How many kinds of black teas are there in China?

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> How many kinds of black teas are there in China?

Black teas from China are sometimes referred to as China Congou, which
are basically either of the Keemun or the Yunnan variety. From there
the quality or style varies greatly, such as organic or bold, as well
as the province or growing elevation from where the tea is grown.

Hope this helps.

> wrote
>
> Black teas from China are sometimes referred to as China Congou, which
> are basically either of the Keemun or the Yunnan variety. From there
> the quality or style varies greatly, such as organic or bold, as well
> as the province or growing elevation from where the tea is grown.
>
> Hope this helps.
>

There are many more, and not necessarily only from Keemun and Yunnan.

There are Chinese Black teas, and Chinese Red teas, which are known as
'black tea' in the West. Which one are you talking of?

Danny

Chinese Black tea is also known as Hei Cha. I'm typing up a list of this
tea for friends, and if you are interested, e-mail me offline and I'll mail
it to you.

Danny

samarkand wrote:
> > wrote
> >
> > Black teas from China are sometimes referred to as China Congou, which
> > are basically either of the Keemun or the Yunnan variety. From there
> > the quality or style varies greatly, such as organic or bold, as well
> > as the province or growing elevation from where the tea is grown.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
>
> There are many more, and not necessarily only from Keemun and Yunnan.
>
> There are Chinese Black teas, and Chinese Red teas, which are known as
> 'black tea' in the West. Which one are you talking of?
>
> Danny


Hi Danny,

China is a huge export of tea. Keemun and Yunnan are a great place to
start. I'm referring to China's red teas, known as black tea here in
the West. Also considerable is Pu-Erh, usually out of Yunnan, another
fun China black.

Tim

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> samarkand wrote:
> > [...]
> > There are Chinese Black teas, and Chinese Red teas, which are known as
> > 'black tea' in the West. Which one are you talking of?
>
> China is a huge export of tea. Keemun and Yunnan are a great place to
> start. I'm referring to China's red teas, known as black tea here in
> the West. Also considerable is Pu-Erh, usually out of Yunnan, another
> fun China black.

As I think you know, Pu'er is black in the Chinese sense
(post-fermented), not the Western sense (fully oxidized before final
drying.)

Actually, as Danny has been explaining offline, there's a large, maybe
authoritative, body of opinion for placing Pu'er in a category of its
own and reserving the term black (in the Chinese sense) for teas like
Liubao, 100/1000 Tael, etc.

/Lew
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