Top 10 Famous Tea in China

Label: Health classification: Chinese tea – the source of tea

China has a long history of tea. All kinds of tea varieties are so colorful that they compete with each other. It is like a garden of flowers in spring, making the mountains and rivers more enchanting. Chinese famous tea is one of the treasures in the vast variety of tea. At the same time, Chinese famous tea enjoys a high reputation in the world. Famous tea can be divided into traditional famous tea and historical famous tea.

 

1. Longjing, West Lake, Hangzhou

The West Lake Longjing Tea is the best tea in China. It is produced in the mountains around the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. For many years, Hangzhou has been famous not only for its beautiful West Lake, but also for its West Lake Longjing tea. According to legend, when Emperor Qianlong visited Hangzhou, he wrote a poem in Tianzhu, Longjing Tea District, entitled “Watching Tea Picking and Singing”. West Lake Longjing Tea ranks first with “Lion (Peak), Dragon (Well), Cloud (Habitat), Tiger (Run), and Mei (Jiawu)”, with West Lake Longjing Tea the most. Longjing tea is straight and sharp in shape, flat and handsome, smooth and even, and yellow in color. After brewing, the fragrance is clear and lasting, and fragrant as orchid; The color of the soup is apricot green, clear and bright, the leaves are light green at the bottom, evenly arranged into flowers, and the buds are upright and lifelike. Drink tea soup, refreshing, fragrant between teeth, and endless aftertaste.

 

 

2. Suzhou Dongting Biluochun

One of the famous green tea in China. Dongting Biluochun tea is produced in Dongting Mountain, the Taihu Lake Lake, Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province. Biluochun tea is thin, curled into snails, covered with fluffy hair, and green in color. After brewing, it tastes fresh and produces saliva, has a delicate fragrance, and the soup is green and the water is clear, and the leaves are fine and tender. In particular, the high-level Biluochun tea can be washed first and then put into the tea. The tea still sinks slowly and spreads its leaves to release fragrance. This is the performance of the strong tea bud, which is also incomparable with other tea. Therefore, there is a folk saying that Biluochun is “copper wire, spiral shape, full of hair, one tender (refers to buds and leaves), three fresh (refers to color, fragrance and taste) since ancient times”. At present, most of them are still stir-fried by hand, and the process is: blanching – stir-frying – kneading and baking. The three processes are completed in one pot. The stir-frying system is characterized by both stir-frying and kneading, and the key is to lift the hair, that is, the kneading and baking process.

 

3. Mao Peak of Mount Huangshan Mountain in Taiping

Mount Huangshan Maofeng Tea is produced in Mount Huangshan Mountain, south of Taiping County and north of Shexian County, Anhui Province. Mount Huangshan Maofeng Tea Garden is distributed around Yungu Temple, Songgu Temple, Hangqiao Temple, Ciguang Pavilion and Banshan Temple at an altitude of 1200 meters. Tea trees are immersed in the flourishing clouds every day, so tea buds are particularly plump, soft and tender, leaves are plump, durable, fragrant, mellow and sweet, and become the top grade of tea. Mount Huangshan tea is picked very carefully. It is recognized that the picking period is from Qingming to the beginning of summer. The bud heads and fresh leaves picked back should also be selected, and the older leaves and stems should be removed to make the buds uniform. In terms of production, we should control the blanching temperature according to the quality of buds and leaves, so as not to cause the phenomenon of red stem, red leaves and uneven blanching; The fire temperature should be high first, then low, and gradually decreased. The temperature of the leaves should be uniform, and the physical and chemical changes should be consistent. When the tea making season is approaching, you can smell the fragrance. The quality characteristics of Mount Huangshan Maofeng are: its appearance is thin, flat and slightly curly, its shape is like a finch tongue covered with silver hair, its soup color is clear with apricot yellow, and its fragrance lasts like a white orchid.

 

4. Anxi Tieguanyin Tea

Tieguanyin belongs to green tea and is one of the famous oolong tea in China. Anxi Tieguanyin Tea tea is produced in Anxi County, Fujian Province. Anxi Tieguanyin Tea tea has a long history, known as the king of tea. It is reported that Anxi Tieguanyin Tea tea originated in the reign of Emperor Yongzheng (1725-1735). Anxi County is mountainous, with warm climate, sufficient rainfall, lush growth of tea trees, and a wide variety of tea trees, which are gorgeous and colorful, ranking first in the country. Anxi Tieguanyin Tea tea can be collected four times a year, including spring tea, summer tea, summer tea and autumn tea. Spring tea is the best tea quality. The production process of Tieguanyin is basically the same as that of general oolong tea, but it has more turns to shake green and shorter cooling time. Generally, it will be sun-dried before the evening, shaken and cooled all night, fermented the next morning, and then fried and baked for one day and night. Its production process is divided into 9 processes: sunning, shaking, cooling, blanching, cutting and kneading, initial drying, wrapping and kneading, re-baking and drying. Anxi Tieguanyin Tea tea of excellent quality is fat and tight, as heavy as iron, with obvious Furong sand green, green base, bright red spots, high sweet flower fragrance, sweet, mellow and fresh, with unique taste, sweet and rich aftertaste, still lingering after 7 times of brewing; The soup color is golden, the leaf bottom is thick and soft, bright and even, the leaf edge is red, and the green heart is red.

