Six major tea varieties in China:
1. Green tea:
green tea
Green tea is one of the main types of tea in China, green tea in many parts of our country have a very wide range of production and planting, its natural substances are more, because green tea is not needed to be fermented tea, and green tea has a good health effect on the human body, it can help people absorb radiation, green tea types can be divided into many kinds, such as Maojian tea, Longjin green tea, Biluochun and so on.
Maojian tea▼
Maojian tea is a kind of alpine tea produced at an altitude of more than 1100 meters, and the tea garden is often surrounded by clouds, so the taste is fresh and delicious.
Maojian tea
Longjing tea▼
Longjing tea is one of the famous green teas in traditional China. It is produced in the area of Longjing Village in West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and has a history of more than 1,200 years. Longjing tea color is emerald green, rich aroma, mellow and refreshing, shaped like a finch tongue, that is, there are four characteristics of "green color, fragrant, sweet taste, and beautiful shape". Longjing tea gets its name from Longjing. Longjing is located in Longjing Tea Village in the northwestern foothills of Wengjia Mountain, west of the West Lake. Longjing tea is divided into three kinds of longjing in West Lake, Longjing in Qiantang (Xiaoshan, Fuyang), Yuezhou Longjing (Shaoxing area: including Xinchang County (Dafo Longjing), Shengzhou City (Yuexiang Longjing)) in addition to the tea leaves under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou West Lake District (Longjing Village Meijiawu to Longwu Zhuantang Thirteen Production Brigades) called West Lake Longjing, and the other production properties are commonly known as Zhejiang Longjing tea. Zhejiang Longjing won again with Yuezhou Longjing.
Longjing tea
Biluochun▼
Biluochun is a traditional Chinese tea, one of the top ten famous teas in China, belonging to the green tea category, which has a history of more than 1,000 years. Biluochun is produced in the area of East Dongting Mountain and West Dongting Mountain (now Wuzhong District, Suzhou) in Taihu Lake, Wu County, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, so it is also called "Dongting Biluochun".
Biluochun
2. Black tea:
black tea
Black tea is not the same as green tea, on the contrary, black tea is a fully fermented tea, black tea is red after brewing, its name is also derived from this, is called black tea. Black tea is a tea that many foreigners like to drink, and black tea is also divided into many kinds, such as red crushed tea, Kung Fu black tea, etc., drinking black tea after meals can help people to go greasy, drinking before meals can arouse people's appetite, which is very helpful for people with low appetite, and black tea is no less than green tea, basically green tea has the effect, black tea has.
Black tea, Black tea in English. Black tea in the process of processing occurs in the tea polyphenol enzymatic oxidation centered on the chemical reaction, fresh leaf composition changes greatly, tea polyphenols reduced by more than 90%, the production of theaflavin, thearubicin and other new components and aroma substances, with black tea, red soup, red leaves, sweet alcohol characteristics. Black tea varieties are most famous for Keemun black tea.
Black tea is a fully fermented tea, which is a tea refined by a series of processes such as withering, kneading (cutting), fermentation and drying withering, kneading (cutting), and drying. Withering is an important process in the initial production of black tea, and black tea is called "black tea" when it is first made. Black tea is named for its red color of the tea soup and leaf base after dry tea brewing. The main varieties of Chinese black tea are: Rizhao black tea, Qi Hong, Zhaoping red, Huo Hong, Dian Hong, Yue Hong, Quancheng Red, Su Hong, Chuan Hong, Ying Hong, Dongjiang Chuyunxian Black Tea and so on.
Red crushed tea▼
Red crushed tea is a kind of fragmented or granular tea, which is a bulk product of the international tea market, accounting for about 80% of the total global tea exports, with a production history of more than 100 years.
The finished red crushed tea has the shape of fragments or granules, the soup color is bright red, the aroma is fresh and strong, the taste is mellow, and it is full of convergence.
Red crushed tea
Kung Fu Black Tea▼
Gongfu black tea, also known as Gongfu tea and black tea, is a unique black tea variety in China and a traditional export commodity in China. At present, nineteen provinces in China produce tea (including Xinjiang and Tibet in the trial areas), and twelve of them have successively produced Gongfu black tea.
