Chinese Tea Culture

1. Chinese Tea's History

Chinese tea has a long and storied history. As early as the Shennong era, more than 5,000 years ago, the Chinese discovered the medicinal value of tea and began to utilize the raw leaves to boil and drink. Over time, tea gradually evolved from medicinal use to consumption and then to drinking. During the Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou periods, people began to cultivate tea trees artificially and eat it as a vegetable. During the Qin Dynasty, tea began to appear as a beverage, mixing and boiling, soup and other ways of drinking gradually emerged.

Han Dynasty is an important period of commercialization of tea, Chengdu became the earliest distribution center of tea in China. Tang Dynasty, by the economic and cultural impact, tea culture prevailed, Lu Yu's "Tea Scripture" is the tea will be upgraded to a discipline. In the Song Dynasty, the tea brewing techniques were improved, and tea fighting became a trend, and tea culture reached a new peak. The Yuan Dynasty began to appear loose tea, laid the foundation for the rise of loose tea in the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the group and changed it to loose tea, and the crafts of yellow tea, black tea and flower tea were formed one after another. During the Qing Dynasty, Chinese tea became popular all over the world, and was the only tea market in the world that exported tea to China.

2. Types of Chinese Tea

● Green tea

Green tea, as one of the traditional Chinese teas, is suitable for a wide range of people with its unique flavor and rich nutrition. It is especially suitable for people who are often on fire, smokers and those who pursue healthy weight loss.

Green tea has a refreshing and pleasant taste, with a light sweetness and long-lasting aroma, clear and transparent tea broth, and a long-lasting sweetness in the mouth, which is refreshing and relaxing. Its unique production process retains the natural substances of tea, such as tea polyphenols, which have high health value.

● Black Tea

Black Tea, a warm and mellow tea classic, is especially suitable for people with a cold constitution, weak spleen and stomach, or those who need to refresh their minds.

Its taste is rich, with a hint of sweetness at the first taste, followed by a rich tea aroma slowly released in the mouth, full of flavor without losing subtlety, and a long aftertaste. Black tea through the full fermentation process, the tea nature of mild, not only warm the stomach and heart, but also rich in a variety of beneficial components of the human body, choose to drink a cup in the winter, is a good choice.

● Dark tea

Dark tea, as a representative of post-fermented tea, is suitable for people with cold spleen and stomach, obesity and the elderly.

Its taste is mellow and rich, with a unique aroma of aging and sweetness, the tea broth is warm and full, and when you drink it, you can feel the deep flavor and light sweetness of the tea leaves. Dark tea not only helps digestion and promotes appetite, but also has health benefits such as lowering fat and blood pressure, making it a good choice for both taste and health.

● Oolong tea

Oolong tea, also known as green tea, is suitable for people who are obese, mentally unstable, indigestion, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and so on. For people with gastrointestinal disorders, such as gastritis and gastric ulcers, it is not advisable to drink oolong tea in excess, so as not to stimulate the stomach and intestines, resulting in aggravation of symptoms.

Oolong tea has a mellow taste, fresh flavor, unique floral and fruity aroma, strong and long-lasting aroma, orange and yellow tea broth, and sweet aftertaste. The tea polyphenols and theaflavins in oolong tea help promote fat decomposition, refresh the mind, promote digestion, lower blood pressure and blood lipids, and have a variety of health benefits.

● Yellow tea

Yellow tea, as one of the six major types of tea, is suitable for indigestion, loss of appetite and the pursuit of the unique flavor of the tea crowd.

Its taste is fresh and sweet, between green tea and black tea, both the fragrance of green tea, but also slightly mellow black tea, bright tea soup, the bottom of the leaf is tender and yellow, with a unique "smothered yellow" process to give the ripe fragrance. Yellow tea is rich in tea polyphenols, amino acids and other nutrients, helps to promote digestion, refreshes the mind, and is a good tea for both taste and health.

● White tea

White tea, as a mildly fermented tea, is loved for its unique taste and health benefits. It is suitable for people with hot constitution, people who like to eat greasy food, people with high blood sugar, people with poor gastrointestinal function and middle-aged and old people.

The taste characteristics of white tea can be summarized as "thick, moist, mellow, smooth", smooth in the mouth, not bitter, not astringent, sweetness is obvious, with a natural floral or medicinal aroma, a long time to brew can still maintain its softness and freshness, a pleasant aftertaste. Its rich tea polyphenols and catechins and other components have multiple health benefits.

3. China's top ten teas

● West Lake Longjing tea

West Lake Longjing tea is one of the top ten famous teas in China, with a long history and enjoys the reputation of "Queen of Green Tea". Its tea shape is flat and pretty, green and green color, high and fresh aroma, sweet taste, clear and blue tea broth, mellow taste, suitable for fine tasting.

Longjing tea is cold in nature, suitable for hot and dry people, physical workers and poor mental health, fatigue and fatigue people to drink. It can not only quench the thirst, but also help to clear heat and reduce fire, enhance the body's immunity, is the taste and health of both quality green tea.

● Biluochun

Biluochun, one of the ten most famous teas in China, is produced in Dongting Mountain on the shore of Taihu Lake in Jiangsu Province. Its appearance is slender, silver green, hidden green, curled into a snail, so it is named. Biluochun tea aroma is strong, with natural flowers and fruits, taste fresh and fresh, long aftertaste, is the treasures of green tea. Drinking Bigelow Spring tea is like being in a sea of flowers in spring, which is refreshing and relaxing.

