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

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of south-western China and nor ...

plants (''

Camellia sinensis ''Camellia sinensis'' is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae. Its leaves, leaf buds, and stems can be used to produce tea. Common names include tea plant, tea shrub, and tea tree (unrelated to ''Me ...

'') 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 ("Bohea")

Styles

Infusions

* Chrysanthemum tea * Gynostemma pentaphyllum * Kuding

Tea varieties

* 24 flavors — herbal * Anji bai cha — green *

Baihao Yinzhen Baihao Yinzhen (; pronounced ), also known as White Hair Silver Needle, is a white tea produced in Fujian Province in China. Amongst white teas, this is the most expensive variety and the most prized, as only top buds ( leaf shoot) of the Camel ...

— 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 Keemun ( zh, t=祁門紅茶, p=Qímén hóngchá, l= Qimen red tea, c=, cy=Kèihmùhn hùhngchàh) 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 c ...

— black *

Lapsang souchong Lapsang souchong (; ) or Zhengshan xiaozhong (, 'Proper Mountain Small Varietal') is a black tea consisting of leaves that are smoke-dried over a pinewood fire. This smoking is accomplished either as a cold smoke of the raw leaves as they are ...

— black *

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

— 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 File:HGY Oolong tea leaf close.jpg, A close-up of Huang Guanyin tea File:Shou Mei tea.JPG,

Shoumei tea Shoumei (; Standard Chinese pronunciation ) 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 Fujian Province and Guangxi Province in C ...

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 or Wulong (, ; ; , "black dragon" tea) is a traditional semi-oxidized Chinese tea (''Camellia sinensis)'' produced through a process that includes withering the leaves under strong sun and allowing some Enzymatic oxidation, oxidation to ...

teas. It is mostly grown in the

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern 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 capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

province or

Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...

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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chinese teas Chinese tea Teas