the ten most famous chinese teas
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The Ten Most Famous Chinese Teas
Chinese tea introduction
China is the homeland of tea
Culture symbol
Tea drinking is a kind of life style
The ten most famous Chinese teasChinese Name Chinese Pronunciation Literally English Name Type
西湖龙井 Xi Hu Long Jing West Lake Dragon Well Green
洞庭碧螺春 Dong Ting Bi Luo Chun Green Snail Spring Green
黄山毛峰 Huangshan Mao Feng Yellow Mountain Fur Peak Green
太平猴魁 Taiping Hou Kui Taiping Monkey King Green
六安瓜片 Lu An Gua Pian Lu'an Melon Seed Green
信阳毛尖 Xinyang Mao Jian Xinyang Fur Tip Green
祁门红 Qimen Hung Keemun Black Tea Black
君山银针 Jun Shan Yin Zhen Junshan Silver Needle White
武夷岩茶 Wuyi Yan Cha Wuyi Rock Tea Oolong
安溪铁观音 Anxi Tie Guan Yin Anxi Iron Goddess Oolong
Note: Above ten famous teas are in order according to the popularity.
West Lake Dragon Well
Often called the national drink of China
Originated in Dragon Well Village in Hangzhou
of Zhejiang Province, China
Unique gentle and sweet flavor
Imperial people taste it (like Queen Elizabeth II)
Green Snail Spring Originally grown in the Dong Ting mountain of Tai Hu,
Jiangsu Province, China
Renowned for its delicate appearance, fruity taste, floral
aroma, showy white hairs
Yellow Mountain Fur Peak Grows in the Huangshan (yellow) Mountains (in Anhui
province) 700 meters above sea levels
Features a complex aroma and the taste of floral sweetness
Taiping Monkey King Grows at the foot of Huangshan Mountain in Taiping County,
Anhui Province, China
Lingering, sweet aftertaste with a hint of flowery overtones
Rare and very expensive
Lu'an Melon Seed Grows at Lu An County in Anhui province of China
Winner of the China Tea Award in 1982
Winner of China Food and Drink Award in 1988
Is said to help improving eyesight and relieving
sleep disorder
Xinyang Fur Tip Produced near Dabie Mountain in Xinyang County,
Henan Province
A history of over 2,000 years
Won a gold medal from the Panama Pacific International
Exposition in 1914
Keemun Black Tea Produced in Qi Men County near Huangshan Mountain
in Anhui Province
A distinctive fruity taste with just a hint of floweriness
Leaves are long and thin like small needles
Awarded for many times
Junshan Silver Needle Originates from Junshan Island of Lake Dongting in
Hunan Province
Smooth, light and sweet
Wuyi Rock Tea Grows on Wuyi Mount in Fujian Province
Has a rich fragrance flowers and endless sweet aftertaste
Crowned as “The medicine to cure all kinds of disease"
Anxi Iron Goddess Originates in Anxi County in Fujian Province
Leaves are dark green and rolled into tight balls
Aroma of orchids with no hint of grassiness
Flavor is long lasting
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