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Green tea cultivation in China
This is a list of Chinese teas. Chinese tea is a beverage made from the leaves of tea plants (Camellia sinensis) and – depending on the type of tea – typically 60–100 °C hot water. Tea leaves are processed using traditional Chinese methods. Chinese tea is drunk throughout the day, including during meals, as a substitute for plain water, for health, or for simple pleasure.
Chinese teas
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Chun Mee is a popular green tea
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Types
- Black tea
- Green tea
- Oolong / Wulong
- White tea
- Yellow tea
- Fermented / Dark tea
- Scented teas
- Herbal / Medicinal tea (tisane)
Growing areas
- Cloud tea
- Wuyi tea ("Bohea")
Styles
- Flowering tea
- Ground tea (Lei cha)
- Gunpowder tea
- Jasmine tea
- Kombucha
Infusions
- Chrysanthemum tea
- Gynostemma pentaphyllum
- Kuding
Tea varieties
- 24 flavors — herbal
- Anji bai cha — green
- Baihao Yinzhen — white
- Bai Jiguan — oolong
- Bai Mudan — white
- Baimao Hou — green
- Ban Tian Yao — oolong
- Biluochun — green
- Bu Zhi Chun — oolong
- Chun Mee — green
- "Congou" — black
- Da Fang — green
- Da Hong Pao — oolong
- Dianhong — black
- Fo Shou — oolong
- Golden Monkey tea — black
- Huang Guanyin — oolong
- Huang Meigui — oolong
- Huangshan Maofeng — green
- Huoshan Huangya — yellow
- Jin Fo — oolong
- Jin Jun Mei — black
- Jin Suo Chi — oolong
- Junshan Yinzhen — yellow
- Keemun — black
- Lapsang souchong — black
- Longjing tea — green
- Lu'an Melon Seed tea — green
- Mengding Ganlu — green
- Panda dung tea
- Pouchong — green/oolong
- Pu-erh — fermented
- Qilan — oolong
- Rougui — oolong
- Ruan Zhi — oolong
- Shou Mei — white
- Shui Hsien — oolong
- Shui Jin Gui — oolong
- Taiping houkui — green
- Tieluohan — oolong
- Tieguanyin — oolong
- Wong Lo Kat — herbal
- Yingdehong — black
- Zhuyeqing — green
A close-up of Huang Guanyin tea
Fresh taiping houkui green tea leaves
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Types of Pu'er
- Sticky rice pu'er, infused with leaves of Semnostachya menglaensis native to Mengla.
- Banzhang
- Jingmai
- Bamboo roasted pu'er
- Bulang
Ten Famous Teas
Several cultivars of tea have been listed as one of the "Ten Famous Chinese Teas" or "China Famous Teas" (simplified Chinese: 中国十大名茶; traditional Chinese: 中國十大名茶; pinyin: Zhōnggó shí dàmíng chá).
While no authoritative lists exists per se, teas commonly considered one of the ten include:[2][3]
- West Lake Longjing tea (西湖龙井茶),
- Dongting Biluochun (洞庭碧螺春),
- Huangshan Maofeng (黄山毛峰),
- Junshan Yinzhen (君山银针),
- Keemun (祁门红茶),
- Lu'an Melon Seed tea (六安瓜片),
- Xinyang Maojian tea (信阳毛尖),
- Duyun Maojian (都匀毛尖),
- Wuyi tea (武夷岩茶), including Da Hong Pao
- Anxi County Tieguanyin (安溪铁观音),
- Taiping houkui (太平猴魁),
- Lushan Cloud tea (庐山云雾).
See also
- Chinese tea culture
- History of tea in China
- Lists of beverages
References
- ^ "Shou Mei White Tea Cake". Vicony Teas Company. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ^ Lu, Qianyi (22 March 2013). "中国十大名茶" (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ Pan, Jian; Xu, Ping (2016). 第一次品茶就上手 (Mastering Tea on Your First Taste) (in Chinese). Beijing: Lüyou Jiaoyu Chubanshe. p. 15. ISBN 9787563734054. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
1959年全国‘十大名茶’评比会选出的中国十大名茶（西湖龙井、洞庭碧螺春、黄山毛峰、庐山云雾、六安瓜片、君山银针、信阳毛尖、武夷岩茶、安溪铁观音、祁门红茶）中，有六款[...]为绿茶。 [Of the ten teas selected by the 1959 All-China 'Ten Great Tea' Appraisal Committee (West Lake Longjing, Dongting Biluochun, Huangshan Maofeng, Lushan Yunwu, Lu'an melon seed, Junshan Yinzhen, Wuyi Yancha, Anxi Tieguanyin, Keemun), six [...] were green teas.]