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Tea is a beverage made by steeping processed leaves, buds or twigs of the tea bush Camellia sinensis in hot water for a few minutes. The processing can include oxidation (fermentation), heating, drying and the addition of other herbs, flowers, spices and fruits. There are four types of true tea:...
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| x Ban Tian Yao tea |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Ban Tian Yao (半天腰, literally: Waist Halfway to the Sky) is a very rare Wuyi Oolong with a light smokey taste.
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| x Darjeeling tea |
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Black tea | Darjeeling |
Darjeeling tea, tea from the Darjeeling region in West Bengal, India, has traditionally been prized above all other black teas, especially in the United Kingdom and the countries comprising the former British Empire. When properly brewed it yields a...
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| x Jin Fo tea |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Jin Fo is a very new Wuyi Oolong tea, developed around 10 years ago at the Wuyi Shan Tea Researching Center located in Fujian Province, China. It is a medium Wuyi Oolong showing both creaminess and a floral aftertaste. The tea leaves have a uniform...
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| x Hojicha | Green tea | Japan |
Hōjicha (ほうじ茶) is set apart from other Japanese green teas because it is roasted in a porcelain pot over charcoal. The tea is fired at high temperature, altering the leaf colour tints from green to reddish-brown. The process was first performed in...
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| x Lapsang souchong |
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Black tea | Wuyi Mountains |
Lapsang souchong (拉普山小種/正山小种, lit. Small variety from mountain Lap) is a black tea originally from the Wuyi region of the Chinese province of Fujian. It is sometimes referred to as smoked tea (熏茶). Lapsang is distinctive from all other types of tea...
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| x Gohyah tea |
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Brazil |
Gohyah tea is an infusion made from dried slices of the bitter melon. It is sold as a medicinal tea, and a culinary vegetable.
A typical commercial package will make a claim similar to the following:
Gohyah is not listed in the Grieve's herbal...
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| x Chun Mee tea |
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Green tea | Zhejiang |
Chun Mee is a popular green tea. It has a dusty appearance and is generally more acidic and less sweet than other green teas. It was originally produced only in the Jiangxi province, but is now grown elsewhere. It is often referred as "9371".
Chun...
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| x Genmaicha |
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Green tea | East Asia |
Genmaicha (玄米茶, "brown rice tea") is the Japanese name for green tea combined with roasted brown rice. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as "popcorn tea" because a few grains of the rice pop during the roasting process and resemble popcorn....
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| x Qi Lan tea |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Qi Lan (奇兰; pinyin: qílán) is a very mild Wuyi Oolong tea, it has an obvious sweet and nutty aroma.
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| x Kamairicha tea | Green tea | Japan |
Kamairicha (窯煎り茶/窯煎茶) is a Japanese tea that does not undergo the usual steam treatments of Japanese tea and does not have the characteristic bitter taste of most Japanese tea. After a short withering, they are fired in hot iron pans of up to 300°C...
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| x Da Fang tea |
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Green tea | Anhui |
Da Fang tea (simplified Chinese: 大方茶) is grown at the south of Huangshan in Xi County of Anhui Province, in China. It has similarities to Longjing and a nutty aroma.
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| x Bancha tea | Green tea | Japan |
Bancha (番茶) is a Japanese green tea. It is harvested from the second flush of sencha between summer and autumn. (The first flush is harvested for shincha.)
Bancha is the common green tea in Japan. It is harvested from the same tree as sencha grade,...
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| x Huang Guanyin tea |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Huang Guan Yin is a Wuyi Oolong with a creamy taste. It can be either tightly rolled like Anxi Oolongs or in strips like conventional Wuyi Oolong.
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| x Hou Kui tea |
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Green tea | Anhui |
Taiping Hou Kui (simplified Chinese: 太平猴魁; pinyin: tàipíng hóukuí lit. "peaceful monkey leader") tea is grown at the foot of Huangshan (黄山) in Taiping County, Anhui. The tea has been produced since the beginning of the 20th century and is produced...
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| x Longjing |
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Green tea | Zhejiang |
Longjing tea (simplified Chinese: 龙井茶; traditional Chinese: 龍井茶; pinyin: lóngjǐngchá) or Dragonwell is a famous variety of green tea from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China where it is produced mostly by hand and has been renowned for its high...
