There are many types of tea in China, and famous teas abound, but if you want to say whose ancestors are the broadest, it is Anhua black tea.
For more than two thousand years, from the Spring and Autumn Warring States to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, China's comprehensive strength has been hanging on other countries.
Not only is the domestic economy and culture prosperous, the political system is advanced, and in terms of foreign trade, the famous Silk Road connects the East and the West.
Commodities such as silk, tea and porcelain were continuously transported from ancient China to Central and Western Asia and Europe through the Silk Road, contributing to the continent's huge trade surplus.
Although green tea appeared very early, its short shelf life and expensive price determine that green tea does not have the conditions for a long journey.
The history of black tea is only more than 400 years, which is not worth mentioning in the long history of tea exports.
As for the dry black teas such as Pu'er and Liupao Tea, which are very popular today, they are only sold in the Tibetan areas of Lingnan and Southeast Asia in modern times, and their sales in ancient times are fundamentally different from those of Anhua black tea.
Because black tea can be preserved for a long time, the output is huge, and the price is low, it naturally becomes the absolute protagonist of the tea category on the Silk Road.
Anhua County belongs to Hunan Province, which is located in a hilly area, the altitude is low, the soil is mostly acidic, and the climate is warm and humid all year round, which is very suitable for the growth of tea.
Compared with the tea producing areas in the southeast and southwest of the continent, it is the closest to the Central Plains and Saiwai, and the waterway is smooth, which is suitable for long-distance large-scale transportation.
Because of this series of unique natural conditions, Anhua has naturally become the first choice for the large-scale cultivation and production of black tea.
Next, we will briefly introduce the history of black tea.
Anhua black tea has historical records from the Tang, flourished in the Song, tribute to the Ming, and flourished in the Qing.
During the Song Dynasty, there were tea merchant armies that specialized in escorting tea leaves, and because the Song Dynasty government closed the mutual market with the northern nomads, it repeatedly triggered wars between the nomads in the Central Plains, and its importance was evident from this.
Before the Ming Dynasty, black tea because of its production raw materials are mostly coarse stem old leaves, very suitable for meat-based nomads to consume scraping oil, the Central Plains region disdained it, the court nobles are regarded as tea in the lower and lower grades, it is difficult to climb the elegant hall.
However, during the Ming Dynasty, there are historical records that Anhua black tea was paid tribute to the imperial court as a tribute, which marked its recognition by the upper class and laid the foundation for its larger-scale popularization.
During the Qing Dynasty, Anhua black tea was operated by Jin merchants with Shanxi and Shaanxi as transit bases, and was not only sold in the north and northwest of the country, but also widely popular in Russia and Central and Western Asia.
Even the standard specifications of Anhua black tea are comparable to currencies in many regions and can be used as currency to trade other items!
In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, due to the rise and impact of black tea, in the international market, Anhua black tea gradually declined.
To this day, Anhua black tea with a glorious history has been tepid until the black tea pyramid scheme in previous years.
When it comes to the pyramid scheme of black tea, it must be inseparable from Hunan Hualai Biotechnology Company.
Its promotional content mainly revolves around two aspects.
First, there is no lower limit to bragging and even fabricating the health care and therapeutic function of black tea. It is claimed that Anhua black tea not only has health care functions such as beauty and beauty, longevity and longevity, but also can effectively reduce three highs, coronary heart disease, toothache, anti-inflammatory...
Second, it claims the appreciation function of Anhua black tea. The better the function of black tea, the older it is, the better it has been boasted by the speculators of Pu'er tea, and the financial attributes of Pu'er can certainly be applied to Anhua black tea, which is also a black tea.
To sum up, drinking black tea can not only cure diseases, but also make money.
Its promotion means are mainly to use some small gifts as small favors, organize the middle-aged and elderly groups dominated by women to listen to lectures in so-called tea houses or tea shops, and the course is naturally based on bragging about the above two aspects.
Then let people show up and say, taking their own experience as an example, make up stories about what kind of illness they have cured themselves or those around them, or made a lot of money.
Finally, persuade the lecturer to buy tea, generally a single for a few thousand yuan or tens of thousands of yuan, one to several orders at a time.
Buy tea at the same time as the company's members, members can develop the downline, as long as the downline purchase of tea is successful, the upline can be commissioned from it.
In addition to organizing listening to extracurriculars, there are various means of organizing tours, organizing visits to companies, etc., with only one purpose, first brainwashing, and then developing offline.
Clear-eyed people know at a glance that this is absolutely in line with the characteristics of the national definition of pyramid schemes, and the harm of pyramid schemes need not be said here.
After more than ten years of development, there are people scattered by black tea pyramid schemes throughout the country, some people who have ruined their homes, some who have committed suicide by jumping off buildings, and some who have stopped taking drugs and drinking tea and delaying treatment...
A few years ago, the state had clearly determined that Wallace Biotechnology Co., Ltd. was suspected of pyramid schemes and controlled its responsible person.
But helplessly, the wildfires burned endlessly, the spring breeze blew again, and the above-mentioned acts did not disappear because of The Accident of Hua Lai, and in the vast rural areas, they still appeared from time to time and were more hidden.
Anhua black tea is just a kind of tea, good and bad have their own sayings, saying that they can maintain health and cure diseases, saying that they can appreciate and make money, probably are good students who concentrate on listening to lectures.