Tea in a basket

Liu Ann tea, another type of black tea which ages with time, is a national tea of Anhui. The tea is unique in a way as the tea is loaded into a small bamboo basket and covered with dried bamboo leaves. Six baskets of Liu Ann tea are bundled together in a row and sold to customers. It can also be sold as individual basket of Liu Ann tea. This tea has a fragrance resembling that of fragrance rice, very pleasant to drink and enjoy its fruity taste. The ones produced in the 50s and 60s are very costly and they came with a piece of red paper with calligraphy of the name of the tea.

Here is a sample of Liu Ann tea in its original packaging. It was produced during the early 1980s.

Liu Ann tea in its original packaging