Gongfu has also undergone continuous innovation and progress, but no matter how it changes, it has always been based on the unique quality of "Tanyang Gongfu" black tea to be retained.
The distinctive characteristics of Tanyang Gongfu black tea are: the raw materials are Fuding Da mao tea and large white tea; the shape of the cord is slender and tight, the peak seedlings are revealed; the color is yellow and black, but pure and shiny, and at the same time, there are a large number of mushrooms that are more granular pompoms; the soup color after brewing is bright and bright, sweet and mellow, clear and bright, the bottom of the leaf is soft and red; the tasting taste is fragrant, the aroma is pure and sweet.
5. Zhengshan small species (WuyiShan, Fujian)
Zhengshan small black tea is produced in the famous Wuyi Mountain Tea District in China, and enjoys the honor of "National Geographical Protection Mark Product". Zhengshan small seed is the oldest kind of black tea in black tea, born in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, which can be called the "originator" of black tea in the world. As early as the beginning of the 17th century, it was already famous at home and abroad, exported to Europe and other countries, and was once selected into the royal black tea of England at that time.
The aroma of zhengshan small seeds is very strong, because it is smoked with pine needles or pine wood, which is the real reason why the dry tea color is black and the tea soup color is dark red.
The characteristics of Zhengshan small black tea are that the dry tea has a uniform and tight shape, the color is iron blue with brown; the aroma after brewing is fine and subtle, the soup color is clear orange and yellow, the leaf bottom is bright and fat; the tasting taste is known for its mellow and sweet taste.
6. Yingde Black Tea (Guangdong Yingde)
Yingde black tea, also known as "Yinghong", is produced in Yingde, Guangdong, China, and was originally founded in 1959. Some people have commented on Yinghong: "Although there is no tender style like a Jiangnan woman, it is very delicate and delicate in Lingnan.". This shows the extraordinary quality of Yingde black tea.
Yingde black tea is based on Phoenix Daffodil Tea and Yunnan Large Leaf Species, selecting one bud, two leaves and three leaves as raw materials, and refined by the black tea production process, which has the unique quality of good color and fragrance. High-grade Yingde black tea is the most black tea with jinmu tea as the highest black tea, which has the distinctive characteristics of strong aroma and strong floral fragrance, and does not carry green and fishy smell or other odors. In particular, the color and taste of the tea soup after adding milk are more special, the soup color is brown and red, and the taste is thick and refreshing.
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This time for everyone to share China's most famous 6 kinds of black tea, they have their own characteristics, have obvious regional characteristics, one side of the black tea corresponds to the other side of the water and soil, but are "black tea in the boutique". I wonder which of them you have drunk? And what good tea does your hometown produce? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to share, we will meet again in the next issue, thank you!