Black Teas

Yingteh (Yingde) Black Tea

In 1956 the Chinese government decided to build a tea plantation on a stretch of wasteland outside the county town of Yingde in northern Guangdong province. It was planted with tea shrubs of the Yunnan big leaf and Fenghuang Shuixian varieties. A modern processing plant and tea research institute were set up. Their product became known as Yingteh tea.

Since its initial export in 1959, this product has joined the ranks of the world's finest black teas, and is said to be comparable to those of India and Sri Lanka.

This tea is a glossy black, with visible golden hair. The leaves are rolled into granules which yield a mellow-tasting, brownish-red liquor. Yingteh is sold as Broken Black tea in tea bags.

[ Top ]   [ Back to Black Teas ]