Keemun Black Tea

As the only black tea among the top ten famous teas in China, Keemum Black Tea(Qimen Hongcha) has a long history and is produced in Qimen County, Anhui Province. Hu Yuanlong, the representative elites, has successfully created Qimen Black Tea in Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. Once the black tea was invented, it became renowned in the world for its outstanding quality.

Qimen Black Tea, short for Qihong, is the finest black tea in China. Its making processes are divided into the primary processing and refining. During the primary processing steps, fresh tea leaves are made into semi-finished tea called “crude tea” through withering, kneading, fermentation and drying. Refining is the sublimation of the primary processing, it includes sieving, shredding, winnowing, trimming, re-firing and stacking. After refining, the “crude tea” will transform into high-end commercial tea.

The main characteristics of Qihong are tight and thin tea leaves, red and bright soup, strong and sweet flavor. Because of its unique apple and granulated sugar smells, Qimen black tea is called “Qimen aroma”. The black tea has therefore been crowned as the head of the world’s top three highly fragrant black tea.

Entries:

1.Keemun Black Tea

2.Qimen County

3.Hu Yuanlong

4.Qihong

5.primary processing

6.refining

7.withering

8.kneading

9.fermentation

10.drying

11.crude tea

12.sieving

13.shredding

14.winnowing

15.trimming

16.re-firing

17.stacking

18.high-end commercial tea

19.Qimen aroma

20.the head of the world top three high aroma black tea.