Black Tea

The earliest ancestor of Black Tea was found in China. The Black tea ,which farmers in Wuyishan Mountain found, was the earliest Black tea in the world.Black tea,known as red tea(红茶hong cha)in China, is a completely fermented tea. It is a later variety developed on the basis of the green tea. The production of Chinese black tea includes mainly four procedures:withering,rolling,fermenting and drying. Chinese black tea is mainly for exporting due to the favor of Western tea drinkers. Nowadays, Chinese black tea is still keeping popular in the world.

                                   Wrote by Annieli tours’s Beijing Tour Guide