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.

Green tea cultivation in China

Chinese teas
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Chrysanthemum tea
Chun Mee is a popular green tea
Jin Fo tea is a relatively new Wuyi oolong tea

Types

Growing areas

Styles

Infusions

Tea varieties

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 cultivars 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: Zhōnggó shí dàmíng chá. While no authoritative lists exists per se, teas commonly considered one of the ten include: West Lake Longjing tea (西湖龙井茶), Dongting Biluochun (洞庭碧螺春), Huangshan Maofeng (黄山毛峰), Junshan Yinzhen (君山银针), Keemun (祁门红茶), Lu'an Melon Seed tea (六安瓜片), Xinyang Maojian tea (信阳毛尖), Duyun Maojian (都匀毛尖), Wuyi tea (武夷岩茶), Anxi County Tieguanyin (安溪铁观音), Taiping houkui (太平猴魁), and Lushan Cloud tea (庐山云雾).[2][3]

See also

References
  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). 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. 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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