The invention discloses an illumination withering method of
black tea. The illumination withering method comprises the following steps: A, picking fresh leaf raw materials, and controlling the tenderness within three or four leaves on one
bud; B, spreading the fresh leaf raw materials in withering equipment under the condition that the leaf spreading thickness is less than or equal to 10cm to obtain spreading leaves; C, irradiating the spreading leaves from the upper side by using monochromatic light such as yellow light with a
wavelength of 585-590nm,
orange light with a
wavelength of 590-600nm or
red light with a
wavelength of 630-640nm, and controlling a distance between a lamp tube and the surfaces of the spreading leaves to be less than or equal to 11cm, wherein the illumination intensity of the surfaces of the spreading leaves is more than or equal to 230Lx, and the
irradiation time is more than or equal to 6 hours; and controlling the withering temperature to be 25-35 DEG C, and controlling the withering time to be 8-12 hours to ensure that the
water content reaches 58-62% so as to obtain withered leaves; and D, rolling the withered leaves, fermenting the withered leaves under the conditions that the temperature is 30-32 DEG C and the
relative humidity is more than or equal to 95%, and
drying under the conditions that the temperature of gross fire is 120 DEG C and the temperature of complete fire is 95 DEG C to obtain a
black tea finished product. The illumination withering method disclosed by the invention is feasible, is simple and convenient to operate, and ensures that the
black tea is highly-concentrated and lasting in
aroma and sweet, pure and fresh in taste, and the quality of the products is significantly superior to that of black tea products processed by a conventional process; and the economic use values of tea leaves can be improved.