Biluochun is cool in nature, suitable for people who have a hot constitution and are prone to fire, it can refresh the mind, clear the heart and remove fire.

● Huangshan Mao Feng

Huangshan Mao Feng, one of the ten most famous teas in China, is produced in the Huangshan Mountain area of Anhui Province and is famous for its unique quality. Its tea shape is slightly rolled, like a bird's tongue, green with yellow, silver hairs show, aroma like orchids, deep and long flavor. On the palate, Huangshan Mao Feng has a fresh, rich and mellow flavor, sweet aftertaste, clear and bright soup color, and is a good choice of green tea for both taste and health.

Huangshan Mao Feng is suitable for office workers, dieters, people with high blood pressure and middle-aged and elderly people. Its tea polyphenols and caffeine help to refresh the mind, fight fatigue and promote digestion.

● Xinyang Mao Jian

Xinyang Mao Jian, one of China's top ten famous teas, originated from Xinyang, Henan Province, is known for its "fine, round, light, straight, and many white hairs". Its tea soup is clear and bright, with high aroma, fresh chestnut and floral fragrance, fresh and sweet taste, mellow flavor but not greasy, is the best of green tea. A sip of Xinyang Mao Jian is like being in a spring tea garden, fresh and elegant, refreshing and relaxing.

Xinyang Mao Jian is cool in nature and is suitable for people with a hot constitution, indigestion and those who pursue health and wellness.

● Keemun black tea

Keemun black tea, abbreviated as Qihong, originated from Qimen County, Anhui Province, China and the surrounding areas, is a highly reputable black tea boutique. Its unique "Keemun aroma" combines floral, fruity and honey aroma, mellow and sweet taste, red and bright soup color, known as the "Queen of Black Tea". At the same time, its rich tea polyphenols and caffeine help to refresh the mind and promote digestion, is the pursuit of high-quality tea and healthy life ideal choice.

Keemun black tea is warm in nature, suitable for people with cold body, cold stomach and those who need to warm up their body and stomach.

● Anji White Tea

Anji White Tea is a green tea produced in Anji, Zhejiang Province, although its name contains "white tea". Its uniqueness lies in the jade-white color of the young leaves in spring, which is rich in amino acids and has a fresh and elegant aroma with orchid fragrance. The taste is fresh and sweet, the flavor is sweet but not greasy, and the sweetness is long, which is the treasure of green tea.

Anji White Tea is cool in nature and is suitable for people with a hot constitution, those who seek a fresh taste and those who need to refresh their minds.

● Junshan Silver Needle

Junshan Silver Needle, one of China's most famous teas, is produced on Junshan Island in Dongting Lake, Yueyang, Hunan Province, and belongs to the yellow tea category. Its tea buds are as thin as silver needles, golden yellow inside, wrapped in white hairs, resembling "gold and jade", from which the elegant name comes. After brewing, the tea leaves rise and fall three times in the cup, which is a marvelous sight, the tea soup is apricot-yellow and bright, the aroma is fresh and long, the taste is sweet and mellow, which is known as "agar jelly". Its unique production process and excellent quality make Junshan Silver Needle occupy an important position in Chinese tea culture.

Junshan Silver Needle is suitable for all kinds of people to drink, especially for indigestion, loss of appetite, obese people and people who need to refresh their minds, clear heat and reduce fire.

● Wuyi Rock Tea

Wuyi Rock Tea, produced in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian Province, is a semi-fermented oolong tea. Its uniqueness lies in its "rock bone and flower fragrance", clear color of tea broth, mellow and sweet taste, rich and lasting aroma, and rich layers. On the palate, Wuyi Rock Tea combines "live, sweet, clear, fragrant" in one, with a remarkable rocky flavor that brings back a long memory. Whether it is from the quality or cultural heritage, Wuyi Rock Tea is a rare good in tea.

Wuyi Rock Tea is suitable for obese people, high blood sugar, young women and people who smoke and drink alcohol, with antioxidant, delay cell aging, diuretic sober and other health effects.

● Liu'an Gua Pian

Liu'an Gua Pian, one of China's top ten famous teas, is produced in the Dabie Mountain area of Lu'an City, Anhui Province, with a long history and deep cultural heritage. Its tea shape is spreading, the color is green, the aroma is clear and high, the taste is fresh and refreshing and sweet, with a strong orchid fragrance, leaving a fragrance on the teeth and cheeks after drinking. The taste is unique, the soup color is clear and bright, and the leaf bottom is tender green and fresh, which is the best among green teas.

Liu'an Gua Slices is suitable for people with hot constitution, obesity or over-exertion of eyes, which helps to clear heat and remove fire, moisten the bowels and relieve visual fatigue.

● Anxi Tieguanyin Tea

Anxi Tieguanyin Tea is a famous traditional Chinese tea, representative of oolong tea (green tea), originated from Anxi County, Fujian Province. The tea is curly, fat and rounded, sandy green in color, golden and colorful soup after brewing, with natural and rich orchid fragrance, mellow and sweet taste, and long sweet aftertaste, known as "seven bubbles have aftertaste". Its unique sound quality and rich health care functions, such as anti-aging, anti-atherosclerosis, etc., so that it is loved by tea lovers.

Tieguanyin is cold in nature, suitable for people with a hot constitution, those who seek a refreshing taste and those who need to refresh their minds.

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