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Main technical content: Hakka small- and medium-sized leaf black tea is made from small- and medium-sized leaf tea trees (with a leaf area of ≤40 cm2) grown within the Hakka HeYuan administrative region. It uses buds, leaves, and tender stems as raw materials and is processed through withering, rolling, fermentation, drying, shaping, and packaging to produce strip-shaped black tea products with specific quality standards. This document specifies the terms and definitions, technical requirements, hygiene requirements for the production and processing process, testing methods, inspection rules, labels, markings, packaging, transportation, and storage for Hakka small- and medium-sized leaf black tea. This document applies to black tea products produced within the Hakka HeYuan administrative region, which are made from buds, leaves, and tender stems of Hakka small- and medium-sized leaf tea trees and are processed through withering, rolling, fermentation, drying, shaping, and packaging.