Lemon Black Tea Ball

This lemon black tea uses Yingde black tea from Guangdong and lemons from Anyue, Sichuan as raw materials. The black tea leaves are filled into the lemon peel and baked at low temperature, so that the aromas of black tea and lemon can blend well. There are also several small holes in the lemon peel, which can better brew out the black tea. After brewing, the fragrance is sweet with the fruity aroma of lemon. It is neither bitter nor astringent, and is suitable for both cold and hot brewing.

	Cup Method		Chinese Gongfu Method
	Teacup: 12oz / 355ml		Gaiwan: 3.8oz / 110ml
	194℉ /90℃		194℉ /90℃
	1 piece		1 piece
	Brewing time: 5 - 8 mins		10 steeps: rinse, 10s, 15s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 100s

Xingguang Village Tea Garden is located in Yinghong Town, Yingde City, Guangdong Province. The tea garden is grown, produced and managed according to organic standards. It is far away from cities and industrial areas, villages and roads. It uses natural vegetation such as mountains and rivers as natural barriers. The tea fields are surrounded by lush forests and have unique characteristics. Fresh air, pure water, fertile soil and application of organic fertilizers ensure that each tea plant grows naturally and healthily.

Insect killer lamp in the tea garden.

Tea Garden History

Guangdong Province Yinghong Hua Qiao Tea Farm was established in 1951 and is a pillar enterprise in the country's tea export to earn foreign exchange. In 1963, the Queen of England entertained distinguished guests with YingHong black tea, and then listed it as a tea for the British royal family. Since then, YingHong black tea has become popular in European and American countries. After more than 70 years of development, they have always used high-quality tea trees from core producing areas as raw materials, inherited ancient methods while integrating modern tea-making techniques, just to make a cup of good tea.

Yingde City is situated in the northwest of Guangdong Province. It has a South Asian monsoon climate that is warm and rainy, with no extreme cold or hot. The annual average temperature is 20.7 °C. Soil conditions are excellent. The mild slopes and terraces that connect the hills are all red loam and yellow loam. The soil is fertile, and the organic matter and nitrogen content are above average. The majority of the soil exhibits an acidic reaction; the pH ranges between 4 and 5.5, making it ideal for the growth of tea trees; and the slope land suitable for tea production exceeds 200,000 acres. As of 2014, the total area of tea gardens in Yingde City exceeded 70,000 acres.

Anyue (安岳) is known as the "Lemon Capital of China". Its lemon planting volume, output, and market share make up more than 80% of China's total. It is China's sole base county for lemon commodities production. The primary variety of Anyue lemon (Eureka Lemon) has been farmed and domesticated for over 80 years, and a strain with excellent production, quality, and stress resistance has been selected. Anyue lemon has 7.4‰ lemon oil, 9.5% soluble solids, 6.7% citric acid, Vc58/100ml, 38% juice yield, 2.5% Vp, and 3% pectin. It also includes inositol, limonene, and other vitamins. Lemon oil contains 4% citral and 95% limonene. It is an excellent type that may be consumed fresh or processed.

Mr. Yi was born in Yingde, Guangdong. Under the influence of his father's generation, he has lived in the Hua Qiao tea farm in Yingde since he was a child. He has been immersed in various tea planting, picking, withering, rolling and cutting, fermentation, drying and other processes. He has a strong interest in tea production. So he stayed and worked in the tea farm. Later, the scale of Hua Qiao tea farm increased, from the barren hills and mountains in the past to the tea gardens that can today be seen everywhere. The government established Yinghong Town, and the Hua Qiao tea farm became today's Guangdong Yinghong Tea Industry Co., Ltd. Mr. Yi has also continued to work hard in the business he loves, transforming the former Hua Qiao tea farm into a paradise with thriving economy and lovely surroundings.

Yinghong No. 9 is a clone that was systematically selected from Yunnan large-leaf populations. It is suited for planting in subtropical and tropical tea regions, particularly Guangdong Province and Southern China. Tea buds and leaves are high in content, containing 30.91% tea polyphenols, 152.13 mg/g catechins, 2.06% amino acids, 4.35% caffeine, 5.5% soluble sugar, and 41.25% water extract.

Yingde is a historic tea region with a rich history of tea cultivation. According to historical sources, tea cultivation in Yingde began more than 1,200 years ago, during the Tang Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, Yingde's indigenous tea served as a tribute to the palace. Tea production in England and Germany gained popularity during the Qing Dynasty, and international trade expanded in the first and middle decades of the nineteenth century.

In 2006, Yingde black tea was designated a "National Protected Product of Origin".

In 2008, Yingde earned the title of "The Hometown of Chinese Black Tea".

In 2010, Yingde black tea received the "National Geographical Indication Certification Trademark".

On July 20, 2020, Yingde black tea was added to the first set of Sino-European geographical indicator protection listings.