the diagram below shows two different processes for manufacturing black tea

The presented diagram depicts the manufacturing process of

tea

using two methods: traditional and modern. In essence, both of the methods used have a few steps that are the same like picking fresh leaves, withering, oxidation and frying.

Firstly

, fresh

tea

leaves are picked. For a good quality of

tea

, only the bud and top two leaves are picked and these picked ones go through the next

stage

known as withering where air passes through the leaves on a rack which takes one-third of the moisture out of these leaves.

Secondly

,

according to

the conventional method, the loose

tea

leaves are rolled flat and

then

broken under the rolling

stage

and the leaves release the enzyme. Once the leaves are rolled, they are spread on the tiles for oxidation/fermentation where the colour of the leaves changes to copper

due to

enzyme and air. The climax

stage

is firing and drying where the leaves are transferred into the oven or hot air dryers at

this

stage

, 97 per cent of moisture is removed and

finally

flavour and aroma are released from the leaves.

On the contrary

, in the modern process

instead

of loose leaves,

tea

bags are used and leaves are cut, torn and curled in the cutting

stage

where the quick process of granular pieces are created next all stages are the same as traditional methods.