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| x Rize Tea |
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Black tea | Rize Province |
Rize tea or Çay is a form of black tea. Produced in Rize Province on the eastern Black Sea coast of Turkey which has a mild climate with high precipitation and fertile soil, when brewed it is mahogany in color. People throughout Turkey may drink tea...
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| x Shincha tea | Green tea | Japan |
Shincha (新茶), literally "new tea", represents the first month's harvest of Sencha, a Japanese green tea. Over three quarters of all tea produced in Japanese tea gardens is Sencha, a tea selected for its pleasant sharpness and fresh qualities...
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| x Keemun tea |
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Black tea | Qimen County |
Keemun (simplified Chinese: 祁门红茶; traditional Chinese: 祁門紅茶; pinyin: qímén hóngchá, lit. "Qimen red tea") is a black Chinese tea with a winey and fruity taste, designated as a China Famous Tea.
Keemun is produced in the Qimen County of Huangshan...
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| x Darjeeling tea | Oolong | Darjeeling |
Darjeeling Oolong is a tea from India that basically imitates Formosa Oolong. The first experiment was made by Sumon Majumder of the HMP Group along with one of his tea friends, Karel Theima of Rotterdam Tea Trade, in 1991 at Namring Tea Estate in...
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| x Pouchong |
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Oolong | Fujian |
Pouchong (Chinese: 包種茶; pinyin: Bāozhòngchá) is a very lightly oxidized tea somewhere between green tea and what is usually considered oolong tea, though often classified with the latter due to its lack of the sharper green tea flavours. It is...
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| x Tieguanyin |
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Oolong | Anxi County |
Tie Guan Yin (simplified Chinese: 铁观音; traditional Chinese: 鐵觀音; pinyin: tiěguānyīn; Min Nan POJ: Thih-koan-im; Cantonese Jyutping: tit3 gwun1 yam1; literally meaning iron guanyin) is a premium variety of Chinese oolong tea associated with Anxi in...
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| x Gunpowder tea |
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Green tea | Zhejiang |
Gunpowder tea (珠茶; pinyin: zhū chá) is a form of green Chinese tea produced in Zhejiang Province of China in which each leaf has been rolled into a small round pellet. It is believed to take its English name from the fact that the tea resembles...
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| x Bai Mu Dan tea |
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White tea | Fujian |
Bai Mu Dan (Chinese: 白牡丹, Pinyin: bái mǔ dān, Jyutping: baak6 maau5 daan1, POJ: peh bo tan; literally "white peony") is a White tea that includes new leaves as well as the center needle sprout. While widely considered to be a lower grade than...
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| x Jin Suo Chi tea |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Jin Suo Chi (金鎖匙; literally "Golden Key") is a very rare Wuyi Oolong with a light taste.
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| x Gyokuro |
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Green tea | Japan |
Gyokuro (玉露) is a fine and expensive type of green tea from Japan. It differs from a green tea known as sencha (煎茶), because it is grown under the shade rather than the full sun. The name translates as "jade dew" and refers to the pale green colour...
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| x Maccha |
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Green tea | Japan |
Matcha (抹茶, pronounced [matːɕa]) is a variety of finely-powdered green tea. Matcha Uji means "froth of liquid jade" and the cultural activity called the Japanese tea ceremony centers around the preparation, serving, and drinking of matcha. In modern...
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| x Ceylon tea |
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Black tea | Sri Lanka |
Ceylon black tea is black tea that is grown in Sri Lanka (which was known as Ceylon before 1972). It has a crisp aroma reminiscent of citrus, and is used both unmixed and in blends. It is grown on numerous estates which vary in altitude and taste....
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| x Kabusecha tea | Green tea | Japan |
Kabusecha (被せ茶) is a Sencha tea cultivated in un-shaded gardens exposed to direct sunlight, which, unlike other varieties, requires shading the tea plants a few weeks prior to harvest. Special nets (kabuse) are hung over the plants to obtain a...
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| x Shou Mei tea |
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White tea | China |
Shou Mei (traditional Chinese: 壽眉; simplified Chinese: 寿眉; Cantonese Jyutping: sau6 mei4 or sau6 mei2; Mandarin pinyin: shòu méi) is a white tea that is produced from naturally withered upper leaf and tips, with a stronger flavor reminiscent of...
