Black teas Part IV: back to origins: the story of Fujian's Black teas is a historian's dream, and from our vantage point, one inevitably tinged with nostalgia. High caliber traditional black teas--round, smooth and with that pungent, distinctive aroma--are still to be had, but they no longer carry the distinction they deserve and once enjoyed.(Fujian Teas)

From: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal | Date: June 1, 2007| Author: Kung, Lydia; Chao, Brian | Copyright information

There are three major Black Congou producing areas in Fujian: Min Dong, Fuding and Zheng He. We had the opportunity to be in Fu An (near Fuding) and visited the Panyang Congou Tea Factory, which was established in 1958, near the three hundred year old village of Tan Yang (sometimes spelled Panyang). The day was grey and drizzly, befitting the rather worn condition of the factory. Long state owned, the Panyang Congou factory displayed only equipment dating from the late 1950s, emplo...

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