China is the birthplace of tea and the largest tea consumer, according to incomplete statistics, there are more than a thousand kinds of tea in the country. Among these more than a thousand kinds of tea, there are many similar names, like twins, triplets or multiples, and those who don't know much are really stupid.
01.
White Silver Needle VS Junshan Silver Needle
There are many teas called silver needles, the most famous of which is the white silver needle and the Junshan silver needle, although they are called silver needles, but the categories are very different, the only common point is probably that the raw materials are tender, mostly buds.
White silver needle belongs to white tea, which is the highest grade of white tea and is produced in Fujian. It is made of fuding big white, fuding big milli or small vegetable tea fat bud head, the bud head is strong, thick hair, so it is called white silver needle.
Junshan silver needle belongs to yellow tea, which is a rare yellow bud tea in yellow tea, produced in Junshan Island, Yueyang, Hunan. It is made of the buds of tea trees selected by Junshan locally, coupled with a unique smouldering yellow process, and the dried tea buds are golden in body and covered with silver, commonly known as "gold inlaid jade".
02.
Mengding Ganlu VS Enshi Yulu
"Dew", from the name of the tea, you can understand how clear and sweet this tea soup is.
Mengding nectar, Enshi Yulu, they all belong to the famous green tea, Mengding Ganlu from Mengshan County, Sichuan, Enshi Yulu from Hubei Enshi.
Mengshan smoke and rain, "Yangtze River heart water, Mengshan mountain top tea" has been famous since ancient times, Mengding manna is delicate and tender, fragrant and attacking, not living up to the name of "manna".
Enshi Gyokuro belongs to a special steamed green tea, dry tea is green and oily, and the soup color is like blue, such as dew is like jade.
03.
Jingting Green Snow VS Bitan Drifting Snow
These two tea names sound picturesque and fairy, and in fact, the two cannot be beaten.
Jingting Green Snow belongs to green tea and is produced in Xuancheng, Anhui. Jingting is Jingting Mountain, which is the mountain that Li Bai "wants to see without getting tired of seeing". Jingting green snow is shaped like a finch tongue, emerald green, and is a historical tea.
Bitan Drifting Snow belongs to jasmine tea, produced in Sichuan, made of green tea embryos made of jasmine flowers, characterized by dry tea retaining a large number of jasmine petals, after brewing the petals floating on the tea soup, the look is very beautiful.
04.
Dog Brain VS Dog Brain Tribute
These two teas are really twins, and the way they are named is the same: both are named after the name of the tea mountain, and both belong to green tea.
Dog brain tea is produced in Suichuan County, Jiangxi, dog brain is the name of the mountain, because the shape of the mountain resembles a dog name, dog brain tea is a historical famous tea, but also rated as one of the top ten famous teas in Jiangxi.
Dog brain tribute tea is produced in Zixing City, Hunan Province, according to legend, Dog Brain Mountain is named in honor of Emperor Yan, Dog Brain Tribute Tea, in the Song Dynasty, that is, tribute tea, is also a historical tea.
05.
Lushan Cloud Tea VS Huaguoshan Cloud Tea
Generally, the clouds in the name of tea are alpine tea, and the high mountains are cloudy, such as Lushan cloud tea and Huaguoshan cloud tea.
Lushan is a summer sanctuary, cliffs, clouds, tea bushes in the mountains, rich in nature, rich in mellow and fresh, in ancient times for the mountain monks made, the number is rare, once for tribute tea.
Huaguoshan Yunwu Tea is produced in the highest mountain in Jiangsu: Lianyungang Huaguoshan Mountain, Huaguoshan Mountain is high and foggy, the tea color is green and sweet, and the taste is fresh.
06.
Jiangshan Green Peony VS Huangshan Green Peony VS White Peony
Although these teas are called peonies, they have their own characteristics and different shapes.
Jiangshan green peony belongs to green tea, produced in Jiangshan, Zhejiang, as a strip tea.
Huangshan green peony also belongs to green tea, produced in Shexian County, Anhui Province, for the bundle of tea, the production of the use of uniform bud leaves tied tightly into bunches, dried and shaped, after brewing stretched into a flower-like, more similar to its name.
White peony belongs to white tea, produced in Fujian, dry tea two leaves holding buds, dark gray green sandwiched silver pekoe, shaped like flowers, after brewing green leaves support young buds, like buds, hence the name.
07.
Yuexi Cuilan VS Shucheng Orchid VS White Bud Qilan
"Orchid" is also common in tea names, and there is a "orchid fragrance" type in the green tea fragrance type.
There are more "orchids" in Anhui tea, such as Yuexi Cuilan and Shucheng Orchids, which are all produced in the Dabie Mountain Range in western Anhui, using the baking method, and the orchid fragrance is high and fragrant.
More special is the white bud Qilan, which is not green tea, but oolong tea, produced in Pinghe County, Fujian Province. White bud Qilan is the name of the tea tree species, after dry tea brewing, the aroma is clear, the orchid fragrance is long, and it has the charm of mountain bone.
08.
Bamboo Leaf Green VS Floating Green
Yongxi Huoqing VS Yangyan Gouqing
"Green", reminiscent of tea verdant, mostly green tea.
Bamboo leaf green, the representative of Sichuan green tea, from the name of the tea can be imagined to see the tea form: shaped like bamboo leaves, green and glowing, straight and beautiful.
Yongxi Huoqing, the representative of Anhui roasted green tea, its tea shape is relatively rare: tight and heavy, grains coiled, dark green bright, shaped like pearls.
Yangyan Gouqing, produced in Yangyan Mountain, Linhai, Zhejiang, its shape is curved, the color is emerald green, resistant to brewing, resistant to storage.
Fulaiqing, produced in Fulai Mountain, Juxian County, Shandong, has the characteristics of northern green tea, dry tea emerald green and oily, the taste is rich and refreshing.
09.
Xinyang Hair Tip VS Both Uniform Hair Tip
Guzhang Maojian VS Ziyang Maojian
Maojian is probably the most repetitive word in tea names, especially in green tea.
Xinyang Maojian, Duyun Maojian, Guzhang Maojian and Ziyang Maojian all belong to the famous green tea, but the origin is different. Xinyang Maojian is from Henan, Duyun Maojian is from Guizhou, Guzhang Maojian is from Hunan, and Ziyang Maojian is from Shaanxi.
Maojian tea is mostly made of delicate buds and leaves in early spring, and the taste is fresh and refreshing, which is a fine product in green tea.
Although these teas are similar in name but not similar in shape, they can be identified after careful reading, and some tea names are not similar but similar, more difficult to distinguish, and then decompose them one by one next time
"A thousand rock arches, forest shadows, people standing in the grass and trees, composing the tea of Chinese characters."