Are there seven or six categories of tea in China?

1, green tea: non-fermented tea (fermentation degree is zero). Representative teas are: Huangshan Mao Feng, Pulong Tea, Mengding Gan Lu, Rizhao Green Tea, Laoshan Green Tea, Guapian, Longjing Tea, Meitan Cui Ya, Biluochun, Pu 'er Tea, Xinyang Maojian Tea, Duyun Maojian Tea, Liping Queshe Tea, Guanzhuang Ganfa Tea and Ziyang Maojian Tea.

2. Yellow tea: micro-fermented tea (degree of fermentation 10~20m ~ 20m). The yellow buds of Huoshan Mountain are covered with silver needles and yellow buds. In the process of making tea, they are covered with yellow leaves and yellow soup.

It can be divided into "yellow bud tea" (including Hunan Dongting Lake Junshan silver bud, Sichuan Ya 'an Mengding yellow bud and Anhui Huoshan yellow bud), "yellow tea" (including Hunan Yueyang Beigangzai, Ningxiang Weishan Maojian, Zhejiang Pingyang Huangtang, Hubei Yuan 'an Luyuan) and "yellow tea" (including Anhui Dayeqing and Huoshan yellow tea).

3. Oolong tea: also known as green tea, it belongs to semi-fermented tea, that is, it is fermented properly during production to make the tea slightly red, which is a kind of tea between green tea and black tea. Both the freshness of green tea and the sweetness of black tea. Because its leaves are green in the middle and red in the edge, it is called "green leaves with red edges". Representative teas are: Tieguanyin, Dahongpao and Frozen Top Oolong Tea.

4. Black tea: fully fermented tea (fermentation degree 80 ~ 90m), Qimen black tea, litchi black tea, Hanshan black tea, etc. There are three main kinds of black tea: competition black tea, kung fu black tea and red broken tea. Kung fu black tea is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, with Chaoshan congou tea as the main product.

5. Black tea: post-fermented tea (fermentation degree 100m), Pu 'er tea, Liubao tea, Hunan black tea (Qujiang thin-slice gold tea) and Jingwei Fuzhou tea (origin of Xianyang, Shaanxi).

The raw materials are rough and old, and after a long period of accumulation and fermentation during processing, the leaves are dark brown and pressed into bricks. At first, black tea was mainly sold to border areas, and it was an indispensable daily necessity for Tibetan, Mongolian, Uygur and other fraternal peoples. The main varieties of black tea are Shaanxi Xianyang Fuzhuan Tea, Yunnan Pu 'er Tea, Hunan Black Tea, Hubei Laoqing Tea, Guangxi Liubao Tea and Sichuan Biancha.

6. White tea: lightly fermented tea (degree of fermentation 20 ~ 30m), Baihao Yinzhen, Bai Mudan, which is not fried or kneaded during processing. Only the delicate tea leaves with hairs on the back are dried in the sun or with slow fire, so that the white hairs are completely preserved.

White tea is mainly produced in Fuding, Zhenghe, Songxi and Jianyang counties in Fujian, and also planted in Liping county in Guizhou, including "Silver Needle", "Bai Mudan", "Gongmei" and "Shoumei". White tea and white hair are exposed. The famous ones are Bai Hao Silver Needle and Bai Mudan Silver Needle from northern Fujian and Ningbo.

Extended data

China is the hometown of tea, with a long history of tea cultivation, strict tea worship etiquette and peculiar tea drinking customs. Tea drinking in China has a history of more than 4,700 years since the Shennong era. Tea ceremony is predestined friends, which has existed since ancient times.

Visiting guests and offering tea is the earliest traditional virtue and etiquette of Han compatriots in China. Until 2 1 century, guests always make a cup of fragrant tea when they get home. Celebrations, but also like to entertain with refreshments. Tea party is simple, economical, elegant and solemn. The so-called friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and it also refers to tea with pleasant fragrance.

China Han compatriots also have various customs of substituting tea for gifts. Hangzhou, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, every long summer, each family cooks new tea and gives it to relatives and friends with all kinds of fine fruits, which is called seven teas. This custom is to put two olives or kumquat in a teacup, which means good luck in the Spring Festival.

Tea ceremony is a grand ceremony in ancient China. Xu Ming's Ci book said in Textual Research on Tea Sparse: If tea does not change its roots, plants will have children. The ancients married on the knowledge of tea, thinking that tea trees can only germinate from seeds into plants, and cannot be transplanted, otherwise they will die, so they regard tea as an eternal symbol of nature.

Therefore, folk men and women get engaged with tea as a gift, and the woman accepts the man's dowry, asking for tea or tea, some of which are called tea, and there is a proverb that they don't eat two teas. At the same time, the etiquette of the whole marriage is always called three teas and six rituals.

Three kinds of tea are engagement tea, wedding tea and bedroom tea. Tea is also called "male tea and female wine", that is, when engaged, the man's family will send back several jars of Shaoxing wine in addition to wishful stickers. At the wedding, there will be three tea ceremonies.

Three teas, the first cup of 100 fruits and the second cup of lotus seeds and red dates; The third cup is tea. The way to eat, after taking the cup, hold it in your hands, bow deeply, then touch your lips and be taken away by your family. The same is true of the second road. Third, you can't drink until you bow. This is the most respectful etiquette. These customs, including the ceremony of offering tea at weddings, are still used as a habit.

Chinese tea

1, Anxi Tieguanyin

It belongs to green tea and is one of the famous oolong teas in China. Anxi Tieguanyin tea is produced in Anxi County, Fujian Province. Anxi Tieguanyin tea has a long history and is known as the king of tea. According to records, Anxi Tieguanyin tea originated in Yongzheng period of Gan Qing (1725- 1735).

2. Qimen Black Tea

It belongs to black tea, which is produced in Qimen County, Anhui Province, and is mainly produced in Likou and Li Shan. Qimen black tea has a particularly high aroma, red soup color, strong taste, slightly rose fragrance and fresh taste. Qimen black tea, Darjeeling black tea in India and Uva seasonal tea in Sri Lanka are also known as the three highly fragrant teas in the world.

3. Meng Ding Gan Lu

It belongs to green tea and is produced in Mengding Mountain, Ya 'an, Sichuan. The quality characteristics of Mengding Gan Lu are: compact and curly appearance, tender green; The essence is fragrant, fragrant and tender; The soup is clear and light yellow, clear and refreshing, rich and sweet, and the buds at the bottom of leaves are beautiful and even. Gan Lu in Mengding is the oldest famous tea in China, and is regarded as the pioneer of old tea and famous tea.

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