CNNP teas and State factory teas

[.m.]

Got my hands on a box of one of these 80-90s "Yingteh" Yingdehong tea

[tolean]

I was lucky and found this old metal tin tea.
Still going strong and good))

Also found some useful info on this link, about my tea too and probably related to this topic.
https://slingpc.pixnet.net/blog/post/30 ... 8%E5%A4%96

[.m.]

Nice score! Is it Qimen tea?

[tolean]

Nice score! Is it Qimen tea?

Not sure, it's a little bit roasted red tea ( or maybe ages added this ,,kind of toasted note,,

Here is what i found about it:

"Festival Night" with Sichuan Red as the content

Chuanhong is mainly produced in Yibin, Sichuan. After its initial listing, it was well received in international markets such as London, England. Later , it won the gold and silver awards in the world food selection in 1985 and 1986. In the planned economy era, from 1952 to 1985 . The cumulative export of Chuanhong reached 570,000-920,000 dan, and it was distributed in many countries such as Europe and the United States. It is also known as "Saiqihong" by tea people. However, the international reputation of Chuanhong is not as good as that of Qihong, so Shanghai Tea Company, which was in charge of exporting at that time, never launched a tea named after Chuanhong, but always included it under the "Chinese Black Tea". ( The trademarks of "China Tea" and "Sunflower" have been used successively. ) The outer packaging of "Festival Night" is set against the background of Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Fireworks are painted on it. The red sky and buildings have strong red revolutionary political propaganda colors. , although it presents a red and festive atmosphere, it is a very pleasing tea style. However, after the economic reform and opening up, Sichuan Province can sell its own black tea, so Shangcha Company's "Festival Night" tea has been out of print.

[mbanu]

Hello mbanu, I am a student from China. I was very interested in tea.
I went to Yingde Tea Factory once last month and had some questions about the history of the tea factory.
I want to ask you some questions about the history of the tea factory.

Sorry for the delayed reply! If you have visited the factory, you likely know more about it than I do, although I'd be happy to talk about Yingde tea. I mostly use it as an aroma tea in Hong Kong style milk tea blends, personally. In English, the big source is really Edward Bramah, who wrote about the re-introduction of Chinese black tea to England after World War II: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2270

[sheep.payday2]

A Yunnan black tea tin, I think a State-design, as for Yunnan black tea the tins had illustrations of tea-pickers instead of geometric designs or illustrations of the brand (Goldfish, etc.).

I have two (unfortunately empty) Yunnan Black Tea tins of this type.

Yunnan Black Tea (紅茶) tins by multaa, on Flickr

The small tin claims to have contained 150g of tea, which must have been closer to fannings if this is to be believed. It features the 中茶 logo on its lid, and the company name is spelled 中国土产畜产进出口总公司，广东省茶叶分公司 China National Native Produce and Animal By-products Import and Export Corporation, Guangdong Tea Branch.

On the large tin (nominally 250g), the company is called 中國茶葉土產進出口公司廣東省茶葉分公司 (in traditional characters), China National Tea & Native Products Import & Export Corporation, Kwangtung Tea Branch. The leaflet （中國紅茶飲法） came to me with the large tin and may well have been originally paired with it, although the company name is again different.

[Tyler]

80s Sea Dyke / Zhongcha shuixian
https://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_703da8100101t6nw.html

[sheep.payday2]

A 1975 ad featuring mostly classic Sea Dyke packaging, for non-specified oolong, da hong pao, shui xian, tie guan yin, ming xiang... also (I think) a Sunflower brand in the lower right corner, and the patterned box with the yellow picture is currently used for DunHuang brand tie guan yin, although of course I don't know what role it served in 1975.

Found a somewhat battered tin of Sea Dyke AT104 oolong a while ago. The display side sunflower has (already?) been replaced by the Sea Dyke logo, as in the 2020 catalog.


IMG_20240815_174659 by multaa, on Flickr


IMG_20240815_174447 by multaa, on Flickr

Also a modern tin of Golden Sail puerh from an Asian grocery store:


IMG_20240921_201718 by multaa, on Flickr


IMG_20240921_201743 by multaa, on Flickr

[sheep.payday2]

These tins just keep coming to me, this time it's an Anglo-French Keemun one. The name of the company is given as 中国土产畜产进出口公司安徽省茶叶分公司 China National Native Produce & Animal By-products I/E Corp. Anhui Tea Branch. Art. no. 822, 227g net ½ lb


IMG_20241008_104244 by multaa, on Flickr


IMG_20241008_104151 by multaa, on Flickr

There's a Greeting Pine graphic on the lid, not exactly presented as a trademark. Design points for hiding "Product of the P.R.C." under the lid.


