Across China: Chinese dark tea steeps its way to popularity along Maritime Silk Road

NANNING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Once a humble beverage for Chinese laborers in Southeast Asia, Chinese dark tea has now evolved into a trendsetting force in the tea beverage market across countries along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.

"Drinking and storing tea has become a fashion in Malaysia, and Liubao tea is attracting a growing number of customers," said Liew Choon Kong, director of Kong Wooi Fong Tea Mer