What are the types of tea?
Summarize
The main flavor of tea comes from tea leaves, so tea leaves have the greatest impact on the quality of tea. China has been a major producer of tea for a long period of history, so there are also many varieties of tea. There are many famous varieties among them, and the following are only a few of the more representative ones.
Green tea category
Maojian: produced in Xinyang, Henan, commonly known as the "King of Green Tea".
Longjing: It is not only a place name in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, but also a spring name. The tea produced here also uses this name.
Biluochun: produced in Dongting Mountain, Wu County, Jiangsu Province. Tea is harvested in spring, and the finished product is tightly wrapped with a spiral shape. According to legend, during the Kangxi period, a girl from Dongting Mountain picked tea without carrying a basket and placed it in her breasts. The tea produced a unique aroma due to its warm body temperature, and was named "Scaring Killer" tea. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty visited the Taihu Lake Lake in the south and loved the fragrance of the tea, but thought it was indecent to "frighten people to kill". Because of the spiral shape of the tea, Emperor Kangxi named it Biluochun. Biluochun became a tribute tea in the Qing Dynasty.
Maofeng: produced in Mount Huangshan, Anhui Province.
Jianhao: produced in Tianzhu Mountain (Dabie Mountain area), Qianshan County, Anhui Province.
Houkui: produced in Taiping County, Anhui Province.
Guapian: produced in Lu'an County, Anhui Province.
Pearl tea: produced in Pingshui, Zhejiang.
Qingding: produced in Tianmu Mountain, Lin'an, Zhejiang.
Baiyun tea: produced in Yandang Mountain, Zhejiang.
Yinhao tea: produced in Baidiling, Hunan.
Black tea category
Zhengshan Xiao Zhong: also known as Lapushan Xiao Zhong, belongs to the black tea category, and together with artificial Xiao Zhong, is called Xiao Zhong black tea. It was first planted in Tongmu area of Chong'an County, Fujian Province (in 1989, Chong'an was changed from a county to a city and renamed as Mount Wuyi City). It is the earliest black tea in the world, also known as the ancestor of black tea. It has a history of more than 400 years. It was created by local tea farmers in Mount Wuyi, Fujian Province, under the chance of the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Later, Gongfu black tea was developed on the basis of Zhengshan Xiaozhong. In history, this tea was distributed in Xingcun, hence it is also known as Xingcun Xiaozhong.
Chuanhong: Chuanhong Gongfu is produced in Yibin and other places in Sichuan Province. It has excellent qualities such as tight, round, straight, sharp edges, dark and smooth color, and a high aroma and strong flavor.
Qimen black tea, abbreviated as Qihong, is produced in Qimen, Anhui Province.
Dianhong: Yunnan black tea, abbreviated as Dianhong.
Nuanka black tea: produced in Xinyang, Henan. Warm the stomach and body, resist the cold, and retain heat.
Xinyang Red: produced in Xinyang, Henan.
Beiyuan Gongcha: produced in Jian'ou City, Fujian Province.
Oolong tea
Tie Guan Yin: produced in Anxi, Fujian Province.
Golden Osmanthus: produced in Anxi, Fujian Province.
Hairy crab: produced in Anxi, Fujian Province.
Benshan: produced in Anxi, Fujian Province.
Frozen Top Oolong: produced in the frozen top mountain of Taiwan.
Dahongpao: Mount Wuyi, Fujian
Shan Zong: Fenghuang Mountain, Fenghuang Town, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province
Yellow tea category
Mengding Huangya: The tea buds are evenly arranged, flat and straight, with a yellow and smooth color and exposed golden hairs; The soup has a yellow and translucent color, sweet and tender, mellow and refreshing. It is the best quality of yellow tea.
Junshan Silver Needle: produced on Junshan Island in Dongting Lake, Hunan Province.
White tea: produced in Fuding, Fujian
Songxi White Tea: produced in Songxi County, Fujian Province.
Black tea: produced in Anhua, Hunan
Pu'er tea: produced in Yunnan
