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with the recent passing of the queen a sad time for many around the world
what better way to honor her memory than think about some happy times in her life
and as a tea Channel what do we have in common with the queen pretty much only black tea let's
remember some black teas that warmed the Queen's heart and her tea cup together
talking about black tea you just cannot skip lapsang souchong
it's a stable in the royal tea cabinet it's the very first black tea in the world with over 400
years history in the 17th and 18th century it was luxury goods for only the upper class
this is the tea that literally shaped the international tea commerce grow in the wuyi
mountains this tea contributed greatly to the China Britain trade deficit in the 17th 18th
century it helped cause the phenomena in China that the silver is actually cheaper than the money
so to change the phenomena of losing silver to China the Britain decided to export opium
later on China said no more opium no more opim house yes nowadays we're familiar with
Tea House Coffee shop at that time there were opium house where you can dine in or take out
well that China said it's bad for the people and Britain thinks hey freedom of Commerce
let us teach you a lesson so they send some troops voila first Opium War it was a very different time
at that time tea plays such an important role in world economy as well as politics
the fellow American tea lovers know that all too well what he did the Boston Tea Party dump
well according to William Ukers in his all about tea there are black teas like bohea souchong and
gongfu and green teas like songluo as well as xichun and the majority of it it's a black tea
Keemun Black tea was gifted to the queen in 1986 and it has been a royal favorite
this tea was invented in 1875 in qimen and before that green tea is the tradition in
this area most of the tea was exported to England this sea has its own Aroma
and taste so unique that it gained its own name called qimen xiang keemun aroma
a lesser known black tea but still won the Queen's heart is in the yingde hong cha yingde black tea
in 1969 Guangdong tea Import and Export company was informed by the English Ambassador that
their Queen used yingde black tea to treat her guests at a Grand Banquet and the tea receives
a lot of love and a compliment yingde black tea is a relatively new black tea in 1955 to 1956
Guangdong Province introduced yunnan the puerh cultivar to Guangdong in 1959 they successfully
made black tea out of this tea plant and in 1961 they selected 22 premium tea plants and
one of which is the famous black tea that we all love today ying hong no.9 last but
not least dian hong gong fu dian hong black tea in 1986 this tea was a gifted to the queen when
she was visiting kunming this tea was developed in fengqing area in Yunnan Province during 1937 1938
Mr. feng shaoqiuused one leaf one bud from the puerh cultivar and developed this very
first big leaf black tea in China and in 1939 this new tea dian hong black tea was in full
production in 1958 the tea was sold as the most expensive tea in the world in London tea auction
as the Queen's favorite all these black teas can be enjoyed with sugar and milk and as Chinese
black tea these tea can be enjoyed on its own too once a luxury tea lapsang souchong right
now seemed to stand for a pretty low end tea in a lot of tea connoisseur's heart the one we carry
is the top grade Source from the family whose ancestors invented the black tea so and we we
carry the top grade the good thing about that is we have received many comments and feedbacks that
people are like wow I never know lapsang souchong could taste like that like it's a taste worthy tea
it's not the cheapest tea of the world the only bad side is if you are those who really really
love that strong smoke like strong ashy flavor of Lapsang souchong this is not a tea either because
um it's so well made it's balanced it has that Woody smokiness gentle elegant but there's also
that sweetness the fruitiness of a black tea in it so it's a beautifully balanced and it's a really
new experience for a lot of people who are pretty familiar with lapsang souchong keemun black tea on
the other hand is much more gentle a little bit more cheerful like a teenager you know
fruity uplifting and that unique keemun Aroma qimen xiang I don't know how to describe it
but you taste it you know it's keemun yingde black tea ying hong no.9 and yunnan black tea
they have a lot in common because they are all made with the puerh big leaf cultivar
but they grow in different regions they have a slightly different process so the
taste they what they share is that Plum notes very rich very sweet um I feel like ying hong
has more a little bit more floral less of that uh Yunnan black tea the bite so
ah you know this is not my forte so uh feel free to go to the website Phil did all the description
uh and he did a great job and you can read there or even tell me what how would you describe those
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