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Six cups of tea

1, green tea. Green tea is generally made of fresh leaves, enzyme fixation, rolling and drying. It belongs to non-fermented tea with a degree of fermentation of 0%. The brewed tea soup is also mostly clear soup green leaves. Green tea is cold, and the representative varieties are Xihu Long, Biluochun and Maojian.

2. White tea. White tea leaves are mostly buds with white fluff, and their processing technology is generally withering and drying, which belongs to micro-fermented tea with a fermentation degree of 5%- 10%. The quality of tea is from ⅵ to ⅵ, and the representative varieties are Bai Mudan, Gongmei and Baihao Yinzhen.

3. yellow tea. The quality characteristic of yellow tea is "yellow leaf yellow soup", and its processing technology is generally fresh leaves, enzyme fixation, rolling, yellowing and drying. It belongs to light fermented tea, and its fermentation degree is 10%-20%. Its tea is cool, and its representative varieties are Junshan Yinzhen, Mengding Huangya and Beigang Maojian.

4. oolong tea. Oolong tea, also known as green tea, is said to be a semi-fermented tea with a fermentation degree of 30%-60%, which was discovered by a tea farmer by accident and made into a unique tea. Its processing technology is generally picking, withering, shaking, frying, rolling and baking. Oolong tea is neutral tea, and its representative varieties are Dahongpao and Tieguanyin.

5. Black tea. Dry tea and brewed tea soup of black tea are mainly red, and their processing techniques are generally withering, rolling, fermentation and drying, which belong to fully fermented tea with a fermentation degree of 70%-80%. Its tea is mild, and its representative varieties are Zhengshan, Qimen black tea and Dianhong.

6. Black tea. The appearance of finished black tea is black, and its processing technology is generally enzyme fixation, primary rolling, batch fermentation, secondary rolling, baking and drying. It belongs to post-fermented tea, and its fermentation degree is 100%. Its tea is mild, and its representative varieties are Anbei Black Tea, Biancha and Pu 'er Cooked Tea.