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The ancestor of black tea was in China. The earliest black tea in the world was invented by tea farmers in Wuyishan tea area of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty in China, and it was named "Zhengshan Seed". The Jiang family in Wuyishan village is a small-scale tea family that produces black tea in Zhengshan, with a history of more than 400 years.

Zhengshan small black tea was introduced to Europe in 16 10. 1662, when Portuguese princess Catherine married the king of charles ii, there were several boxes of small black tea from China in her dowry. Since then, black tea has been brought into the British court, and drinking black tea has quickly become an indispensable part of British royal life.

The early tea market in London, England, only sold small black tea from Zhengshan, which was extremely expensive. Only wealthy families can drink it, and Zhengshan small black tea has become an indispensable drink in British upper class. British people love black tea so much that they gradually turn drinking black tea into a noble and colorful black tea culture and spread it all over the world.

1689, Britain set up a base in Xiamen, Fujian, China, and bought a lot of China tea. Britain drinks more black tea than green tea and has developed its own unique black tea culture, all of which are related to the above historical events. Because all the teas bought in Xiamen are semi-fermented black tea-"Wuyi tea", a large number of Wuyi tea flowed into Britain, replacing the original green tea market, and soon became the mainstream of western European tea.

Wuyi tea is black, so it is called "black tea". Later, tea scientists classified tea according to its production methods and characteristics. The red soup and red leaves of Wuyi tea belong to' black tea' according to their nature. But the English idiom "black tea" was inherited to refer to "black tea".

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Storage mode of black tea:

1 Storage method of ceramic jars: select a dry, odorless and sealed ceramic jar, wrap the tea leaves with kraft paper, put a lime bag in the middle, put a tea bag on it, and cover it tightly with a cotton bag after filling the jar. Lime should be replaced every 1-2 months. This method makes use of the moisture absorption performance of quicklime to keep tea from being damp, and the effect is good.

2. Storage method of tin cans: Tinplate double-cover colored tea containers supplied in the market are selected. Before storage, check whether the tank body and the tank cover are sealed to avoid air leakage. When stored, dry tea leaves should be canned and the cans should be tightly packed. This method is convenient to use, but it is not suitable for long-term preservation.

3. Low-temperature storage method: the method is the same as "food bag storage method", and then the tea with tight bag mouth is put in the refrigerator. The internal temperature can be controlled below 5 degrees Celsius and can be stored for more than one year.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Black Tea (a category of tea)