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What kind of tea does green tea belong to?

Green tea is one of the main teas in China, and it also has the largest yield. It refers to a beverage made from new leaves or buds of tea trees without fermentation, through the processes of enzyme fixation, shaping and drying. All the tea-producing provinces (regions) in China 18 produce green tea, among which West Lake Longjing, Taihu Biluochun, Huangshan Mao Feng and Lu 'an Guapian are the most famous. Among the many teas in China, green tea accounts for more than 80%. Green tea is the first choice of people all over the world, and it belongs to our national drink in China.

By definition, green tea is a green leaf picked from a tea tree. After processing, it can be stored and brewed with water. Green tea belongs to unfermented tea, so it has modern environmental protection and health requirements such as natural pollution-free, green and low carbon. Green tea is the main tea in China, with the highest yield among the six primary teas, with an annual output of about 400,000 tons. Green tea has the widest producing area, distributed in Zhejiang, Anhui, Henan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Fujian, Guizhou and other tea-growing areas.

Green tea has undergone typical processes such as enzyme fixation, rolling and drying. The color of the finished product and the brewed tea soup retain the green color of the new tea and many nutrients beneficial to human health. In addition, green tea also contains many detoxification factors, which are easy to combine with toxic substances in the blood and accelerate its excretion from urine.