List of Chinese teas

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

Chrysanthemum tea

Chun Mee is a popular green tea

Jin Fo tea is a relatively new Wuyi oolong tea

Types

Name	Image
Black tea (紅茶)
Green tea (綠茶)
Oolong (also known as Wulong)
White tea (白茶)
Yellow tea (黃茶)
Fermented / Dark tea (黑茶)
Scented tea
Herbal / Medicinal tea (tisane)

Growing areas

Cloud tea
Wuyi tea ("Bohea")

Styles

Name	Image
Flowering tea (香片, 工艺茶, or 开花茶)
Ground tea (Lei cha) (擂茶)
Gunpowder tea (珠茶)
Jasmine tea (茉莉花茶 or 香片)
Kombucha (昆布茶)

Infusions

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'er — 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
Shoumei tea is a white tea that is produced from naturally withered upper leaf and tips, with a stronger flavor reminiscent of lighter Oolong teas. It is mostly grown in the Fujian province or Guangxi province in China.^[1]
Fresh taiping houkui green tea leaves

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 types 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: Zhōngguó shí dàmíng chá).

While no authoritative lists exists per se, teas commonly considered one of the ten include:^[2]^[3]

Name	Image
West Lake Longjing tea (Dragon Well Tea) (西湖龍井茶)
Dongting Biluochun (Snail Spring Tea) (洞庭碧螺春)
Huangshan Maofeng (Yellow Mountain Fur Peak) (黄山毛峰)
Junshan Yinzhen (Silver Needle Tea) (君山銀針)
Qimen Red Tea (祁門紅茶)
Lu'an Melon Seed Tea or Luan Leaf (六安瓜片)
Xinyang Maojian tea (信阳毛尖)
Duyun Maojian (都匀毛尖)
Wuyi Tea, also known as Bohea (武夷岩茶), including Da Hong Pao
Anxi County Iron Goddess of Mercy (安溪鐵觀音)
Peaceful Monkey Leader (太平猴魁)
Lushan Cloud tea (庐山雲雾)

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). Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. 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.]

External links

Tea at the Wikibooks Cookbook subproject

[shoumei-1] "Shou Mei White Tea Cake". Vicony Teas Company. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

[2] Lu, Qianyi (22 March 2013). "中国十大名茶" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

[3] 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.]

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