红碎茶是世界茶叶贸易市场的主要商品茶,所有茶类中,红碎茶的消费量最大,市场最广阔,竞争性也最强。1984年伦敦拍卖市场的平均价高达每公斤262.8便士,几乎比1983年提高一倍。1985年平均价虽下跌至每公斤159便士,但仍然是1984年以前从未有过的高价。1986年由于某些主要产茶国茶叶减产,加上咖 Red broken tea is the world’s tea trade market, the main commodity tea, all the tea, the largest consumption of broken tea, the most extensive market, the most competitive. The average price of the London auction market in 1984 was up to 262.8 pence a kilogram, almost doubling it in 1983. Although the average price dropped to 159 pence a kilogram in 1985, it remained a high price never seen before 1984. In 1986, tea production in some major tea-producing countries was reduced, plus coffee