The invention discloses
lotus leaf
black tea which comprises
lotus leaves and tea green in wilted weight ratio of 1-1.2 to 1, wherein the
lotus leaves are selected from spring lotus leaves or summer lotus leaves or autumn lotus leaves; the tea green is selected from Meizhao or Fuyun Number six or Fudingdahao. The
processing method of the lotus leaf
black tea comprises the following steps: selecting materials, removing the leaf navels, folding and rolling to carry out slitting, spreading on a tedding frame to carry out natural
wilting, mixing the raw materials, rolling, screening to carry out dewaxing, flattening to carry out
fermentation, frying by using a double-pot twisting
machine, taking out from the pots after the leaves become soft, putting into a shaping
machine to carry out shaping until the materials become 90% rolled or granular, carrying out first baking, baking until the materials are dry enough and carrying out
aeration. The lotus leaf
black tea is good in soup color, heavy and mellow in taste, sweet and elegant and long in fragrance, has the faint scent of the lotus leaves and the black tea
flavor like the orchid fragrance, and is capable of satisfying the demands of the consumers requiring the faint scent of the lotus leaves and the black tea
flavor; by carrying out alternate shaping through stir frying, more physiologically active ingredients can be retained so that benefit is brought to improve the
health effect; and the shape of the finished tea is heavily practical so that the packaging and the conveying are convenient.