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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[edit]

Types[edit]

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[edit]

Styles[edit]

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[edit]

Tea varieties[edit]

• 
  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]
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  Fresh taiping houkui green tea leaves

Types of Pu'er[edit]

• Sticky rice pu'er, infused with leaves of Semnostachya menglaensis native to Mengla.
• Banzhang
• Jingmai
• Bamboo roasted pu'er
• Bulang

Ten Famous Teas[edit]

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]

See also[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Tea at the Wikibooks Cookbook subproject