Those who like to drink Taiwan honey-scented black tea must see it! Know how to divide 7 varieties of common black tea in Taiwan!

Tea has been the most important export product in Taiwan for a hundred years, and the development of black tea can be traced back to the early days of the Japanese occupation, when black tea was popular all over the world, with Taozhu Miao as the main export. in particular, Ridong black tea produced by Mitsui Association was well received by the world market, and even surpassed oolong tea and seed tea after 1934 to become a rising star of Taiwan tea.

Before drinking, take a look at the ∼ in the black tea classroom.

How to divide the varieties of black tea?

Basically all kinds of tea can be made into black tea, depending on whether the aroma of the finished product is pleasant, whether the tea is mellow, and so on. According to the suitability of tea trees, the varieties most commonly used to make black tea in Taiwan are Taiwan Tea No. 8, Taiwan Tea No. 18, Taiwan Tea No. 21, and Oolong varieties and Qingxin Citrus Tsai.

Is Mixiang black tea a new variety?

Honey-scented black tea, which is quite popular in recent years, was first discovered by tea farmer Gao Zhaoyi in Hualien. At that time, oolong tea leaves were so badly bitten by tea leafhoppers that they were unable to make a tea style of fragrant tea, so they tried to make fully fermented black tea. Unexpectedly, it gave tea a brand new taste, so that ordinary tea farmers began not to use pesticides, allowing tea small green leafhoppers to survive, becoming another benefit of organic tea.

If you want to buy good tea, it is the most direct to the place of origin!

At present, black tea is produced in almost all tea-producing places in Taiwan, but most of them are in Nantou County, Sanxia District of New Taipei City, and Huadong area. if you want to buy good tea from the place of origin, it is recommended to have production and marketing resume certification and organic certification. You don't have to worry about buying poor-quality black tea.

Get to know 7 kinds of black tea commonly seen in Taiwan

Taicha No. 18

Also known as "Hongyu", it is made from wild tea from Taiwan and big-leaf tea from Burma, mainly from Yuchi Township to the south of its producing area, and is currently the most well-known black tea in Taiwan.

Tea with natural cinnamon and light mint aroma, the entrance is a sense of aroma, is both aroma and sweet taste of black tea, suitable for brewing into hot tea clear drink, more able to fully show the aroma and taste.

Taicha No. 8

Taicha No. 8 is cultivated and improved by Assam Jaipuri in India, so it is widely known as Assam black tea.

The tea soup is thicker than Taicha 18, and it has a rich mellow aroma and malt aroma similar to Indian Assam black tea, but it is more astringent, so in addition to clear drink, it is more suitable to be used as flavored tea and mixed with milk to make milk tea with charming aroma.

Taiwan camellia

The native wild tea trees in the mountains of Taiwan can be roughly divided into two categories according to their bud color. One is Taiwan camellia with green or lavender tea buds, and the other is red camellia with purplish red tea buds, all of which are very rare.

The brewed tea is golden and reddish, which also reveals the soft smell of flowers, sweet and warm taste, with natural wild gas and sweet throat rhyme, which can be called the top grade of black tea.

Taicha No. 12

Taicha No. 12 is bred from a hybrid of hard branch Hongxin and Tainong No. 8, nicknamed "Jinxuan". It can be used to make black tea or oolong tea, depending on the way it is made.

When made into black tea, the leaves are black and purple, with a unique flavor of milk and nectar, with a sweet fragrance after the entrance is bitter and then turned to glycol.

Taicha No. 21

After nearly 40 years of cultivation in the tea market, the black tea variety which was applied to be named in 2008 means "Hongyun" and is the offspring of the cross between Indian big leaf species and Qimen small leaf species.

Its aroma is extremely outstanding, with a strong aroma of flowers and fruits, and similar to citrus flowering flavor, while the tea water color is golden and red, sweet and fresh taste, also suitable for clear drink.

Big leaf oolong

Daye Oolong was actively promoted and planted during the Japanese occupation, and it is one of the four famous herbs in Taiwan. At present, the main producing area is Huadong, which has higher temperature and less rainfall, especially Hualien, which has the largest planting area, about 60%.

Honey-scented black tea, which is bitten by the small green leafhopper and the chemical changes produced by fermentation, has been well received in recent years.

Green heart citrus

This is a unique variety of the three Gorges in New Taipei City, also known as "Citrus".

It can be harvested every year from March to November, and it is mainly made into green tea, but in recent years, the farmers' association in Sanxia District has made great efforts to promote honey-scented black tea, which is sucked on the tender leaves of tea by the small green leafhopper. It has a faint honey flavor without adding honey, and it is very popular.

The color of black tea in the photo, affected by the light source at the time of shooting, will be slightly different from the actual color. The color of the actual black tea depends on the content of catechins. The more the degree of oxidation is, the redder the color will be, which will vary according to the brewing time.