Method/Steps

1

Adulteration to cause false behavior: add tea powder and tea stems of green tea, black tea and other teas to the raw materials of Anhua black tea Or processed leftovers; use old green tea as the raw material for Anhua dark tea or use Yunnan sun-dried green tea as the raw material for Anhua black tea and process it into tea bricks, pretending to be Anhua dark tea; use the pressed tea bricks without blooming as Fu Brick sales.

2

Shoddy goods, low quality and high price: According to national standards, the raw materials of Anhua Qianliang tea should be mainly second-grade Anhua black tea, but illegal traders Anhua Qianliang tea is processed by passing low-grade third-grade or even fourth-grade black tea as high-grade black tea, and sells it as inferior, low-quality and high-priced tea.

3

Counterfeit brands: Products that counterfeit other people’s registered trademarks are illegally sold on the market; or use high-quality or certification marks; or license marks.

4

Three no products: Fake and shoddy Anhua dark tea without standards, without inspection certificates or without marking the place of origin, company name, company address and other items as required; Fake and shoddy Anhua black tea marked with license mark and number.

5

Fake vintage: Anhua dark tea with a short vintage is repackaged and passed off as old tea with a longer vintage.

6

Fake origin and process: do not follow the processing technology of Anhua dark tea and cut corners to reduce costs; use local raw materials to process pressed tea in other producing areas , and then transported to Anhua to counterfeit Anhua dark tea for resale.

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Notes

Nowadays, the dark tea market in Anhua is a mixed bag. This method is a personal summary of some successful purchasing methods. I hope it will be useful to my friends. I would like to share with you a product that I have used. Friends who are interested can learn more through the link below