Hongsui No.5 Tea
Hongsui No.5 Tea Attributes
Leaf Shape
Granular, uniform and heavy
Liquor Color
Brown red oily
Fragrance
Fresh and lasting
Taste
Fresh, sweet and refreshing
Brewed Tea Leaves
Red and soft
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Hongsui No.5 Tea Introduction
Broken Black Tea No. 5 is a newly created famous tea, which was created in the late 1980s by the Dadujiang Tea Farm in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, using a CTC (crushing, tearing, rolling) tea machine. It won the special prize in the 3rd “China Tea Cup” National Famous Tea Competition held by the China Tea Association in 1999.
Hongsui No.5 Tea Origin
Dadugang Tea Farm, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province
Hongsui No.5 Tea Production Process
The raw material is Yunnan large-leaf tea trees, and the picking standard is one bud and two leaves or one bud and three leaves, just beginning to unfold tender buds or single leaves and double leaves of equal tenderness. After the fresh leaves are picked, they go through withering, Rotorvane kneading and cutting, fermentation, fluidized bed drying, screening, blending and even piling, re-firing, lifting, and cutting.
Hongsui No.5 Tea Purchase Guide
Common brands include “Feng Brand” and so on.
Hongsui No.5 Tea Quality Identification
From the appearance, the dry tea is granular, uniform and heavy, with a brown-red and oily color. After brewing, the internal aroma is fresh, strong and lasting, the soup is bright red, the taste is fresh, strong and sweet, and the bottom of the leaves is red, uniform and soft. []{#text00018.html}
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