China Gongfu black tea has many varieties and a wide range of origins. According to the region, there are Dianhong Gongfu, Qimen Gongfu, Fuliang Gongfu, Ninghong Gongfu, Yihong Gongfu, Xiangjiang Gongfu, Minhong Gongfu (including Tanyang Gongfu, Bailin Gongfu, Zhenghe Gongfu), Yuehong Gongfu, Taiwan Gongfu, Jiangsu Gongfu and Yuehong Gongfu. According to the variety, it is divided into large leaf gongfu and small leaf gongfu. Large-leaf Gongfu tea is made from the fresh leaves of arborvitae or semi-arborvitae tea trees; Xiaoye Gongfu Tea is a Gongfu tea made from the fresh leaves of shrub-type small-leaf tea trees.
Kung Fu black tea
3. Yellow tea:
Yellow tea
Yellow tea is a unique variety of Chinese tea, this tea belongs to micro-fermentation, and this tea brewing is yellow, yellow tea is planted in many places in China, there are many types, such as Beigang Maojian, Guangdong Big Leaf Qing, Haima Palace tea and so on.
Yellow tea is a Specialty of China. According to the size of the fresh leaves, the old young buds are divided into yellow bud tea, yellow small tea and yellow big tea. Yellow bud tea mainly includes Junshan silver needle, Mengding yellow bud and Huoshan yellow bud, Yuan'an yellow tea; For example, Maojian of The Mountain, Huangtang of Pingyang, Yellow Tea of Ya'an, etc. are all small yellow teas. After the three gorges reservoir area was filled with water, the zigui mountainous area was shrouded in fog all year round, forming a unique zigui yellow tea, which also belongs to the yellow tea.
Anhui West Jinzhai, Huoshan, Hubei Yingshan and Guangdong Dayeqing are Yellow Tea. The quality of yellow tea is characterized by "yellow leaf yellow soup". Yueyang, Hunan Is the hometown of Chinese yellow tea.
Yellow tea is a light fermented tea, the processing process is similar to green tea, but before or after the drying process, add a "stuffy yellow" process, promote its polyphenol chlorophyll and other substances partial oxidation. Its processing method is similar to that of green tea, and its production process is: fresh leaves are killed and kneaded - sullen and dry. Yellow tea killing, kneading, drying and other processes are similar to the green tea preparation method, its most important process is smouldering yellow, which is the key to the formation of yellow tea characteristics, the main practice is to kill the green and kneaded tea leaves with paper wrapped, or stacked with a wet cloth cover, the time to tens of minutes or hours, to promote the tea blank under the action of hydrothermal non-enzymatic automatic oxidation, the formation of yellow.
Kita-hong Kong Maojian▼
Beigang Maojian is named after the registered trademark "Beigang", which was called "Yong (yōng) Lake Tea" in the Tang Dynasty, which belongs to the yellow tea category and is produced in Beigang, Yueyang City, Hunan Province. In the processing technology, through the catalytic action of thermostatic measures, the chlorophyll is destroyed, the insoluble carbohydrate part is converted into soluble, the catechins undergo non-enzymatic oxidation and isomerization, and the transformation product is combined with the amino acids of protein hydrolysis to produce new fragrance substances, which achieve tea yellowing and aromatic fresh alcohol back to sweetness.
North Harbor Mao Tip
Guangdong Daqingye▼
Daye Green is a specialty of Guangdong and a famous tea created by Guangdong tea farmers. It has the general characteristics of yellow tea. Therefore, it also belongs to the common tea category. Its production area is Shaoguan, Zhaoqing, Zhanjiang and other counties and cities in Guangdong Province. Guangdong big leaf green is a genus of yellow tea.
The Guangdong large-leaf green method is to first wither and then kill the green, and then knead the smouldering pile, which is different from other yellow teas. The main purpose of withering before killing green and smouldering after kneading is to eliminate the astringency of green gas, promote aroma mellowness and purity, and the product quality characteristics have the general characteristics of yellow tea, so it also belongs to yellow tea, but it is not exactly the same as other yellow tea preparation methods.