IMG_20241008_104226 by multaa, on Flickr

[Velych]

Hello everyone Great topic, lots of new information.

The day before yesterday, I was lucky enough to get this kind of tea.. Green jasmine tea from the Fujian branch of CNNP. I carefully date it as 1988-1991 (the seller claims that it was before 1990, we need to find out why, by the way).

The considerations are as follows:

- The box of the old version - it says "CNNP Fujian Tea Branch", while on later boxes they already wrote "Fujian Tea Import & Export Co., Ltd."
- On the paper insert it is already written “Fujian Tea Import & Export Corporation”, although even in this topic inserts were shown on which exactly a specific branch of CNNP was written.
- I assume that this is tea from a transitional period - new paper inserts with the new designation of the enterprise were inserted into the remnants of the boxes of the old version.

Considering that some branches of CNNP were privatized at the turn of the 80s and 90s, changing their names, I think the tea was produced somewhere between 1988-1990.

The tin box is full, and the scent of jasmine is still strong. Tea in such tin boxes is produced to this day in a slightly modified design.

[Velych]

As an example - a tin can of a later version and a paper insert of an earlier version indicating a specific CNNP branch.

Dated information on trademark registration in Canada was also found, where the owner was already indicated as Fujian Tea Import & Export Co., Ltd.

[sheep.payday2]

As an example - a tin can of a later version and a paper insert of an earlier version indicating a specific CNNP branch. […]

FYI, the paper insert is my scan and has nothing to do with Fujian jasmine tea.

[Velych]

As an example - a tin can of a later version and a paper insert of an earlier version indicating a specific CNNP branch. […]

FYI, the paper insert is my scan and has nothing to do with Fujian jasmine tea.

It is shown here as an example, as I wrote in my post.

The point is that up until a certain point (1989-1990, I believe) CNNP branches referred to themselves as "CNNP Fujian (Yunnan, Kwantung, etc.) Branch" - that's what they wrote on the paper inserts, that's what they wrote on the tins.

After privatization (?) all "CNNP Branches" became the following wording on the tins and paper inserts as "Fujian (Yunnan, Kwantung, etc.) Tea Import & Export Co., Ltd."

Example:

"...1988 – After the second stage of China’s foreign trade system reform, the company name changed to China National Native Produce & Animal By-Products Yunnan Tea Import & Export Corporation..."

I believe that I have a tin can from the transitional period - when there were still tin cans from the "Branches" era, and the inserts were already printed with "Tea Import & Export Co., Ltd."

I base my approximate dating of the tin can I received on this.

[Velych]

The other day I was lucky enough to buy a box of tea. And I bought it in passing, while searching for Soviet tea artifacts. Well, a box is a box, we'll figure it out later. The box arrived, I decided to see what it was.

The pack is marked "China National Native Produce & Animal By-Products Import & Export Corporation Yunnan Tea Branch (CNNP)" (1972), and on the front side there is the emblem of the factory "Ji Xing" (LUCKY), which was registered in 1978 and was part of the CNNP corporation.

In 1988, the company name changed to "China National Native Produce & Animal By-Products Yunnan Tea Import & Export Corporation", so with a certain degree of caution it can be said that this pack was released between 1978 and 1988.

There are no barcodes on the pack, as, for example, on later packs from the same manufacturers. There is only the designation "U303". What kind of tea could this be?

[Velych]

"...In the later period, although there were discords in the Sino-Soviet relations and tea exports to the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries declined, the overall volume was still quite significant. After the 1970s, when the Sino-Soviet relations improved and intergovernmental trade expanded, Dianhong's exports to the Soviet Union, Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Hungary resumed. The export volume of black tea increased steadily, and in 1986, the monthly growth rate reached 1.5 times, reaching a remarkable achievement of more than 16,000 tons in 1987..."

"...More than 80% of Yunnan black tea was exported to the former Soviet Union and Poland..."

"...Yunnan black tea U303, which was exported to the former Soviet Union and Poland in the mid-1980s, was one of the top products to win awards that year..."