This is a list of Chinese teas. Chinese tea is a beverage made from the leaves of tea plants (''

Camellia sinensis ''Camellia sinensis'' is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae. Its leaves and leaf buds are used to produce the popular beverage, tea. Common names include tea plant, tea shrub, and tea tree (not t ...

'') 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

Types

Growing areas

* Cloud tea *

Wuyi tea Wuyi tea, also known by the trade name Bohea in English, is a category of black and oolong teas grown in the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian, China. The Wuyi region produces a number of well-known teas, including Lapsang souchong and Da Hon ...

("Bohea")

Styles

Infusions

* Chrysanthemum tea * Gynostemma pentaphyllum * Kuding

Tea varieties

* 24 flavors — herbal *

Anji bai cha Anji may refer to: Places * Hu Prefecture, known as Anji Prefecture between 1225 and 1276 *Anji County, in Huzhou, Zhejiang, China * Anji Bridge, or Zhaozhou Bridge, an ancient stone bridge in Hebei, China *Anji, a village in Balasore (Orissa), In ...

— green * Baihao Yinzhen — white * Bai Jiguan — oolong * Bai Mudan — white * Baimao Hou — green * Ban Tian Yao — oolong *

Biluochun Biluochun or Bi Luo Chun (; pronounced ) is a famous green tea originally grown in the Dongting mountain region near Lake Tai in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. Also known as ''Pi Lo Chun'', it is renowned for its delicate appearance, fruity taste, fl ...

— green * Bu Zhi Chun — oolong *

Chun Mee Chun Mee (; pronounced ) is a popular green tea. It has a dusty appearance and is generally more acidic and less sweet than other green teas. It was originally produced only in the Chinese Jiangxi province, but is nowadays also grown elsewhere. T ...

— green * "

Congou Congou () is a description of a black Chinese tea variety used by 19th-century tea importers in America and Europe. It was the base of the 19th-century English Breakfast tea blend. Name The etymology of the tea is the same as kung fu, from the C ...

" — black * Da Fang — green *

Da Hong Pao Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe, 大紅袍) is a Wuyi rock tea grown in the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian Province, China. Da Hong Pao has a unique orchid fragrance and a long-lasting sweet aftertaste. Dry Da Hong Pao has a shape like tightly knotted rope ...

— oolong * Dianhong — black * Fo Shou — oolong * Golden Monkey tea — black * Huang Guanyin — oolong * Huang Meigui — oolong *

Huangshan Maofeng Huangshan Maofeng tea (; pronounced ) is a green tea produced in south eastern interior Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial ...

— green * Huoshan Huangya — yellow * Jin Fo — oolong * Jin Jun Mei — black * Jin Suo Chi — oolong *

Junshan Yinzhen Junshan Yinzhen (; Standard Chinese pronunciation ) is a yellow tea from Junshan Island of the Hunan Province in China. It is considered to be China's rarest tea and one of the Ten Chinese Famous Teas. Although the same kind of tea trees are al ...

— yellow *

Keemun Keemun () is a famous Chinese black tea. First produced in the late 19th century, it quickly became popular in the West and is still used for a number of classic blends. It is a light tea with characteristic stone fruit and slightly smoky note ...

— black * Lapsang souchong — black *

Longjing tea Longjing tea (; Standard Chinese pronunciation ), sometimes called by its literal translated name Dragon Well tea, is a variety of pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. It is produced ...

— green * Lu'an Melon Seed tea — green * Mengding Ganlu — green * Panda dung tea * Pouchong — green/oolong * Pu-erh — fermented * Qilan — oolong * Rougui — oolong * Ruan Zhi — oolong * Shou Mei — white * Shui Hsien — oolong * Shui Jin Gui — oolong *

Taiping houkui Taiping houkui (; pronounced ) tea is grown at the foot of Huangshan ( 黄山) in the former Taiping Prefecture, Anhui. It has been grown since the Ming Dynasty and was harvested for emperors during the Qing Dynasty. The tea has been produced c ...

— green *

Tieluohan Tieluohan or Tie Luo Han (; pronounced ) is one of the Four Great Oolongs and a light Wuyi tea. Tieluohan is the cultivar responsible for one of the four best known ''Yán chá'', "rock teas" grown on cliffs in the Wuyi Mountains in northern Fu ...

— oolong *

Tieguanyin ''Tieguanyin'' (; Standard Chinese pronunciation ) is a variety of Chinese oolong tea that originated in the 19th century in Anxi in Fujian province. Tieguanyin produced in different areas of Anxi have different gastronomic characteristics. N ...

— oolong *

Wong Lo Kat Wong Lo Kat (), or Wanglaoji in Mandarin pinyin, is a Chinese herbal tea, and one of the most popular tea drinks in China today. It is sold in many forms and different types of cans or cardboard containers. Ingredients Wong Lo Kat contains a num ...

— herbal * Yingdehong — black * Zhuyeqing — green File:HGY Oolong tea leaf close.jpg, A close-up of

Huang Guanyin tea Huang Guanyin tea (; pronounced ) is a Wuyi oolong with a creamy taste. It can be either tightly rolled like Anxi Oolongs or in strips like conventional Wuyi Oolong. In China, Guanyin leaves are harvested fresh and green, then soaked, beaten, ...

File:Shou Mei tea.JPG, Shoumei tea is a

white tea White tea may refer to one of several styles of tea which generally feature young or minimally processed leaves of the ''Camellia sinensis'' plant. Currently there is no generally accepted definition of white tea and very little international ...

that is produced from naturally withered upper leaf and tips, with a stronger flavor reminiscent of lighter

Oolong Oolong (, ; (''wūlóngchá'', "dark dragon" tea)) is a traditional semi-oxidized Chinese tea (''Camellia sinensis)'' produced through a process including withering the plant under strong sun and oxidation before curling and twisting.Zhongguo ...

teas. It is mostly grown in the

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its ...

province or

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ...

province in China. File:Fresh Hou Kui Green Tea Leaves.jpg, Fresh

taiping houkui Taiping houkui (; pronounced ) tea is grown at the foot of Huangshan ( 黄山) in the former Taiping Prefecture, Anhui. It has been grown since the Ming Dynasty and was harvested for emperors during the Qing Dynasty. The tea has been produced c ...

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" ( zh, s=中国十大名茶, t=中國十大名茶, p=Zhōngguó shí dàmíng chá). While no authoritative lists exists per se, teas commonly considered one of the ten include:

References

External links

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