Many people love to drink tea, but there are not many people who have a deep understanding of tea, so let's understand the following and the efficacy together, come to see the knowledge about tea!
First, let's look at the types of tea leaves
The type of tea - green tea
The most produced type of green tea in China is a tea that has not been fermented, that is, the fresh leaves are spread and dried directly into a hot pot of 200 or 300 degrees To maintain its green characteristics. Green tea has the characteristics of high aroma, mellow taste and beautiful shape. Its production process has gone through a process of kneading and twisting and drying, and some green teas are not kneaded, and the shape is flat, such as West Lake Longjing. Due to the different methods of killing and drying during processing, green tea can be divided into fried green tea (Longjing), roasted green tea (Huangshan Maofeng), steamed green tea (Enshi Yulu) and sun-dried green tea (Dian green). China's green tea varieties rank first in the world, exporting tens of thousands of tons every year, accounting for about 70% of the green tea trade in the world tea market.
China's traditional green tea - eyebrow tea and pearl tea are popular with consumers at home and abroad. The main colors are: West Lake Longjing; Huiming tea; Dongting Biluochun; Guzhu purple tea; Meridian Xianhao; Huangshan Maofeng; Cloudy hair tip; Zenghou Yinjian; Xinyang Maojian; Flat water bead tea; Baohong tea; Shangrao White Eyebrow; Trail Camellia; Emei Bamboo Leaf Qing; Nan'an Shiting Green; Snow green in the sky; Mengding tea; Yongxi Huoqing; Cactus tea; Tianshan Green Tea; Hideya Nagakawa; Xiuning Songluo; Enshi Yulu; All uniform hairy tips; Dove pit hair tip; Guiping Xishan tea; Old bamboo generous; Quangang Huibai; Eyebrow tea; Angie white tablets; Nanjing Yuhua Tea; Pavilion green snow; Tianzun Gongya; Beach tea; SsangYong Silver Needle; Taiping Monkey Kui; Source tea; Xiazhou Bifeng; Qin Ba WuHao; Civilized dragon whiskers;
Lushan Clouds; Anhua pine needle; Nichiren Snow Buds; Ziyang Maojian; Jiangshan green peony; Six angua tablets; Takahashi Silver Peak; Yunfeng and Panhao; Han Mercury Shuttle; Yunnan Pekoe; Zunyi Maofeng; Jiuhua Maofeng; Wugai Mountain Rice Tea; Jinggang emerald green; Shao Feng; Gulao tea; Shucheng Orchid; State Biyun; Small Budan Tea; Huading Cloud Mist; Nanshan white hair bud; Tianzhu Jianhao; Huangzhu Pekoe; Magu tea; Che Yun Beech Tip; Guilin Maojian; Jiande bud tea; Ruizhou yellow barberry tea; Double bridge hair tip; Qintang Maojian; East Lake Silver; Jiang Hua MaoJian; Dragon Dance Tea; Guishan Rock Green; Wuxi milli tea; Guidong Linglong Tea; Tianmu Qingding; Xinjiang down tea; Jinshui Cuifeng; Golden Tongue; Ancient Mao Tip; Shuangjing Green; Weekly iron tea; Wenjun tender green; Qianfeng Snow Lotus; Lion's mouth silver bud; Yandang Maofeng;
Kowloon Tea; Eyebrow Peak; Nanshan Shoumei; Xiangbo Green; Sunburn; Emerald green of the mountains; Monty Manna; Seocho Qui; Hexi round tea; Putuo Buddha Tea; Snow peak hair tip; Qingcheng Snow Bud; Baoding Green Tea; Longzhong tea; Songyang Silver Monkey; Longyan oblique back tea; Meron tea; Lanxi Maofeng; Guanzhuang Maojian; Sea of Clouds Pekoe; Lotus heart tea; Golden Mountain Green Shoot; Erui; Beef to tea; Hua Fo Tea; Guiding Cloud Tea; Tianchi Minghao; Tongtian Rock Tea; Lingyun white tea; Steamed green sencha; Yunlin tea; Pan'an Yunfeng; Green Spring Ma Yu Tea; Eastern White Spring Bud; Too white top buds; Qiandao Yuye; Qingxi Yuya; Forest tea; Xianju Turquoise; Seven Realms Hall Green Tea; Nanyue Cloud Mist Tea; Daguan Cuihua tea; Meijiang Cui Tablets; Cuiluo; Pit tea; Yuyao Waterfall Tea; Cangshan snow green; Chess Clouds; Huaguoshan Cloud Mist Tea; Daffodil hook tea; Suichang Silver Monkey; Ink River Cloud Needle.
