red tea

red tea are most oxidized tea and can be categorized into kungfu red tea, xiaozhong red tea, and broken red tea.

kungfu red tea and xiaozhong red tea are considered the unique red tea products from china. kungfu red tea has only been popular in china and asia whose tea drinkers care about the red tea leaf quality. xiaozhong red tea is the only product of fujian china, with its top end grade named zhengshan.

broken red tea has been most popular in european countries and america continent via india since a hundred years ago. it was named after george reid had invented a machine to automatically cut the tea leaves into small broken pieces in 1876. broken red tea products has misrepresenting the whole tea world up to now in the western sphere and currently occupies the 80% of the global tea exports.

a part of apotoftea.com's mission is to educate our tea drinkers that broken red tea is the low end tea with "commodity" quality and there is no way to check its leaf quality as well as its freshness.

qimenred    

known its name since 1876 in qing dynasty, qimenred, the abbreviated name of qimen kungfu red tea, is one of the most famous traditional chinese red teas from anhui, and is also one of top ten famous teas in china. rich black colored tea leaves are most oxidized, slim and tight, with noble gray shining around, and rose honey sweet natural flavor.

autumnred    

an unusual finding of red tea in southern china's tropical virgin land. autumnred has the crystal red color and smooth rich-flavored taste. a great choice for both drinking hot or iced.