Collection: Dark Tea

Concurrently, by piling the pan-fried tea and allowing it to ferment and age naturally, and then compressing it, dark tea was made.

Dark tea was originally exported to neighboring countries around China, such as Tibet and Mongolia. To facilitate transportation, the tea was compressed.

There are various types of dark tea. They can be broadly divided into those that undergo secondary fermentation by microorganisms after compression and those that do not involve microbial fermentation.

In recent years, dark tea has been reported to have various physiological activities, such as lowering cholesterol, making it an interesting tea from a functional perspective.