# Black tea recommendation **URL:** \ **Category:** Food & Drink\ **Created:** [July 15, 2019, 7:36am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745 "2019-07-15T07:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bdog](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bdog](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bdog)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 7:36am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/1 "2019-07-15T07:36:27Z")
Just a short recommendation, I had a really nice cup of black tea today. Here is the brand name, then product description. 漢聲港 吉祥茶 紅玉紅茶 > **[漢聲巷首頁 - 漢聲巷股份有限公司](https://www.hanshenggifts.com/)** > > Previous Next 開學祭–萬古江河團購優惠中，購買詳情請洽漢聲巷門市：02-276314 … Oh, one other thing - I am very fussy with my teas and coffees 🙂 Hope this helps someone. ---
**Author:** ![the\_bear](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/the_bear/32/192391_2.png) [@the\_bear](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/the_bear)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 7:38am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/2 "2019-07-15T07:38:19Z")
Black tea in English. The leaves are black, the liquor is reddish. ---
**Author:** ![bdog](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bdog](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bdog)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 7:39am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/3 "2019-07-15T07:39:23Z")
Heard, understood, acknowledged. ---
**Author:** ![BHL4life](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bhl4life/32/90885_2.png) [@BHL4life](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/BHL4life)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 9:16am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/4 "2019-07-15T09:16:36Z")
i recommend mos burger black tea. ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/5 "2019-07-15T13:06:42Z")
Bags or loose? ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/6 "2019-07-15T13:17:10Z")
Is black tea 紅茶? Aka red tea in Chinese. ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/7 "2019-07-15T13:18:59Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/8 "2019-07-15T13:19:38Z")
> [@tempogain](#): > > Yep. I thought so. But always confused me. ---
**Author:** ![bdog](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bdog](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bdog)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/9 "2019-07-16T00:34:29Z")
Bags, don’t worry though, no tea “dust” inside these 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/10 "2019-07-16T00:36:04Z")
> [@the\_bear](#): > > The leaves are black, the liquor is reddish. So you spike your tea with liquor…that would explain a lot. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/11 "2019-07-16T00:36:49Z")
Good I will check it. 紅玉紅茶Is well known in Taiwan. It’s hard to get authentic black (or any Taiwanese ) tea sometimes, the best I ever found was buying it from a stand in Nantou where they grow it. ---
**Author:** ![bdog](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bdog](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bdog)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/12 "2019-07-16T00:57:09Z")
Yeah I have poked my head in a couple of stores locally, and what they are selling appears to be a very commoditised product. Do post up any info if you manage to get hold of a connect from Nantou that would be great, as this company I’ve linked appear to be some generic gift store, so difficult to know what their markup is. ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/13 "2019-07-16T01:01:36Z")
The famous one is no 18 from the Nantou Tea company way back in Japanese times . You can visit it right beside moon lake. But there are a bunch of black tea farmers in that area…YuChi > **[Taiwan No. 18 — Sanne Tea](http://www.sannetea.com/shop/taiwanese-no-18)** > > Sun Moon Lake is Taiwan's main base for the cultivation of No.18, a black tea strain, also called Hong Yu (Ruby), only grown in Taiwan. In 1999, No.18 was created by hybridizing Taiwanese wild mountain tea trees with Burma Assam tea trees, and grown... ---
**Author:** ![bdog](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bdog](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bdog)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/14 "2019-07-16T01:35:42Z")
Ha, this is actually quite funny. The tea I end up liking in Taiwan ends up being a hybridised Assam. I have come full circle back to Lipton’s 🙂, well, a classy Lipton’s. ---
**Author:** ![schwarzwald](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@schwarzwald](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/schwarzwald)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/15 "2019-07-16T01:43:02Z")
Sun Moon Lake black tea is an Assam variety and good but expensive. You can find cheaper black teas at some of Indian food stores in Taipei. Carrefour sells Typhoo Extra Strong teabags, they are pretty decent. ![](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/8/4/84b339755e655f8817a015ca855720acd984254d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![the\_bear](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/the_bear/32/192391_2.png) [@the\_bear](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/the_bear)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/16 "2019-07-16T01:45:23Z")
That’s a muthf#cker of a tea. What we call in New Zealand a gumboot tea. ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/17 "2019-07-16T01:52:52Z")
Some of the black teas from nantou are awesome and nothing like a mass market tea you would get in a supermarket . Probably because they are fresh and carefully picked. They taste a little flowery. ---
**Author:** ![bdog](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bdog](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bdog)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/18 "2019-07-16T01:53:09Z")
Thanks @schwarzwald. I actually drink it black, most of these British style processed assams are meant to be drunk with milk. I am partial to the spiced teas at the Indian stores though… ---
**Author:** ![schwarzwald](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@schwarzwald](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/schwarzwald)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/black-tea-recommendation/181745/19 "2019-07-16T03:19:46Z")
> [@bdog](#): > > most of these British style processed assams are meant to be drunk with milk. You’re right, the Typhoo tastes great with milk. For drinking black the high quality Assam’s from Nantou might do. I sometimes order organic black tea from this place [https://neuteeland.de/](https://neuteeland.de/) . They have an English page, great selection and reasonably priced and fast shipping.