 

5. Yueyang Junshan Silver Needle

One of the famous yellow tea in China. Junshan tea, which began in the Tang Dynasty, was included in the tribute tea in the Qing Dynasty. Junshan is an island in Dongting Lake, Yueyang County, Hunan Province. In the Qing Dynasty, Junshan tea was divided into “sharp tea” and “thick tea”. “Sharp tea” is like a tea sword, with white hair and fluffy hair. It is accepted as tribute tea and is known as “tribute tip”. Junshan Silver Needle Tea has a clear fragrance, a mellow and sweet taste, a clear and yellow soup, strong buds, uniform stripes and light yellow velvet. After brewing, the buds hang vertically in the soup and rush up to the water surface, slowly sink, rise and sink again, rise and fall three times, forming an interesting view. Junshan silver needle tea is mined three or four days before the Qingming Festival, and is made from the first round of buds of spring tea. The plump, multi-millisecond, 25-30mm long buds must be selected. After selection, the silver needle is made from uniformly sized strong buds. The production process is divided into eight processes, namely, blanching, spreading and cooling, primary baking, secondary spreading and cooling, primary packaging, secondary baking, repacking and baking.

 

 

6. Pu’er tea

Pu’er tea is a new tea species developed on the basis of Yunnan big-leaf tea. Pu’er tea, also known as Yunnan green tea, was originally distributed in Pu’er County, hence its name. It has a history of more than 1700 years. It is made of tea from 11 counties, including Youle, Pingdeng and Yibang, and processed in Pu’er County. Tea trees can be divided into tall tea trees in the form of trees or trees. The buds and leaves are extremely plump and hairy, with good tenderness and excellent quality. Its production method is sub-fermented green tea production method, through eight processes, namely, blanching, initial kneading, initial fermentation, re-rolling, re-rolling fermentation, initial drying, re-rolling and drying. In ancient times, Pu’er tea was used as medicine. Its quality characteristics are as follows: the aroma is sharp and durable, with the unique flavor type of Yunnan big-leaf tea, and the taste is strong and stimulating; It is resistant to blistering and still holds the fragrance after five or six times of brewing. The soup is orange and thick, the buds are strong and the leaves are thick, the leaves are yellow and green, and there are red spots on the stems and leaves, the strips are thick and strong, and the pekoe is dense. There are two kinds of Pu’er tea: loose tea and type tea.

 

7. Jiujiang Lushan Cloud

One of the famous green tea in China. It is reported that tea planting in Lushan began in the Jin Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Lushan tea was listed as “tribute tea”. Lushan cloud and mist are green in color, fragrant as orchids, thick, mellow and fresh, and the buds and leaves are tender, white and bright. Lushan Yunwu Tea not only has an ideal growth environment and excellent tea varieties, but also has exquisite harvesting technology. After collecting the tea slices, spread them thinly in a cool and ventilated place to keep the fresh leaves pure. Then, the finished product is made through nine processes, including blanching, shaking and rolling.

 

 

8. Nantou Frozen Top Oolong Tea

Frozen tea is known as the holy tea in Taiwan. Produced in Lugu Township, Nantou, Taiwan Province. Its fresh leaves are collected from the tea tree of Qingxin Oolong variety, so it is also known as [Frozen Top Oolong]. Frozen top is the name of the mountain, and Wulong is the name of the variety. However, according to the degree of fermentation, it belongs to mild semi-fermented tea, and its preparation method is similar to that of seed tea, which should be classified as seed tea. Wenshan Baozi and Frozen Top Oolong are sister tea. Frozen top tea has excellent quality and is in the leading position in the Taiwan tea market. The color of the top selection is dark green and bright, with gray spots like frog skin, tight and curved cords, and the dry tea has a strong fragrance; After brewing, the color of the soup is slightly orange yellow, with obvious fragrance, similar to the fragrance of osmanthus. The soup is mellow and sweet, and the throat rhyme is sweet and strong. The bottom edge of the leaves has red edges, and the middle part of the leaves is light green.

 

9. Qihong

Among the black teas that are popular all over the world, Qihong is unique and has not declined for a hundred years. It is famous for its high fragrance and beautiful shape. Qihong, short for Qimen black tea, is the treasure of Gongfu black tea. The production conditions of Qihong are extremely superior. It is really the right time, the right place, the diligent people, the good species and the unique advantage of nature. Therefore, most of the Qimen area has tea as its industry, and has been unbeaten for thousands of years. Qihong Gongfu has always maintained a high reputation, and its fragrance is always there. Qihong is famous for its high fragrance, and has a unique fresh and lasting fragrance. It is called granulated sugar fragrance or apple fragrance by tea experts at home and abroad. It also contains orchid fragrance, which is tall and long and unique. It is called “Qimen fragrance” in the international market.

 

10. Suzhou jasmine tea

The best jasmine tea in China. Suzhou jasmine tea began to develop around the year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, with a history of 250 years. According to historical records, jasmine was planted in Suzhou in the Song Dynasty and used as the raw material for tea making. By 1860, Suzhou jasmine tea had been widely sold in Northeast and North China. Suzhou jasmine tea varies in intensity according to the tea embryo used, the amount of flowers mixed, the number of scents, and the flowering season. Its fragrance varies according to the flowering period. The fragrance scented by the head flower is lighter, and the fragrance scented by the “superior flower” is the strongest. The main tea embryo of Suzhou jasmine tea is roasted green, and there are also killing tea, sharp tea, and generous tea. The highest ones are high-grade scented tea with Longjing, Biluochun, and Maofeng. Compared with the same kind of scented tea, it belongs to the fragrance type. The fragrance is clear and fresh, the tea taste is mellow and fragrant, and the soup color is yellow and green.