What are the distinctive features of China's ten most famous teas?

Chinese people quite like drinking tea, and unique tea plants are grown in every region. In our country there are also ten famous teas that are welcomed by many people, so what teas are they exactly? What distinctive features does each have? Below, the editor will give everyone an introduction!

I. What are China's ten famous teas?

There are many types of tea in China, but the ten most famous ones are: Anxi Tieguanyin, Huangshan Maofeng, West Lake Longjing, Wuyi Rock Tea, Yunnan Pu'er Tea, Lu'an Guapian, Junshan Yinzhen, Xinyang Maojian, Dongting Biluochun, and Duyun Maojian.

II. What distinctive features does each of China's ten most famous teas have?

1. West Lake Longjing

Longjing began producing tea as early as the Tang Dynasty. The use of "Longjing" as a tea name began in the Song Dynasty, and it truly became famous only in the Qing Dynasty. Longjing is known as "golden buds" and "unrivaled quality." Longjing is a pan-fired green tea, long renowned throughout the world for its emerald color, beautiful shape, rich fragrance, and mellow taste.

2. Anxi Tieguanyin

Tieguanyin originated in Xiping Town, Anxi County, Quanzhou City, Fujian. It is both a tea name and the name of a tea plant variety. Tieguanyin has a unique "Guanyin charm," with a fresh and elegant fragrance. After brewing, it has a natural orchid fragrance, a pure and rich taste, and a rich, long-lasting aroma. It has the reputation of "still fragrant after seven infusions."

3. Huangshan Maofeng

Huangshan Maofeng is produced in the Huangshan (Huizhou) area of Anhui Province, so it is also called Hui tea. Its taste is mellow and sweet, its aroma is like orchid, and its charm is deep and long. Because the newly made tea leaves are covered with white down, the bud tips are sharp and pointed, and the fresh leaves are picked from the high peaks of Huangshan, the tea was named Huangshan Maofeng. "Golden flakes" and "ivory color" are the two major characteristics of Huangshan Maofeng.

4. Wuyi Rock Tea

Wuyi Rock Tea is a traditional famous Chinese tea, produced in the Wuyi Mountain area of northern Fujian, known as "the most beautiful in the southeast." Wuyi Rock Tea has the fresh fragrance of green tea and the sweet mellowness of black tea. By product, it is divided into five categories: Dahongpao, famous cultivars, Rougui, Shuixian, and Qizhong. Among rock teas, Dahongpao, Baijiguan, Tieluohan, Shuijingui, and others are famous.

5. Yunnan Pu'er Tea

Pu'er tea is mainly produced in Xishuangbanna, Lincang, Pu'er, and other areas of Yunnan Province. It began entering the imperial court in the early Qing Dynasty, and the tribute history continued until the late Qing Dynasty, prevailing in the Qing palace for more than 200 years. Pu'er tea is divided into raw tea and ripe tea. "The older, the more fragrant" is the greatest characteristic of Pu'er tea. Pu'er tea has a reddish-brown color, a bright and luminous red infusion, a high, sharp, and lasting aroma, a unique fragrance type, a rich and mellow taste, and it endures many infusions.

6. Lu'an Guapian

Lu'an Guapian is produced in the Dabie Mountain area of Lu'an City, Anhui Province. In the Tang Dynasty it was called "Luzhou Lu'an tea," and in the Ming Dynasty it began to be called "Lu'an Guapian." It contains no bud tips or tea stems, has a fresh and brisk fragrance, a fresh, mellow, and sweet aftertaste, a clear and translucent infusion, and a green, tender, and bright infused leaf.

7. Xinyang Maojian

Xinyang Maojian, also called Yu Maofeng, is one of Henan Province's famous specialty products. Its taste is fresh and brisk, mellow and fragrant, with a sweet aftertaste.

8. Junshan Yinzhen

Produced in Hunan. Junshan Yinzhen began in the Tang Dynasty and was listed as "tribute tea" during the Qing Dynasty. Junshan Yinzhen tea has a fresh and high aroma, a mellow, sweet, and brisk taste, a yellow and clear infusion, plump buds with abundant down, neat and uniform strips, white down like feathers, a golden and shiny bud body, light yellow downy hairs, a thick, even, and bright infused leaf, a sweet and refreshing taste, and it does not change its flavor even after long storage.

9. Dongting Biluochun

Biluochun is produced in the area of East Dongting Mountain and West Dongting Mountain on Lake Tai in Wu County, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province (today's Wuzhong District, Suzhou). This tea also has another name, "Xiang Sha Ren Xiang" ("frighteningly fragrant"). It is said that a nun went up the mountain for a spring outing and casually picked a few tea leaves. After brewing the tea, an extraordinary fragrance rushed to her nose, and she blurted out, "So fragrant it frightens people," and from this the local people called this tea "Xiang Sha Ren Xiang."

10. Duyun Maojian

Duyun Maojian is mainly produced in Duyun City, Guizhou, and was personally named by Grandpa Mao in 1956. It is also known as "Bai Maojian," "Xi Maojian," "Yugou tea," and "Queshe tea." This tea has a green and lustrous color, a tender yellow-green and bright infusion, a tender chestnut aroma that is high and lasting, and a fresh and brisk taste with a sweet aftertaste.

In the text above, the editor introduced to everyone ten relatively famous teas of China. Each has its own characteristics, and the reason they are welcomed by many people is that their taste is also quite good. Has everyone drunk these ten kinds of tea? Which one do you think tastes the best?

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