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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