There are hundreds of flavors of black tea! Mix and match origin and materials to produce changeable flavor

Black tea is produced all over the world. due to different soil, climate and other natural environmental conditions, black tea with different taste and aroma is created, plus tea from different producing areas is mixed, or dried fruits, flowers, herbs and other materials are added. make the flavor of black tea even more changeable. Here are some common types of black tea:

I. Tea from the place of origin

The tea products named after the name of origin do not mix with other tea leaves, but only show the original flavor of the original origin tea. the well-known origin teas are: Darjeeling in India, Assam in India, Ceylon Uva, Ceylon Kendi, Qimen in China, Zhengshan race in China and so on.

Second, original mixed tea

Blended tea made from more than two kinds of tea from origin, usually adjusted for a taste or special purpose that is better than tea from pure origin.

For example, English breakfast tea is adjusted to be suitable for breakfast drinking. In principle, it will help to reduce the greasy feeling of meals, and in view of the characteristics that British people like to drink milk tea in the morning, it is especially suitable to be mixed into milk tea. Therefore, the taste of breakfast tea is usually full-bodied tea.

Third, flavor mixed tea

Black tea is based on the addition of dried fruits, spices, flowers, essential oils and other ingredients, or other seasonings, called flavor tea, in which only essential oils are used to increase aroma, and the appearance is still the same as that of ordinary black tea. in this way, the tea style that smells the aroma outside black tea is also called "Fuxiang mixed tea". For example, the well-known Earl Grey Tea, whose traditional recipe is based on Chinese black tea and perfumed with lemon essential oil, is a mixed tea style.

Recently, due to Earl Grey Tea's popularity, various tea brands have developed other special Earl tea styles by adding a variety of flowers and fruits under the original essential oil aromatherapy formula. For example, the most famous "French Blue Earl Tea" is based on the original incense, adding cornflower (blue hibiscus) and marigold to create a more gorgeous flavor and become another popular choice.

"Fuxiang mixed tea" simply uses essential oils to increase its aroma, and its appearance is still the same as that of ordinary black tea.