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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

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

• Chrysanthemum tea
• Gynostemma pentaphyllum
• Kuding

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.
• 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:

See also

• Chinese tea by province (category)
• Chinese tea culture
• Chinese tea classic texts (category)
• History of tea in China
• Lists of beverages

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). 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。 were green teas.]

External links

• Tea at the Wikibooks Cookbook subproject

• Chinese tea
• Lists of drinks by country
• Chinese cuisine-related lists