Guangdong Big Green Leaf
Seahorse Palace Tea▼
Haima Palace tea is a famous tea of the yellow tea class. It has the characteristics of tight knots and curls, exposed hairs, green high flavor and mellow, sweet aftertaste, bright yellow and green soup color, and uniform and bright yellow bottom of the leaves.
Haima Palace tea, created by Guizhou tea farmers during the Qianlong period. It is produced in Haimagong Township at the foot of Eagle Rock in Dafang County, Guizhou Province. Haima Palace tea is harvested in the local area, a small group of varieties, with a lot of fur and strong tenderness. The valley is mined before and after the rains. Picking standards; The first-class tea is the first development of one bud and one leaf; Secondary tea is one bud and two leaves, and tertiary tea is one bud and three leaves. Haima Palace tea is a famous tea of the yellow tea class. It has the characteristics of tight knots and curls, exposed hairs, green high flavor and mellow, sweet aftertaste, bright yellow and green soup color, and uniform and bright yellow bottom of the leaves.
Seahorse Palace Tea
4. Oolong tea:
oolong
Oolong tea is a semi-fermented tea, after fermentation the tea will become red, oolong tea is between black tea and green tea, like the common varieties of oolong tea are Tieguanyin, Wuyi rock tea, etc., oolong tea is mainly beauty beauty, anti-aging, oolong tea is a very good weight loss tea, after eating a cup of oolong tea can prevent tooth decay, and can help the recovery of skin allergies.
Oolong tea, also known as green tea and semi-fermented tea, is a tea category with unique characteristics among several major tea types in China. Oolong tea is a type of tea with excellent quality produced after processing such as killing, withering, shaking, fermentation, roasting and so on. Oolong tea evolved from the Song Dynasty tribute tea dragon group and phoenix cake, and was created around 1725 (during the Qing Yongzheng period). After tasting, the teeth and cheeks remain fragrant, and the aftertaste is sweet and fresh. The pharmacological effect of oolong tea is prominently manifested in the decomposition of fat, weight loss and bodybuilding. In Japan, it is called "beauty tea" and "bodybuilding tea". Oolong tea is a unique tea in China, mainly produced in fujian northern Fujian, southern Fujian and Guangdong, Taiwan three provinces.
Tieguanyin▼
Tieguanyin (tiě guān yīn) tea, a traditional Chinese tea, belongs to the green tea category and is one of the top ten famous teas in China. It is native to Xiping Town, Anxi County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, and was discovered in 1723-1735. "Tieguanyin" is both the name of the tea and the name of the tea plant variety, Tieguanyin tea is between green tea and black tea, belongs to the semi-fermented tea category, Tieguanyin has a unique "Guanyin rhyme", fragrant and elegant rhyme, there is a natural orchid fragrance after brewing, the taste is pure and strong, the aroma is rich and lasting, and there is a reputation of "seven bubbles with afterscent".
Tieguanyin
Wuyi Rock Tea▼
Wuyi Rock Tea is a traditional Chinese tea, which is an oolong tea with the quality characteristics of rock rhyme (rock bone flower fragrance). Produced in the Wuyi Mountains in the "southeast of Xiujia" in northern Fujian Province, tea plants grow in rock crevices. Wuyi rock tea has the fragrance of green tea and the glycol of black tea, which is the best in Chinese oolong tea. Wuyi rock tea is a semi-fermented green tea, and the preparation method is between green tea and black tea. The most famous Wuyi rock tea is Da Hong Pao tea.
Wuyi rock tea
5. Black Tea:
Black tea
Black tea is because its color is very similar to black, in fact, it is not black, and there are many varieties, such as Pu'er tea, Qianye tea, green brick tea, etc. are black tea.
Black tea (dark tea), because the appearance of the finished tea is black, so named. Black tea belongs to one of the six major tea categories, which belongs to post-fermented tea, and the main production areas are Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Anhui and other places. The black hair tea raw materials used in traditional black tea have a high maturity and are the main raw materials for pressed and pressed tea.
