Green Tea

Main process of manufacture: plucking, withering, twisting, fixation (inactivation), backing

Main characters: Green leaf and light soap, the key point is fresh, non-fermented tea

Divided to four kinds by different ways of fixation (inactivation):

• 1) Roasted ----- Representative Tea: Long jing, Bi luo chun, Jin mei.
• 2) Backed ----- Representative Tea: Huangshan maofong
• 3) Sun withering: ----- Mainly in Yunnang, Shichuan, Shangxi provinces
• 4) Steamed: ----- Mainly in Japan, representative Tea: YuLu

Black Tea

Main process of manufacture: plucking, withering, twisting, fermentation, backing

Main characters: Red leaf and red soap, deep flavor, fully fermented.

Different kinds:

• 1) Congou ----- Representative Tea: Yunnan red tea, Keemum tea (Qihong), Minghong
• 2) Souchong ----- Representative Tea: Lapsang, Smoked Lapsang
• 3) Broken Black

Oolong Tea

Main process of manufacture: plucking, rolling, fixation, twisting, backing

Main characters: Golden soap, Green leaf with red sides, half fermented

Different kinds:

• 1) Southern Fujian oolong ----- Representative Tea: Tikuanyin, Shezhong
• 2) Northern Fujian oolong ----- Representative Tea: Wuyi Rock-essence Tea (Including ShuiXin, RouGui, DaHongPao), Jinou Shui Xin
• 3) Gangdong oolong ----- Representative Tea: Phoenix ShuiXin, DangChong
• 4) Taiwan oolong ----- Representative Tea:Dongding tea

White Tea

Main Process of manufacture: plucking, withering, backing

Main Characters: Yellow soap, half fermented

Different kinds:

• 1) White buds tea ----- Representative Tea:silver needle
• 2) White leaf tea ----- Representative Tea: white peony

Yellow Tea

Main Process of manufacture: plucking, fixation, over brewing, fixation, backing

• 1) Mengding yellow buds, JunShan silver needle
• 2) Small yellow tea ----- Representative Tea: Beigang silver needle, WeiShan silver needle
• 3) Large yellow tea ----- Representative Tea: HuoShan large yellow tea, Guandong large leaf tea

Dark Tea

Main process of manufacture: plucking, fixation, twisting, pile-fermentation, backing

Main Characters: Dry tea is very dark, yellow soap, afterwards fermented

• 1) Hunang dark tea ----- Representative Tea: Anshi
• 2) Hunang dark tea ----- Representative Tea: Dark green tea
• 3) Sichuan brick tea
• 4) Yuannang&GuanXi dark tea ----- Representative Tea: Puer

Re-manufactured tea:

• 1) Flower tea: Jasmine Tea, Osmanthus scented tea

• 2) Pressed tea: Caky Tea, Brick Tea

3) Extracted tea: Easy dissolve tea, concentrated tea

4) Fruit flavor tea: Milk tea

5) Medical Tea