1. Dark tea is an unique type of tea made by post fermentation with a more than 400 years history. In China, it is usually called Border-Sale Tea, literally, tea sold on borders as it is commonly compressed into forms of bricks and sold in western minority areas of China.
2. Its name comes from the color of dried tea leaves which results from old coarse raw materials and long time stacking fermentation during its production. According to the producing areas and production process, it can be divided into Hunan Hei Cha,Hubei Hei Cha, Sichuan Route Tea, Diangui Hei Cha and etc.
3. For people who like delicate green tea, it is hard to get used to the strong and unique taste of Hei Cha at once while if they stick to drinking it, they would fall in love with the unique mellow flavor of dark tea. Hei Cha won popularity in Yunnan,Sichuan and Guangxi provinces of China. Now dark tea is beloved by Tibetan,Mongol and Uygur people and considered a necessity by them.