The type of tea - black tea
Black tea, on the contrary, is a fully fermented tea (fermentation degree greater than 80%). Black tea gets its name from its soup color red. The main varieties of Black Tea in China are: Qi Hong - produced in Anhui Qimen, Zhide and Jiangxi Fuliang and other places; Dianhong - produced in Lincang, Fohai, Shunning and other places in Yunnan; Huo Hong - produced in Lu'an, Huoshan and other places in Anhui; Yihong - produced in Yixing, Jiangsu Province; Yuehong - produced in Hunan Anhua (Hunan Anhua Tea Factory), Xinhua, Taoyuan and other places; Chuanhong - produced in Yibin, Gaoxian and other places in Sichuan; Wu Hong - produced in Guangdong Yingde and other places. Among them, Keemun black tea is the most famous.
There are many varieties of black tea in the world, and the production area is also very wide, in addition to China, India and Sri Lanka also have similar red crushed tea production. Kung Fu black tea is a unique black tea variety in China and also our traditional export commodity. The world's four major high-aromatic black teas are: Keemun black tea, Assam black tea, Darjeeling black tea, Ceylon Highland black tea. The difference between black tea and green tea lies in the different processing methods. Black tea is processed without greening, and withers, so that the fresh leaves lose part of the water, and then kneaded (kneaded into strips or cut into granules), and then fermented, so that the tea polyphenols contained in oxidation, into red compounds. This compound is partly soluble in water, partly insoluble in water, and accumulates in the leaves, thus forming red soup and red leaves. There are three main types of black tea: small black tea (Zhengshan small species, outer mountain small species), Gongfu black tea (Qi Hong) and red crushed tea.
Yingde black tea is produced in Yingde City, Guangdong Province, and is a small leaf type black tea. The brown color is dark and shiny. Covered in gold, the soup is particularly bright red after brewing, the taste is mellow and refreshing, and the aftertaste is endless. Yingde black tea is produced in yingshan district of Yingde City, Guangdong Province, which was the source of black tea in the first half of the 19th century. Ninghong Gongfu is produced in the Wuning area of Jiangxi. It is one of the earliest kung fu black teas in China. Picked before and after the Qingming Dynasty, the standard is one bud and one leaf. The shape of the tea is tightly knotted in the garden, and the color is slightly red and smooth; The inner texture is high and lasting like Qi Hong, the taste is mellow and sweet, the soup color is red and bright, and "Ning Hong JinHao" is the best of Ning Hong Gongfu tea. Huhong Gongfu has a tight and fat shape, a high aroma, a mellow taste, and a strong soup color. Huhong Gongfu is produced in Hunan Anhua, Xinhua, Taoyuan and other places, of which Anhua Fufu is the best. The cords of Yuehong Gongfu Tea are tight and straight, the color is dark, the appearance is beautiful, the inner aroma is high and pure, the soup color is light red, and the leaf bottom is slightly darker. After brewing, the aroma is pure, the taste is rich, the soup is red and bright, and the bottom of the leaves is slightly darker.
