红茶 Black Tea

Black Tea – known in Chinese as “Hong Cha” or “Red tea” – is fully fermented tea. It tastes quite rich and warm. The best black tea is from Wu Yi Mountain in Fujian province. In 1610, black tea was first exported to Europe. In 1662, the Portuguese princess Catherine brought Chinese black tea to Great Britain when she came to marry British King Charles the Second. Ever since, drinking Chinese black tea became a trendy activity in British court. In 1689, the Great Britain set up office in Fujian to purchase Chinese loose tea leaves. Slowly, black tea replaced green tea and became the most popular tea type in Great Britain.

Besides Fujian province in China, you can also find quite fine black teas in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, and Kenya. The tea made at our studio is premium grade Chinese black tea.