Where are the main production areas of dark tea located?

Dark tea gets its name because the appearance of the finished tea is black. It is a tea category unique to China with a long history of production. Now let us take a look at where dark tea is produced:

Dark tea is a post-fermented tea, a tea category unique to our country, with a long history of production, mainly produced as compressed tea for border sales, and mainly produced in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guangxi and other places. The earliest dark tea was produced in Sichuan, a border-sale tea made from green maocha through steaming and pressing.

According to the production area, dark tea can be divided into Hunan dark tea, Hubei old green tea, Sichuan border tea, Yunnan-Guizhou dark tea, Guangxi dark tea, and so on.

The main production area of Hunan dark tea is Anhua County in Hunan, in addition to many other areas such as Yiyang County, Taojiang County, Ningxiang County, Hanshou County, and Yuanjiang County.

Hubei old green tea is commonly known as Hubei dark tea, and its main production areas include Puqi, Xianning, Tongshan, Chongyang, Tongcheng and other counties in Hubei.

Sichuan border tea includes two types, Sichuan South Road border tea and West Road border tea. The main production areas of South Road border tea are Ya'an, Tianquan, Rongjing and other places in Sichuan, while the main production areas of West Road border tea are Guanxian, Chongqing, Dayi and other places in Sichuan.

Yunnan-Guizhou dark tea is mainly produced in Yunnan Province, also known as Yunnan dark tea or Pu'er dark tea.

Guangxi dark tea is mainly produced in Cangwu County, Guangxi Province, and is also produced in He County, Heng County, Cenxi, Yulin, Zhaoping, Lingui, Xing'an and other counties.