China is the homeland of tea. It is beneficial for health to drink tea. Tea has become the most important culture symbol of China. Tea drinking is an important life style for many modern people. What are the most famous Chinese teas? There isn't a single standard reference for China's famous tea. Different sources have slightly different version. Below ten famous teas are in the random order according to the popularity.

Tea leaf selection

The highest grades of white tea, yellow tea and green tea are made from tender tea shoots picked early Spring. These young teashoots may consist of a single terminal bud, a bud with an adjacent leaf or abud with two adjacent slightly unfurled leaves. It is generally required thatthe leaves are equal in length or shorter than the buds.

The more oxidised teasuch as red tea or oolong tea are made from more mature leaves. The Anxi Tieguanyin, for example, is made from one bud with two to four leaves.

Not all high grade greentea is made from tender tea shoots. The highly regarded green tea Liu An Gua Pian is made from more matured leaves.

Traditionally thesetender tea shoots are picked before 5 April, or Qing Ming Jie. The standard practice is to start picking when 5% of the garden isready, or when the tea buds reach certain size. In some tea gardens, tea shootsare picked daily, or every 2 days.

West Lake Dragon Well

This tea originated in Dragon Well Village near the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province of China. It has more than a thousand years of recorded history and was mentioned in the first ever tea book (Cha Ching) by Lu Yu in the Tang Dynasty. As China's most famous green tea, Dragon Well can be found in Chinese mythology and poetry.

The tea is often called the national drink of China and often given to heads of state and there are a few plantations which produce tea exclusively for the heads of the Chinese Government. It is very famous not only for its unique gentle and sweet flavor, but also for the legend about it. Dragon Well tea is so popular that even Queen Elizabeth II, former US President Richard Nixon, and Henry Kissinger once tasted this tea during their visits to China.

The tea has exquisite flat and narrow emerald green tea leaves. The tea leaves easily sink to the bottom of the cup when infused. It can be enjoyed with a dash of sugar or even a bit of honey, but often the natural sweetness of the tea can be tasted without other additions.

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Green Snail Spring

The tea is originally grown in the Dong Ting mountain of Tai Hu, Jiangsu Province, China. It is renowned for its delicate appearance, fruity taste, floral aroma, showy white hairs and early cropping. The tiny hair-covered spirals contain only the bud and one leaf. It tastes nutty, fruity and smooth. As the bushes are grown near to peach and apricot trees and the young leaves absorb the fragrance of the blossoms, which lend slightly fruity liquor to the already sweet and smooth infusion. The tea truly captures a taste of spring.

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Yellow Mountain Fur Peak

Yellow Mountain Fur Peak Tea grows in the Huangshan (yellow) Mountains (in An Hui province) 700 meters above sea levels where peaks pierce into clouds. There are fertile soil, relatively low temperature, abundant rain and blocked sunlight all which make tea trees to grow with big and strong buds.

This tea features a complex aroma and the taste of floral sweetness. The liquor is clear and greenish with sweet aftertaste. It is refreshing and delicious.

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Taiping Monkey King

Taiping Monkey King Tea is grown at the foot of Huangshan Mountain in Taiping County, Anhui Province. It is renowned for its "two knives and one pole": two straight leaves clasping the enormous bud with white hairs. The oven-made leaves are deep green in color with red veins underneath. The taste is wonderfully complex. The liquor has a lingering, sweet aftertaste with a hint of flowery overtones.

The leaf of the tea measures up to 60mm. It is the largest sized leaf tea among the famous green teas. But surprisingly its size does not affect its delicate orchid fragrance with a mellow taste which lasts up to four brewing. In a glass, the leaves gracefully sway in the water, which is described as the ‘Phoenix dance'.

As the production scale is very small, but the customer demand is huge, fake Taiping Monkey King tea is rampant. The authentic is rare and very expensive. It is difficult to obtain even in China.

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Lu'an Melon Seed 

Lu'an Melon Seed tea is one of the best Green tea to come from Lu An County in An Hui province of China. It was the winner of the China Tea Award in 1982 and China Food and Drink Award in 1988 for its superior refreshing taste and quality. And it is said to be able to help improving eyesight and relieving sleep disorder.

Unlike other premium quality Chinese green teas, Lu'an Melon Seed tea is made only by using the tea leaves and no buds at all. The emerald-green dried tea leaves are long and narrow.

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Xinyang Fur Tip

This tea is produced near Dabie Mountain in Xinyang County, Henan Province. It is a wonderful Green Tea that has a history of over 2,000 years and was mentioned in the famous book Cha Ching written by Lu Yu during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The tea also won a gold medal from the Panama Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco in 1914.

The silver-tipped tea leaves yield light yellow liquor. When infused, the tea leaves quickly sink to the bottom of the cup. The sweet floral aftertaste is very refreshing.

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