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白沙溪 黑砖茶 （450g/包）

Baishaxi Black Brick Tea / Dark Tea(450 g/bag)

 白沙溪”为湖南省白沙溪茶厂有限责任公司的企业标志。

因用黑毛茶作原料，色泽黑润，成品块状如砖，故名黑砖茶。现湖南白沙溪茶厂是生产厂家之一。其原料选自安化生产的优质黑毛茶。1939年第一片黑茶砖在安化德和庆记茶行诞生，白沙溪茶厂从70年代初对以往费工耗时的繁复工序进行了改革，按原来面茶、里茶的比例一次拼好、一次压制成型。制作时先将原料筛分整形，风选拣剔提净，按比例拼配；机压时，先高温汽蒸灭菌，再高压定型，检验修整，缓慢干燥，包装成为砖茶成品。

Bai Sha Xi Tea Factory in Anhua County of Hunan is the earliest producer of "Dark Tea" (hei cha) in Hunan and the first to produce the Golden Flower bricks in China. Tea Bricks were invented during the Ming Dynasty for easy storage and transport of teas. Bai Sha Xi was established in 1940 to produce Hei Cha bricks, then in 1953, they produced the first Fu Brick with Golden Flowers.

The most important characteristics in the processing of Hunan dark tea are pile fermenting and fire-drying with pine wood during primary processing. Without these two methods, it can not be called “dark tea.” At present, the traditional processing method is still applied to the production of Hunan dark tea, which is complicated in technique, high is technology. The processing is followed from generation to generation and kept secret.

The tea brick is composed entirely of spring harvest material from An Hua county area mountainous tea gardens. The tea was fermented a longer time using Bai Sha Xi's proprietary process, then pressed into bricks where the golden flowers [enzymes] flourish in the inner section of the brick where the conditions are just right to support them. After a few days, the bricks are dried gradually using a temperature of 37C which preserves gradually halts the spread of the flowers without damaging them or the tea leaves.

The brewed tea is orange in color. The taste is sweet, thick, with notes of dried fruit, hay, and mushrooms. It is very lubricating in the mouth and throat with gives a mild and comfortable feeling in the body.