Chinese Tea

In China, tea is a symbol of earthly purity. There is always great precaution to take care that tea does not get contaminated by oil from hands or in cups, and there is extreme cleanliness from the time the tea leaves are picked from the time the tea is drunk. This is because . Tea shrubs have been estimated to have been around in China as long as 5-6 thousand years ago. Man began to cultivate tea shrubs about 1,000 years ago, and since, along with porcelain and silk, China has been famous for her tea.

There are five different categories into which Chinese tea falls. These are based on the different methods by which it was processed.

1. GREEN TEA: Green tea is a tea that keeps the original color of the tea leaves without fermentation.

2. BLACK TEA: This tea, also known as red tea in China, is fermented before baking.

3. WULONG TEA: This variety of tea halfway between the processes of green and black tea, using partial fermentation to make the tea

4. COMPRESSED TEA: The leaves of this tea are compressed and hardened into a certain shape. This compression makes the tea easy to transport, and this tea is usually supplied to people living on the borders of the country. This type of tea is also known as black tea and brick tea in China because in its commercial form, it is black and it is in the form of bricks.

5. SCENTED TEA: Scented flowers are added to this tea in the course of processing. Jasmine and Magnolia are usually the flowers added to this tea.