Famous brands of green tea
Longjing of West Lake Maofeng of Huangshan Mountain Biluochun Yunwu of Mount Lushan
Black tea
Black tea has the largest production volume in the world. It’s so named because the tea liquid and tea leaves are reddish black.
Dark tea is also known as compressed tea. Because it always is compressed in bricks, cakes and other shapes.
Post-fermented tea
Famous brand of dark tea
Puer tea
White tea
White Tea is regarded as the tea closest to original nature, it is the least fermented tea of the fermented tea category. The tea leaves are plucked from early spring tender sharp-ended buds with white hairs on. The leaves are carefully spread out separately without being overlapped and let dried up naturally.
Green tea
Black tea
Oolong tea
White tea
Yellow tea
Dark tea(heicha)
Green tea
Green tea has the longest history with now the largest production volume and broadest production area.
There are hundreds of varieties of Chinese tea. They can be classified into six basic categories according to the different techniques involved in process of the tea .
Complete fermented tea
Famous brands of black tea
Qihong of Anhui Dianhong of Yunnan Chuanghong of Sichuan Huhong of Hunan
Oolong tea
Oolong sits half between green tea and black tea. Typical oolong tea leaves are green in the middle and red on the edges. Oolong tea has both dedicate fragrance of green tea and the sweetness and mellowness of black tea.
Non-fermented tea
Famous brands of white tea
Silver Needle White Peony
Yellow tea
It’s similar to green tea except with an additional step that result in the finish tea leaves having a natural light yellow color.
It’s called green tea because the tea liquid and tea leaves is greenish.
non- fermented tea
It has the most medicinal value and the least caffeine content of all Chinese tea.
Coffee ,cocoa and tea are the three largest drinks in the world.
Chinese tea is broad and profound, and it has a long history. The origin of tea can date back to the ancient time. Tea culture entered it most prosperous period in Tang and Song Dynasty, which had evolved a condition that the fashion of drinking tea had extended all over the county and tea had won the status as national beverage.
Partially fermented tea
Famous brands of oolong tea
Da Hongpao Tie Guanyin Dong-di is one of the six tea categories in China with a history over four hundred years, which only exists in China and is an indispensable beverage for the Chinese ethnic minorities in their daily life.