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| x Ceylon tea |
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White tea | Nuwara Eliya |
Ceylon White tea is grown on the island of Sri Lanka and is highly prized, mentioned in a recent BBC article, is grown and harvested by hand. The move towards producing White tea shows a clear line between organically farmed tea that is fair and...
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| x Mecha tea | Green tea | Japan |
The name of Mecha (芽茶) tea derives from the early leaf buds needed to make this special green tea. Mecha is harvested in spring and made as rolled leaf teas that are graded somewhere between Gyokuro and Sencha in quality. Mecha are made from a...
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| x Ceylon tea |
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Green tea | Uva Province |
Ceylon green tea is a type of green tea mainly made from Assamese tea stock.
These teas generally have the fuller body and the more pungent, rather malty, nutty flavour characteristic of the teas originating from Assamese seed stock. The tea grade...
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| x Nepal tea | Black tea | Nepal |
Nepalese tea is very similar to Darjeeling tea, for which it may be mistaken as the main plantations are located very close to Darjeeling, India. There are four flushes of tea in Nepal (excluding Crush, Tear, Curl tea):
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| x Nilgiri tea |
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Black tea | The Nilgiris District |
Nilgiri tea is generally described as being a dark, intensely aromatic, fragrant and flavourful tea grown in the southern portion of the Western Ghats mountains of Southern India. It is grown in the hills of the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu,...
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| x Bai Ji Guan tea |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Bai Ji Guan (simplified Chinese: 白鸡冠; pinyin: bái jī guān) is a Si Da Ming Cong and a very light Wuyi tea. It is named after a rooster who gave up its life whilst protecting a child.
Legend has it that the name of this marvellous tea (White...
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| x Huoshan Huangya tea |
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Yellow tea | Anhui |
Huoshan Huangya (traditional Chinese: 癨山黃牙; simplified Chinese: 霍山黄牙) is a yellow tea from Anhui Province in China, it is the Imperial Tribute Tea and dates back to the Ming Dynasty. The dry tea leaves have a shiny appearance and are very similar to...
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| x Bu Zhi Chun tea |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Bu Zhi Chun (不知春, literally: "Knows not of Spring") is a Wuyi Oolong with a light taste.
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| x Dian Hong tea |
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Black tea | Yunnan |
Dian hong (simplified: 滇红; traditional: 滇紅; pinyin: Diānhóng). "Yunnan Red", is a Chinese black tea which is used as a relatively high end gourmet black tea and is sometimes used in various tea blends. The main difference between Dian hong and other...
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| x Hyson | Green tea | China |
Hyson or Lucky Dragon Tea is a Chinese green tea that comes from the Anhui Provence of China. It is made from young leaves that are thinly rolled to have a long, twisted appearance that unfurls when brewed. The name Hyson is likely a Chinese name...
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| x Da Hong Pao tea |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Dà Hóng Páo (大红袍) is a very important Wuyi Red tea. Legend has it that the mother of a Ming Dynasty emperor was cured of an illness by a certain tea, and that emperor sent great red robes to clothe the four bushes from which that tea originated....
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| x Sencha |
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Green tea | Japan |
Sencha (煎茶) is a Japanese green tea, specifically one made without grinding the tea leaves. Unground tea was brought from China after matcha (抹茶, powdered green tea). Some varieties expand when steeped to resemble leaf vegetable greens in smell,...
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| x Ying De Hong |
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Black tea | Guangdong Province |
Ying De Hong (英德红茶; pinyin: Yīngdé hóngchá) is a black tea from Yingde, Guangdong province, China. First produced mechanically in 1959. The tea tasted good and the best kind is "Ying Hong NO.9", and much of the tea is exported. Some quality...
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| x Junshan Yinzhen tea |
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Yellow tea | China |
Junshan Yinzhen (simplified Chinese: 君山银针; traditional Chinese: 君山銀針; pinyin: jūn shān yín zhēn, lit. "Silver Needle(s) of the Gentleman Mountain") is a Yellow tea from Junshan Island of Hunan Province in China. It is one of Chinese Famous Teas....
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| x Kukicha | Green tea | Japan |
Kukicha (茎茶), or twig tea, also known as bōcha (棒茶), is a Japanese blend of green tea made of stems, stalks, and twigs.
Kukicha has a mildly nutty, and slightly creamy sweet flavor. It is made of four sorts of stems, stalks and twigs of Camellia...
