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Tea type table
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There are four
types of true tea: black tea, oolong tea, green tea, and white tea.
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| x Black tea |
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Lapsang souchong |
Black tea is a variety of tea that is more oxidized than the oolong, green, and white varieties. All four varieties are made from leaves of Camellia sinensis. Black tea is generally stronger in flavor and contains more caffeine than the less...
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| Keemun tea | |||
| Assam tea | |||
| Nilgiri tea | |||
| Rize Tea | |||
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| x Oolong |
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Pouchong |
Oolong (traditional Chinese: 烏龍; simplified Chinese: 乌龙; pinyin: wūlóng) is a traditional Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis) somewhere between green and black in oxidation. It ranges from 10% to 70% oxidation. It is among the most popular types of teas...
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| Tieguanyin | |||
| Rou Gui | |||
| Darjeeling tea | |||
| Dong Ding tea | |||
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| x White tea |
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Assam tea |
White tea (白茶) is the uncured and unoxidized tea leaf. Like green, oolong and black tea, white tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant. Oolong and black teas are oxidized before curing.
White tea often contains buds and young tea leaves, which...
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| Shou Mei tea | |||
| Bai Mu Dan tea | |||
| Bai Hao Yinzhen tea | |||
| Ceylon tea | |||
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| x Green tea |
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Sencha |
Green tea is a type of tea made solely with the leaves of Camellia sinensis, that has undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Green tea originates from China and has become associated with many cultures in Asia from Japan to the Middle East....
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| Pouchong | |||
| Gyokuro | |||
| Genmaicha | |||
| Assam tea | |||
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| x Maccha |
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Matcha (抹茶, IPA: [matːɕa]) is a variety of finely-powdered green tea used particularly in the Japanese tea ceremony, as well as to flavour and dye foods such as mochi and soba noodles, green tea ice cream and a variety of wagashi (Japanese...
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| x Pu-erh tea |
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Pu-erh tea |
Pu-erh, Pu'er tea, Puer tea or Bolay tea is a type of tea made from a "large leaf" variety of the tea plant Camellia sinensis and named after Pu'er county near Simao, Yunnan, China.
Pu-erh tea can be purchased as either raw/green (sheng) or ripened...
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| x Yellow tea |
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Junshan Yinzhen tea |
Yellow tea (Chinese: 黃茶; pinyin: huángchá) usually implies a special tea processed similarly to green tea, but with a slower drying phase, where the damp tea leaves are allowed to sit and yellow. The tea generally has a very yellow-green appearance...
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| Huoshan Huangya tea | |||
