1. He ʻokoʻa ka mahana o ka wai no ka hana ʻana i ke kī
 
ʻO ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo kaulana me nā ʻōpuʻu palupalu a me nā lau, hoʻoinu ʻia me ka wai paila ma kahi o 80°C.Inā kiʻekiʻe loa ka mahana o ka wai, maʻalahi ka luku ʻana i ka huaora C i loko o ke kī, a maʻalahi ka caffeine e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, e hoʻohuli ai i ka hupa kī i melemele a ʻona ka ʻono.
 
b.I ka hana ʻana i nā kī ʻala like ʻole, nā kī ʻeleʻele, a me nā kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo haʻahaʻa a me ka pae waena, pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka wai paila ma 90-100°C e hana ai.
 
2. He ʻokoʻa ke kala o ka sopa kī
 
he kī ʻeleʻele: ʻO ke kala o ka sopa kī o ke kī ʻeleʻele he ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha.
 
b Kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo: He ʻōmaʻomaʻo a i ʻole ʻeleʻele ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke kala sopa kī o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
 
3. Nā ʻano like ʻole
 
ʻO ke kī ʻeleʻele he sopa ʻulaʻula lau lau ʻulaʻula, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka maikaʻi i hana ʻia e ka fermentation.ʻO ke kī maloʻo he ʻeleʻele kona waihoʻoluʻu, ʻoluʻolu a ʻono i ka ʻono, a he ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula a ʻulaʻula ka sopa.Aia nā ʻano "Gongfu Black Tea", "Broken Black Tea" a me "Souchong Black Tea".
 
b ʻO ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo ka ʻano kī nui loa o koʻu ʻāina, a no kakī huʻi ʻolewaeʻano.Loaʻa i ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi o ka lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo sopa.ʻO ke kī hou me ka palupalu maikaʻi he ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka waihoʻoluʻu, ʻike ʻia nā piko o ka ʻōpuʻu, a ʻālohilohi ke kala o ka sopa.
 
4 He okoa ka hopena
 
he kī ʻeleʻele: ʻeleʻele kī he akī fermented piha, ʻono a mehana, waiwai i ka protein, a loaʻa iā ia nā hana o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka wela a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka ʻōpū, e kōkua ana i ka ʻeli ʻana a me ka wehe ʻana i ka momona.
 
b ʻO ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo: mālama ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo i nā mea maoli o nā lau hou, a ua waiwai i nā mea kūlohelohe e like me ke kī polyphenols, caffeine, nā huaora a me ka chlorophyll.