The orthodox method demands craftsmanship. The freshly plucked tea leaves are carefully processed throughout all phases.This is work-intensive, time consuming and naturally more expensive. But it is the only way that all the delicacy of the aroma and the typical character of the tea plants can be passed on to the finished product. In our experience, it is only this careful processing that can produce fine aromatic leaf teas that satisfy the highest of demands. This is why all black and green teas from Ronnefeldt are made according to the orthodox method, including the tea for our aromatic varieties and tea bags.
Black tea
Green Tea
Unlike black tea, green tea is not fermented. Normally, the enzymes contained in freshly plucked tea leaves cause fermentation to automatically set in. To avoid this, the green tea leaves are dried with great heat immediately after plucking. In Japan they use hot steam while in China the tea leaves are fried in wok-pans.
