The Premium DianHong Tea Black Tea Chinese Dian Hong Maofeng (250g)

Black tea is a completely oxidized (fermented) tea. Black tea, or as it is known in China - hong cha (red tea), was originally only for export to the foreign markets. In China it is called red tea in reference to the color of the infused liquid or to the red edges of the oxidized leaves, as opposed to the color of the main body of the processed tea leaves.
Black tea is also known as "Congous" in the international tea trade business. The name Congous is actually taken from the Chinese term Gongfu or Kung-Fu. Northern Congous are also referred to as black leaf Congous, "the Burgundy of China teas", and southern Congous as red leaf Congous, "the Claret of China teas".
Black tea leaves come from the same tea plant, Camellia sinensis as does all real tea, but probably the best comes from the Assam subvariety of the plant, Camellia sinensis Assamica, or a hybrid. The infused leaf is a reddish copper color and the liquor is bright red and slightly astringent but not bitter. The important difference is in the processing of the tea leaves, which makes black tea different from the other kinds of tea.
The water used to steep this tea should be at the boiling point. Use about 2 teaspoons (3 grams) of tea leaves for about every 5 ounces (150 milliliters) of water. A steeping time of about 3-5 minutes with more or less time is recommended depending on the desired concentration.
Country/Region of Manufacture: China

Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to Asia.After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world.There are many different types of tea; some, like Chinese green tea, black tea， oolong tea，stc., have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes etc.. Tea originated in Southwest China, where it was used as a medicinal drink. It was popularized as a recreational drink during the Chinese Tang dynasty, and tea drinking spread to other East Asian countries. How to drink tea Here at the outset , I should emphasize a key point :it is infinitely more convenient to use the metric sysem instead of the fahrenheit one when discussing tea.The ideal temperature for brewing each kind of tea differs considerably .The water for heavily oxidized varieties like fujian oolong ,red ,and black teas should be close to boiling .Few will bother to dip a thermometer into a teapot .So if I say that you tea water should be 170 F,this information is not particularly useful .Even most physicists would not be able to. How to drink tea , estimate water temperature in fahernheit by sight .In contrast to the complicated fahernheit system ,the celsius scale so simple that you can easily learn to estimate temperature just by looking at the water .Water boils at 100centigrade .This means that 90 is nine-tenths boiling ,80 is eight-tenths boiling ,and so on .By thinking of tea water temperature in centigrade tearms ,it is much easier to judge what is happening in you temperature in centigrade terms ,it is much easier to juder what is happening in you teapot by sight and to brew you tea all the proper temperature.

Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to Asia.After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world.There are many different types of tea; some, like Chinese green tea, black tea， oolong tea，stc., have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes etc.. Tea originated in Southwest China, where it was used as a medicinal drink. It was popularized as a recreational drink during the Chinese Tang dynasty, and tea drinking spread to other East Asian countries. How to drink tea Here at the outset , I should emphasize a key point :it is infinitely more convenient to use the metric sysem instead of the fahrenheit one when discussing tea.The ideal temperature for brewing each kind of tea differs considerably .The water for heavily oxidized varieties like fujian oolong ,red ,and black teas should be close to boiling .Few will bother to dip a thermometer into a teapot .So if I say that you tea water should be 170 F,this information is not particularly useful .Even most physicists would not be able to. How to drink tea , estimate water temperature in fahernheit by sight .In contrast to the complicated fahernheit system ,the celsius scale so simple that you can easily learn to estimate temperature just by looking at the water .Water boils at 100centigrade .This means that 90 is nine-tenths boiling ,80 is eight-tenths boiling ,and so on .By thinking of tea water temperature in centigrade tearms ,it is much easier to judge what is happening in you temperature in centigrade terms ,it is much easier to juder what is happening in you teapot by sight and to brew you tea all the proper temperature.