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Black tea appeared in the Qing Dynasty.
Incidentally “black tea” was
translated into Chinese as “red
tea”, which is perhaps a more accurate
description of the color and gradually
people have accepted the translation.
This tea is made from leaves more heavily
oxidized than the green variety, and it
is generally more flavorful.
What is green tea? Green tea is tea that
has undergone minimal oxidation during
processing. It is popular in China and
Japan, and recently has become popular
in the West, where people formally drink
only black tea. The main difference between
green tea and black tea is that green
tea keeps the original color of the tealeaves
without fermentation during processing,
there as black tea is fermented before
baking.
This
article by Yang Tianqing and Daniel Kister.
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