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Types and pictures of tea

Tea is divided into six categories: black tea, green tea, green tea, yellow tea, dark tea and white tea.

1. Black tea: Black tea is made from the new buds and leaves of the tea tree suitable for making this product, and is refined through typical processes such as withering, rolling, fermentation, and drying. It is named after the main color of the dry tea, the brewed tea soup and the bottom of the leaves are red.

2. Green tea: Green tea is one of the main types of tea in China. It refers to a drink made from the new leaves or buds of the tea tree without fermentation, and has been cured, shaped, and dried.

3. Green tea: Oolong tea, also known as green tea, has many varieties. It is a tea category with distinctive Chinese characteristics among several major tea categories in China. Oolong tea is a high-quality tea produced after picking, withering, shaking, frying, rolling, baking and other processes.

4. Yellow tea: Yellow tea is a specialty of China. It is divided into yellow bud tea, yellow small tea and yellow big tea according to the size of fresh leaves, old buds and leaves. Huangya tea mainly includes Junshan Yinzhen, Mengding Huangya, Huoshan Huangya, and Yuanan Yellow Tea.

5. Dark tea: Dark tea is named because of the black appearance of the finished tea. Dark tea is one of the six major tea categories and is a post-fermented tea. The main production areas are Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Anhui and other places. The raw material of black tea used in traditional black tea is relatively mature and is the main raw material for pressed tea.

6. White tea: White tea is a slightly fermented tea and is a traditional famous tea created by Chinese tea farmers. One of the six major tea categories in China. Refers to a kind of tea that is processed after being picked, without being cured or rolled, and only dried in the sun or slow fire. It has the characteristics of intact buds, full body, fresh fragrance, clear yellow-green soup, and light and sweet taste.