Chinese Tea Types

Six major tea systems in China:

1, green tea: unfermented tea (fermentation is zero). Representative tea: Huangshan Mao Feng, Pu Long tea, Meng Ding Ganlu, Rizhao green tea, Laoshan green tea, Liu'an Gua Pian, Longjing tea, Meitan Cui Ya, Bi Luochun, Meng Er tea, Xinyang Mao Jian, Duyun Mao Jian, Liping Bird's Tongue, Guanzhuang dry hair tea leaves , Ziyang Mao Jian tea.

2, yellow tea: slightly fermented tea (fermentation degree of 10 to 20m) Huoshan yellow buds Meng Er silver needle, Meng Ding yellow buds

In the process of tea production, after the smothering heap of Wo Huang, and thus the formation of yellow leaves, yellow soup. Sub "yellow bud tea" (including Hunan Dongting Lake Junshan silver buds, Ya'an, Sichuan, Meng Ding yellow buds, Anhui Huoshan Huoshan yellow buds), "yellow small tea" (including Hunan Yueyang's Beigang in, Hunan Ningxiang Weishan Maojian, Zhejiang Pingyang Pingyang yellow soup, Hubei Yuanan's Luyuan), "yellow big tea" (including the big leaf green, Anhui's Huoshan yellow tea) three categories.

3, oolong tea: also known as green tea, is a semi-fermented tea, that is, the production of appropriate fermentation, so that the leaves are slightly red, is between green tea and black tea between a kind of tea. It has both the freshness of green tea and the sweetness of black tea. Because of its leaves in the middle of the green, the edge of the leaf is red, so there is a "green leaves with red edges," the name. Representative tea: Tieguanyin, Dahongpao, frozen top oolong tea.

4, black tea: fully fermented tea (fermentation degree of 80 ~ 90m) Keemun black tea, Lychee black tea, Hanshan red black tea. Black tea mainly has a small species of black tea, Gongfu black tea and black tea three categories. Gongfu black tea is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi area, with Chaoshan Gongfu tea.

5, black tea: post-fermented tea (fermentation degree of 100m) Pu'er tea Liubao tea Hunan black tea (Qiujiang thin slices of gold tea) Jingwei Por Tea (origin Shannxi Xianyang)

The raw material is coarse and old, the processing of pile up fermentation time is longer, so that the leaf color is dark brown, pressed into bricks. The main varieties of black tea to include "Shaanxi Xianyang Fu brick tea", Yunnan "Pu'er tea", "Hunan black tea", "Hubei old green tea", "Guangxi Liu Bao tea", Sichuan "border tea" and so on.

6, white tea: mildly fermented tea (fermentation degree of 20 ~ 30m) white silver needle, white peony, it is processed without frying and kneading, only the tender, leaf back full of hairy tea leaves dried in the sun or drying with the fire, so that the white hairs intact retained. White tea is mainly produced in Fujian's Fuding, Zhenghe, Songxi and Jianyang counties, and is also grown in Liping County, Guizhou Province, where it is available in the form of "Silver Needle", "White Peony", "Gongmei" and "Shoumei", There are several kinds of white tea, including "Silver Needle", "White Peony", "Gongmei" and "Shoumei". White tea is characterized by the presence of white hairs. The most famous white teas are from northern Fujian and Ningbo, and white peony.

There are hundreds of modern Chinese famous teas. According to the historical analysis, there are the following three kinds:

1, the traditional famous tea: Pu Long tea, Meng Ding tea, Meitan Cui Ya, Lanxin Bird Tongue, Meng Er tea, Xihu Longjing, Yingshan Yunwu Tea, Lushan Yunwu, Dongting Biluochun, Mount Huangshan Maofeng, Taiping Monkey Kui, Enshi Yulu, Dahongpao, Xinyang Mao Jian, Liu An Gua Pian, Tuenxi Zhenmei, Old Bamboo Da Fang, Gui Ping Xishan Tea, Junshan Silver Needle, Yunnan Pu'er Tea, Cangwu Liu Bao tea, Fuding white silver needle, white peony, Anxi Tieguanyin, Phoenix Narcissus, Minbei Narcissus, Wuyi Rock Tea, Keemun Red Tea, Wudang Taoist Tea, Guzhang Maojian, Yingde Red Tea, Yuedong Shanlong Tea, Dragon's Head Tea, Liping White Tea, Liping Sparrow Tea, and Tianmuhu White Tea.

2, historical tea: Mingzhou Jinyu Xiangming, Mengding Ganlu, Mengding Yellow Bud, Huangshan Golden Hair, Meitan Cui Piece, Jingwei Por Tea, Qiujiang Royal Thin Slices, Qiujiang Thin Slices, Qiujiang Tea, Xiuning Songluo, Yongxi Huoqing, Jingting Green Snow, Jiuhua Maofeng, Zenghou Yinjian, Hanjia Liu's Tea, Turtle Rock Green, Cactus Tea, Tianchi Minghao, Guiding Yunwu, Qingcheng Xuezhao, Yangxian Xuezhao, Luyuan Mao Jian, Huoshan Yellow buds, Guzhu purple bamboo shoots, trail mountain tea, Yandang Maofeng, day casting snow buds, gold medal Huiming, Jinhua lift rock, Yuemeixiang, Shunsheng tea, Dongyang Dongbai, the second ancestor of Zen tea and so on. (History had such famous tea, and then failed to sustain the production or has been lost, after research and innovation, to restore the original name of the tea)

3, the newly created famous tea: Lingyun white tea, Liping Xiang green tea, Yu Tingling Dahongshan tea, Lanxin Jinjian, Shiqian moss tea, Rizhao green tea, Laoshan green tea, Zibo Rushan green tea, Jinshan Cuiba, wuyuan Mingmei, Meng Er Yue buds, Meng Er Space Tea, Nanjing Rain Tea Yunwu Mao Jian, Xuefeng Zen Tea, Wuxi Haocha, Maoshan Qingfeng, Jintan Bird's Tongue, Tianzhu Jianhao, Cold Bing Tianlu, Yuexi Cuilan, Qishan Cuimei, Hongshan Long, Wangfu Yinhao, Linhai Panghao, Qiandao Yueli, Suichang Yinhou, Duyun Mao Jian, Gaoqiao Yinfeng, Jingshui Cuifeng, Yongchuan Xiuya, Shangrao White Eyebrow, Meitan Cuibao, Anhua Pine Needle, Zunyi Maofeng, Wengjun Green Tea, Emei Maofeng, Xueyue Buds, Xueqing, Xiantai Dabai The early white tip black tea, golden osmanthus, Qinba fog hair, Hanshui Yinshuo, Baxian Yunwu, Nannuo white hair, Wuzi Xianhao, Honghe Sheng Iron Goddess of Mercy, Quancheng red, Quancheng green, Baima Maojian, Hanshan red, and so on.