The tea making process of black hair tea generally includes four processes: green killing, kneading, heaping and drying. Black tea is distributed according to the region, mainly classified as Hunan black tea (tea, qianliang tea, black brick tea, sanjian, etc.), Hubei green brick tea, Sichuan Tibetan tea (side tea), Anhui ancient black tea (An tea), Yunnan black tea (Pu'er ripe tea), Guangxi Liupao tea and Shaanxi black tea (tea).
Green brick tea▼
Green brick tea is mainly produced in southern Hunan. Later, it developed to Hankou, Xiangyang and other places, and has a production history of more than 600 years. It is made by pressing fresh leaves of alpine tea trees at an altitude of 100-800 meters. The color is brown, the tea juice is strong and delicious, the aroma is unique, and the sweetness is timeless. The shape of the green brick is rectangular, the color is green brown, the aroma is pure, the taste is mellow, the soup color is orange-red, and the leaf bottom is dark brown.
Green brick tea
Senju tea▼
Qianye tea is a variety of black tea, created in The Jiangnan area of Anhua County, Hunan Province, is a traditional tea in Anhua, named after the net content of each roll (branch) of tea leaves and the old scale of 1,000 taels, because of its appearance of the basket packaged into a lattice, so also known as flower roll tea. The tea is cylindrically shaped, each tea is generally about 1.5-1.65 meters long, about 0.2 meters in diameter, and the net weight is about 36.25 kg.
Thousand two teas
Pu-erh tea▼
Pu'er tea yunnan province of Xishuangbanna, Lincang, Pu'er and other areas, large trees, up to 16 meters high, young branches have micro-hairs, top buds have white soft hairs. The leaves are thin leathery and oval in shape. The flowers are axillary and covered with soft hairs. Bracts 2, early fall. Sepals 5, nearly round, hairless on the outside. Petals 6-7 pieces, inverted ovate, hairless. The stamens are 8–10 mm long, detached and glabrous. 3 rooms in the ovary, covered with fur; The peduncle is 8 mm long and has 3 splits at the apex. The capsules are flattened and triangular. Seeds are 1 per chamber, nearly round, 1 cm in diameter.
Pu'er tea pays attention to brewing skills and drinking art, which can be cleared and mixed. Pu'er tea soup orange yellow thick, high-edge and long-lasting aroma, unique aroma, strong taste, durable foaming.
Pu-erh tea
6. White Tea:
white tea
White tea is specially produced in Fujian Province, it is also a slightly fermented tea, the color of brewing is very light, and its varieties include white peony, shoumei and so on.
White tea, which is a micro-fermented tea, is a traditional famous tea created by Chinese tea farmers. One of the six major types of tea in China. Refers to a kind of tea that is processed after picking, without killing or kneading, but after drying or simmering. It has the quality characteristics of complete appearance buds, full of clothing, fresh fragrance, yellow and green soup, and light taste.
White tea is a special treasure in Chinese tea. Because its finished tea is mostly budding, full of pekoe, such as silver like snow and named. The main production areas are in Fujian Fuding, Zhenghe, Wuhan Xinzhou Old Street, Jiacheng Tianshan, Songxi, Jianyang, Yunnan Jinggu and other places. The basic process includes withering, baking (or shading), picking, re-firing and other processes. Yunnan white tea process is mainly sun-dried green, the advantage of drying green tea is that the taste maintains the original fragrance of the tea. Withering is a key process in the formation of white tea quality.
White tea is divided into: first day bud, Tianshan white, white silver needle, white peony, Shoumei (Gongmei) due to the different standards of tea plant varieties and raw materials (fresh leaves)
White peony▼
White peony
Shoumei▼
Shoumei is a white tea made from Fuding Great White and Fuding White Tea Tree. Shoumei leaves are slightly fat and tender, buds and leaves are even branches, no old stems, the leaves are rolled up like eyebrows, and the aroma is pure. Among them, the mao tea made from tea bud leaves is called "Xiao Bai", which is different from the "big white" mao tea made of Fuding Dabai Tea, Zhenghe Dabai Tea Tea Tree Bud Leaves.
Vegetable tea buds were once used to make white silver needles, and later switched to white silver needles and white peonies, while small white was used to make tribute eyebrows.
Shoumei