Yingde (postal: Yingtak; Chinese: 英德; pinyin: Yīngdé) is a historical city in the north of Guangdong Province, China.
The principal varieties of Chinese spoken are Hakka (64%), Cantonese (29%) and others (7%).
In 1963 the British royal family popularized Yingde's black tea worldwide after offering the tea to guests at the Queen's Banquet.
[1] Yingde's tea history dates back to over 1,200 years ago.
It is considered to be one of the top three places in the world to grow black tea.