Luoyang Peony Black Tea

Luoyang Peony Black Tea

　　  Luoyang Peony Black Tea is a specialty of Luoyang City, Henan Province. The tea has a golden, bright liquor, a sweet and fresh aroma, a mellow and smooth taste, and robust leaves, embodying the flavors of fragrance, vitality, sweetness, and clarity. Luoyang Peony Black Tea has been awarded a National Geographical Indication Certification trademark.

　　  The fusion of peony culture and tea culture

　　  Luoyang peonies are the best under heaven, as the saying goes, and the mountainous areas in the southwestern part of Luoyang City provide an excellent natural environment for tea cultivation. Luoyang Peony Black Tea is primarily made from tea leaves sourced from Wuyi Mountain and Song County in Luoyang, with Luoyang peony blossoms as a supplementary ingredient. Using a special production technique, Luoyang Peony Black Tea was developed.

　　  “Luoyang Peony Red” uses black tea as the main ingredient and peony petals as a supplementary one, organically blending the sweet fragrance of peony flowers with the mellow richness of black tea. It offers both the health benefits of peony flowers and the stomach-warming, skin-enhancing effects of black tea. The tea boasts a pleasant aroma, crystal-clear golden liquor, a sweet and refreshing taste, a long-lasting flavor, and tender, soft, bright red leaves. It provides various health benefits such as promoting saliva production and clearing heat, regulating qi and blood, activating blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis, improving meridian flow, strengthening the stomach and moisturizing the intestines, enhancing beauty, and reducing blood sugar, blood pressure, and blood lipids. Testing has shown that Luoyang Peony Black Tea is rich in beneficial nutrients for the human body, including theaflavins, thearubigins, tea polyphenols, amino acids, vitamins, and flavonoids.

　　  How to drink Peony Black Tea?

　　  Peony petals contain various nutrients such as amino acids and flavonoids. When brewing with teaware previously used for other types of tea, the teaware should be thoroughly cleaned first, otherwise it may easily damage the nutrients in the peony petals. Also, it is essential to “rinse the tea” one to two times when brewing Luoyang Peony Black Tea.   Rinsing is crucial—peony flower tea is processed after being rinsed, while black tea undergoes slight withering after being picked before further processing. Therefore, when brewing Luoyang Peony Black Tea, always rinse the tea, preferably one to two times. Water quality is also very important; hard water can cause the tea to turn reddish. It is best to use purified water, mineral water, or water filtered through a home water purifier, with a brewing temperature of around 80 degrees Celsius for the best flavor.

　　  In 2012, “Luoyang Peony Black Tea” was recognized by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce as a China National Geographical Indication Certification trademark.