Chinese Black Teas

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

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

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

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