In
1956 the Chinese government decided to build a tea plantation on a
stretch of wasteland outside the county town of Yingde in northern
Guangdong province. It was planted with tea shrubs of the Yunnan big
leaf and Fenghuang Shuixian varieties. A modern processing plant and
tea research institute were set up. Their product became known as
Yingteh tea.
Since its initial export in 1959, this product has joined the ranks
of the world's finest black teas, and is said to be comparable to
those of India and Sri Lanka.
This tea is a glossy black, with visible golden hair. The leaves
are rolled into granules which yield a mellow-tasting, brownish-red
liquor. Yingteh is sold as Broken Black tea in tea bags.
