List of Chinese teas
This is a list of Chinese teas. Chinese tea is a beverage made from the leaves of tea plants 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
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
- Fu Cha — fermented
- 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
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
While no authoritative lists exists per se, teas commonly considered one of the ten include:
| Name | Image |
| West Lake Longjing tea | |
| Dongting Biluochun | |
| Huangshan Maofeng | |
| Junshan Yinzhen | |
| Qimen Red Tea | |
| Lu'an Melon Seed Tea or Luan Leaf | |
| Xinyang Maojian tea | |
| Duyun Maojian | |
| Wuyi Tea, also known as Bohea, including Da Hong Pao | |
| Anxi County Iron Goddess of Mercy | |
| Peaceful Monkey Leader | |
| Lushan Cloud tea''' |