Yingde

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.

Ingtak pagoda, from Johan Nieuhof (1618-1672); Jean-Baptiste Le Carpentier (1606-ca. 1670): L'ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, 1665