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| x Huang Mei Gui tea |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Huang Mei Gui Oolong tea (黃玫瑰, pinyin: huáng méi guī) is a very new Wuyi Oolong tea, developed circa 2002. It has a highly aromatic fragrance and a lighter floral taste than most other Wuyi Oolongs.
The colour of the steeped leaves is a very light...
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| x Tieluohan tea |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Tieluohan is a Si Da Ming Cong and a light Wuyi tea. Tie Luo Han, all but unknown abroad, is the cultivar responsible for one of the four most famous yan cha, the great "rock teas" grown on cliffs in the Wuyi Shan area of Northern Fujian. Legend...
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| x Assam tea |
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Green tea | Assam |
Assam is a black tea named after the region of its production: Assam, India. Assam tea is manufactured specifically from the plant Camellia sinensis var. assamica (Masters). This tea, most of which is grown at or near sea level, is known for its...
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| x Dong Ding tea |
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Oolong | Taiwan |
Dong Ding (simplified Chinese: 冻顶; traditional Chinese: 凍頂; pinyin: dòngdǐng) is an Oolong tea from Taiwan, which comes from some tea plants that were taken from the Wuyi Mountains in China's Fujian province. The name of the tea means "Frozen Summit...
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| x Fo Shou tea |
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Oolong |
Fo Shou (佛手; pinyin: fó shǒu; literally "Buddha's hand") is a Yongchun (永春; pinyin: Yǒng Chūn) and Wuyi Oolong tea with a light and somewhat peculiar taste. It is also produced in Taiwan.
According to Babelcarp (citation below), Fo Shou is an...
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| x Shui Jin Gui tea |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Shui Jin Gui is a very characteristic Wuyi Oolong tea, whose name literally means Golden Marine Turtle. The tea produces a bright green color when steeped and is much greener than most other Wuyi Oolong teas. It is one of the four famous bushes of...
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| x Rou Gui |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Rou Gui (肉桂）is a Wuyi Oolong tea; the name literally means Cinnamon. The tea can be difficult to prepare but its distinctive sweet aroma can be brought out up to 7 steepings. It was first developed during the Qing Dynasty.
This tea may be...
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| x Bai Hao Yinzhen tea |
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White tea | Fujian |
Bai Hao Yinzhen (simplified Chinese: 白毫银针; traditional Chinese: 白毫銀針; pinyin: bái háo yín zhēn; Jyutping: baak6 hou4 ngan4 zam1) is a white tea which is chiefly produced in Fujian Province in China with only limited or negligible production outside...
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| x Shui Hsien tea |
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Oolong | Wuyi Mountains |
Shui Hsien is an Oolong tea from Mount Wuyi, it has a heavy honey fragrance. Cheaper varieties are grown elsewhere in Fujian and have a burnt taste and are very popular with Chinese restaurants. The infused color is very dark brown showing that the...
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| x Darjeeling white tea |
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White tea | Darjeeling |
Darjeeling White Tea has a delicate aroma and brews to a pale golden cup with a mellow taste and a hint of sweetness. Darjeeling white tea leaves are very fluffy and light; thus, it is recommended to use more (by volume) when preparing it than one...
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| x Guapian tea |
Liu An Gua Pian tea (六安瓜片) is a Green tea from Liu An County in China's Anhui Province. This is a famous Green Tea and is listed on virtually all China Famous Tealists. The literal translation for Liu An Gua Pian Tea is Liu An Melon Seed Tea. Its...
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| x Mao Feng tea |
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Green tea | Anhui |
Huangshan Mao Feng tea (黄山毛峰) is a green tea produced in the Anhui province of China. The Tea is one of the most famous teas in China and can almost always be found on the China Famous Tealist. The tea is grown near Huangshan (Yellow) Mountain,...
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| x Bi Luo Chun tea |
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Green tea | Jiangsu |
Bi Luo Chun (碧螺春) is a famous green tea originally grown in the Dong Ting mountain of Tai Hu, Jiangsu Province, China. Also known as Pi Lo Chun, it is renowned for its delicate appearance, fruity taste, floral aroma, showy white hairs and early...
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| x Piluochun tea |
Dongting Piluochun (simplified Chinese: 洞庭碧螺春; pinyin: dòngtíng bìluóchūn) is a Green tea designated China Famous Tea from Jiangsu.
Bi Luochun is one of the Green Teas, which makes it an ideal if you are trying Green Tea for the first time, or...
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