インド紅茶紀行・・No.6 アッサムCTC紅茶

Indian tea travelogue...No. 6 Assam CTC tea

Indian tea travelogue...No. 6 Assam CTC Black Tea Assam accounts for more than 70% of India's total black tea production and exceeds 720,000 tons per year. More than 90% of the black tea is CTC processed tea. CTC is a futuristic form of black tea that is made by forming tea leaves into granules and brewing tea quickly, with little bitterness, and deliciously. At present, domestic consumption in India accounts for more than 80% of production, so most of this CTC tea is also used as chai. CTC factory. As soon as the fresh leaves are withered, they are put into a large rotor van, then sent to the CTC processing machine, and the rest is automatically completed. With leaf-type teas such as BOP and Darjeeling in Sri Lanka, stems and stems are removed by cleaning, but CTC is made into black tea by making tea together, so the yield is good, and it is used in countries that consume large amounts of tea and milk tea such as chai. Suitable for tea made with With the expansion of black tea consumption, considering the taste of black tea in the market, I think that CTC tea, which can be mass-produced because it is less astringent and easy to drink, and can be expected to be cheap in terms of price, is an attractive black tea.
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