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The production areas are all over the country

With all kinds of production techniques

Divided into all kinds of tea types

China's six major tea categories:

Green tea, yellow tea, white tea, oolong tea, black tea, dark tea

Fermentation degrees of the six major tea categories:

Approximate distribution map of the six major tea categories:

Green tea

Green tea is the only non-fermented tea among the six major tea categories. Production areas: from Shandong, Shaanxi and Gansu in the north to Hainan in the south, green tea is produced everywhere. The rest also include: Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, covering almost all the southern provinces.

White tea

White tea is a lightly fermented tea, mainly produced in Fuding in eastern Fujian and Zhenghe in northern Fujian and other places. It is made from the fresh leaves of tea tree varieties such as Fuding Da Bai Cha, Fuding Da Hao Cha and Zhenghe Da Bai Cha.

Yellow tea

Yellow tea is a lightly fermented tea. According to the different degrees of tenderness of the fresh leaves picked, it is divided into three types: yellow bud tea, yellow small tea and yellow large tea. The main representatives include Junshan Yinzhen from Yueyang, Hunan, Mengding Huangya from Sichuan, Mogan Huangya from Zhejiang and Huoshan Huangya from Anhui.

Oolong tea

Oolong tea, also known as wulong tea, has both the fresh fragrance of green tea and the mellow richness of black tea. It is a semi-fermented tea, mainly produced in Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan, China and other places.

Black tea

Black tea originated in Tongmu Pass (village) in the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian Province. The earliest black tea was Souchong black tea. In addition, it is also distributed in Qihong Gongfu in Anhui and Dianhong Gongfu in Yunnan, Minhong Gongfu in Fujian, Ninghong Gongfu in Jiangxi, Yihong Gongfu in Hubei, Huhong Gongfu (Xianghong Gongfu) in Hunan, Chuanhong Gongfu in Sichuan, Yuehong Gongfu in Zhejiang, Yixing black tea in Jiangsu, Yingde black tea in Guangdong and other places.

Dark tea

Dark tea is a post-fermented tea, mainly produced in Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Anhui (ancient Yixian dark tea) and other places.

The above is the distribution of production areas of the six major tea categories.

Catalog of Chinese teas

The following ranking is in no particular order

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