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4 g of lapsang souchong tea in a porcelain tea vessel. Lapsang souchong (/ ˌ l æ p s æ ŋ ˈ s uː tʃ ɒ ŋ /; Chinese: 立山小種) or Zhengshan xiaozhong (Chinese: 正山小種; pinyin: zhèngshān xiǎozhǒng, 'Proper Mountain Small Varietal') is a black tea consisting of Camellia sinensis leaves that are smoke-dried over a pinewood fire.
Black tea (also literally translated as red tea from various East Asian languages) is a type of tea that is more oxidized than oolong, yellow, white, and green teas. Black tea is generally stronger in flavour than other teas. All five types are made from leaves of the shrub (or small tree) Camellia sinensis, though Camellia taliensis is also ...
Coloured lithograph depicting a tea plantation in Qing China: workers tread down congou tea into chests. Congou (Chinese: 工夫紅茶; pinyin: gōngfu hóngchá) is a description of a black Chinese tea variety used by 19th-century tea importers in America and Europe. It was the base of the 19th-century English Breakfast tea blend. [1]
Green tea cultivation in China. This is a list of Chinese teas.Chinese tea is a beverage made from the leaves of tea plants (Camellia sinensis) and – depending on the type of tea – typically 60–100 °C hot water.
European merchants began purchasing tea in Canton during the 17th century.Because green tea formed the bulk of their imports, and because the Wuyi region was initially the main source of the more oxidated teas available to them, the term "Bohea" (based on the local Hokkien pronunciation of "Wuyi") became a blanket name in English for all more heavily oxidated teas; the modern designations ...
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Yingde hongcha (simplified Chinese: 英 德 红 茶; traditional Chinese: 英德紅茶; pinyin: Yīngdé hóngchá; trans. Yingde black tea; pronounced [íŋ.tɤ̌ xʊ̌ŋ.ʈʂʰǎ]) is a black tea from Yingde, Guangdong province, China. First produced mechanically in 1959. Much of the tea is exported.
Most Chinese teas are cultivated and consumed in China. It is commonly available in Chinese restaurants and grocery shops worldwide. Green tea is the most common type of tea consumed in China.the second most common tea from china is black tea. Within these main categories of tea are vast varieties of individual beverages.