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mbanu wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:48 am

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

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

Nice score! Is it Qimen tea?

.m. wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:46 am

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.

bao wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 26, 2022 12:28 pm

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

mbanu wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:56 am

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.