Special China Black Tea Hubei Yihong Organic Certified
4th Grade Yihong
Organic Yihong #1
Organic Yihong #2
Yihong black tea produced in the Hefeng, Changyang, Enshi, Yichang Country of Hubei. Yihong black tea picks fresh leaves between Qing Ming Festival and Guyu Festival, the standard is a bud or a bud and two leaves. Yihong black tea has primary processing and refining two stages. Primary processing is plucking, withering, rolling, fermentation, drying; refined processing is divided into 3 Sections and 13 procedures.
Yihong's dried leaves give off a sweet aroma reminiscent of Chinese Red Dates, and this is carried well into the taste and aroma of the tea. It also has a strong and lasting aftertaste.
Yihong is one of the Chinese Gong Fu Black Tea produced in the Yichang Region of Hubei Provicne. The area includes the counties, Wufeng, Hefeng, Lichuan, Changyang, Dengcun, Badong, Jianshi, Zigui, Xingshan, Yidu. The production of Yihong Black Tea started in around 1850s, which was around the same timing at that of the Hunan Black Tea, Huhong. The Yichang region is also located in the Wuling Mountains. Here the climate, soil condition and natural surroundings is very good for tea quality. And there are a lot of fine tea cultivars grwoing here.
One special character of Yihong is that it has strong flowery flavor. Especially the Yihong Black Tea from the Dengcun District. In 1960s, there was a study on the flavor of Yihong. It was found out that due to the good growing situation the plants and flowers grow very well in the region, especailly in the Spring season, many flowers like Rosa laevigata Michx open. and the tea might absorb the flower fragrance in the air. So it forms the natural flowery flavor of high grade Yihong Black Tea.
The Yihong Black Tea has deep aftertaste. There is the classic cream-down which only high quality black tea has, in the brewing of Yihong Black Tea.
The export of Yihong Black Tea is not so famous as Dianhong and Keemum. But it was and indeed is a fine Chinese Black Tea.
Black tea ｜ Hubei ｜ Complete fermentation ｜ Spring and Summer
