Hefeng Yihong Tea is made from new buds and leaves of tea trees suitable for making this product. It is refined through typical processes such as withering, rolling (cutting), fermentation, and drying. Because the color of its dry tea and the tea soup it brews are mainly red, it is named black tea. It was originally called "black tea". According to records, Hefeng Yihong Tea came out in the 19th century and has a history of more than 100 years. In 1861, Hankou was listed as a trading port, and the British set up a foreign company to purchase a large amount of black tea. Due to transportation relations, the black tea exported from Hankou by Yichang was named "Yichang Black Tea", and Yihong Tea got its name from this. In 1951, the Hubei Tea Company was established, and points were set up in Wufeng, Hefeng, Changyang, Yichang, Enshi and Shimen, Hunan to purchase Yihong Tea. At present, Yihong Tea has become one of the main local specialties in Yichang and Enshi, and its output accounts for about one-third of the total tea output in Hubei Province. Hefeng Yihong tea making technique, along with Yichang Yihong tea making technique, Wufeng Yihong tea making technique, Lichuan Yihong tea making technique, Yihong tea making technique and Yidu Yihong tea making technique, were included in the extended list of provincial intangible cultural heritage representative project list as black tea making technique projects, becoming one of the eight provincial intangible cultural heritage representative projects in Hefeng County.