The type of tea - black tea
Black tea was originally mainly sold to the border area, the raw materials are coarse and old, and the accumulation and fermentation time is long during processing, so that the leaf color is dark brown. It is an indispensable daily necessity of brotherly ethnic groups such as Tibet, Mongolia and Uyghur. There are "Hunan Black Tea", "Hubei Old Green Tea", "Guangxi Liupao Tea", Sichuan's "West Roadside Tea", "South Roadside Tea", Yunnan's "Tight Tea", "Cake Tea", "Square Tea" and "Round Tea" and other varieties. Yunnan Pu'er tea and Hunan Anhua black tea are classic Chinese black teas. Pu'er tea is divided into two kinds of "one is traditional Pu'er tea, that is, raw tea", which is a characteristic tea formed by the unique large-leaf species of Yunnan, which is naturally dried by autoclaving and stored for a certain period of time.
The other is also "modern Pu'er tea, that is, cooked tea" is formed by the solid fermentation of tidal microorganisms. Anhua black tea is also divided into two kinds, one is black brick tea, shaped like bricks, after fermentation by brick mold pressed. The other is a thousand two tea, shaped like a tree stumps, after fermentation, steaming by multi-layer bamboo bundles pressed, each piece according to 16 two ancient city weighing 1000 two, modern in order to facilitate the sale and carrying, generally made into 100 two tea or 10 two tea. Black tea has lipid-lowering, weight-loss and blood-lowering effects and is popular in Southeast Asia and Japan. However, if you really want to lose weight, the most significant effect may be oolong tea.
The type of tea - oolong tea
Oolong tea, also known as green tea, is a type of semi-fermented tea between red and green teas. That is, proper fermentation during production, so that the leaves are slightly red, is a kind of tea between green tea and black tea. It has both the freshness of green tea and the richness of black tea. Because the middle of the leaf is green and the leaf edge is red, it is called "green leaf red trim". Among the six major types of tea, oolong tea is the most complex and time-consuming, of which the greening process is the key step to form the quality of oolong tea. The brewing method of oolong tea is also very exquisite, so drinking oolong tea is also known as drinking kung fu tea. The main colors are: Wuyi rock tea; Wuyi cinnamon; Northern Fujian Narcissus; Tieguanyin; White Monkey; Octagonal Pavilion Dragon Whisker Tea; Golden Cinnamon; Benshan; Hairy crab; Yongchun Bergamot; Anxi color species; Phoenix Narcissus; Taiwan Oolong; Taiwan Bun Seed; Da Hong Pao; Iron Luohan; White-crowned chicken; Water golden turtle.
The types and effects of tea Are divided into several types of tea (Image source: Photo Network)
The type of tea - yellow tea
Junshan silver needle tea belongs to yellow tea. In the process of making tea, after the stuffy pile of yellow, the formation of yellow leaves, yellow soup. It is divided into three categories: yellow bud tea (including The silver bud of Junshan In Dongting Lake, Hunan, Ya'an, Sichuan, Mengding Yellow Bud of Mingshan County, and The Bud of Huoshan mountain in Anhui), Yellow Little Tea (including Beigang in Yueyang, Hunan, Maojian in Ningxiang, Hunan, Pingyang Huangtang in Pingyang, Zhejiang, and Luyuan in Yuan'an, Hubei), and Yellow Tea (including Guangdong Dayeqing and Huoshan Huangda Tea in Anhui). The preparation method of yellow tea is a bit like green tea, but the middle needs to be stuffy yellow process. The main colors are: Junshan silver needle; Mengding Yellow Bud; North Harbor Maojian; Deer Garden Hairy Tip; Huoshan Yellow Bud; Bai Mao Tip of the River; Wenzhou yellow soup; Western Anhui Yellow Tea; Guangdong Dayeqing; Seahorse Palace Tea.
The type of tea - white tea
White tea is a specialty of China, mainly made by withering and drying. The shape, aroma and taste of white tea are very good. It is processed without stir-frying or kneading, but only the delicate, hairy leaves are dried or dried over a low flame, so that the white fur is retained intact. White tea is mainly produced in Fujian's Fuding, Zhenghe, Songxi and Jianyang counties, with "silver needles", "white peony", "gongmei", "shoumei" and several kinds.
The main colors are white silver needles and white peonies.