Qimen black tea producing area

The main varieties of black tea in China are Gongfu black tea, race black tea and black broken grass these three categories, then subdivided, there are many varieties of black tea, and the most famous is Keemun Black Tea. Well, friends who have drunk Keemun Black Tea are full of praise for the taste and aroma of this kind of tea. So where is the origin of Keemun Black Tea?

Qimen tea, which was famous in the Tang Dynasty, was produced in Qimen, Anhui Province.

The whole county is not consistent, divided into three regions, from Rongkou straight up to Houtan to Qixi Likou, in this area, Guixi, Huangjialing, Shiqiyuan and other places are the best, with moderate tea bottom thickness, mellow taste and moist color. The fermentation time is one and a half hours. From Shuoli, Ruokeng to Zhukou, in this area, Ruokeng, Shuoli, Gaotang and other places are the best, its tea bottom is thin, the line is good, the taste is rich and the color is good, and it takes only 1 hour to ferment; from Tafang to Qihong to pour the lake, this area is represented by Tangkengtou, Brown Li, Luxi, inverted Lake and other places, its tea bottom is thick, strong taste, dark color, thick branches, fermentation takes more than 2 hours, this kind of tea is generally best to make green tea. Because of the best quality of black tea from Guixi to Likou, foreign businessmen used to come to China to buy tea every year, but they had to wait for Guixi Hu Rishun tribute, Likou Huangshan and Baiyue to go to Shanghai for purchase, so the black tea in this area was the top of Keemun Black Tea.