The invention discloses a device and a process for baking dark tea, and relates to equipment and a process for
drying the dark tea. The device for baking the dark tea is provided with a
drying chamber, wherein a ventilated interlayer is arranged in the middle of the
drying chamber; the lower part of the drying chamber is provided with a baking chamber and a seven-star stove; a closed hot air circulation chamber covers the drying chamber; an
air blower is arranged inside or outside the hot air circulation chamber; air inlet and outlet pipes of the
air blower are communicated with the circulation chamber and the baking chamber respectively; and one side of the circulation chamber is provided with a dehumidifier. The process for baking the dark tea comprises the following steps of: uniformlyspreading tea which is fermented and retwisted into the interlayer of the drying chamber at one time during baking, burning
charcoal or aerating
carbon dioxide hot air in the seven-star stove, starting the
air blower to promote the hot air to circulate, starting the dehumidifier and dehumidifying, and controlling the temperature in the circulation chamber to 60 to 70 DEG C. The baking temperatureand
humidity can be effectively controlled, so that inclusions of the tea can be fully transformed into active ingredients such as
theaflavin, thearubigins, tea
polysaccharide and the like; the production efficiency is high and the labor intensity is low; and the tea has good drying quality and does not have
smoke taste, the baked dark tea has pure
mouthfeel, and the soup color is red, yellow andperfectly clear, and has tangy fragrance.