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Black Tea Origins

Tea News · Oct 24, 2025

There are many well-known black teas in the world. Single-origin black tea is named after its place of origin, such as Assam tea from Assam, India. The world's famous teas mainly include:

Assam tea (India: Assam)

Darjeeling tea (India: Darjeeling in West Bengal)

Ceylon highland tea (Sri Lanka)

Nilgiri tea (India: Nilgiri district and Tamil Nadu)

Tai Tea No.8, Tai Tea No.18, Tai Tea No.21 black tea (Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan)

Keemun black tea (China)

Among South Asian black teas, Darjeeling tea from West Bengal, India is considered the finest. Additionally, Sri Lanka's Ceylon tea also boasts excellent quality. The best Ceylon tea brews to a deep red color. In Western tea culture, it is common to add sugar or milk to black tea, but in Chinese tea drinking, influenced by traditional habits, it is generally believed that tea should not be sweetened.

China is the place of origin of black tea. China's well-known famous teas include:

Lapsang Souchong - Fujian

Min Hong (Tanyang Gongfu, Bailin Gongfu, Zhenghe Gongfu) - Fujian

Qi Hong - Anhui

Dian Hong - Yunnan

Yingde black tea - Guangdong

Honey black tea - Taiwan

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