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[edit] Tea Leaf Selection

The main point of leaf selection is that it differs with tea type (less oxidised tea are made from younger leaves) and certain criterions need to be met (for the less oxidised tea: seasonality, tenderness, consistency (or cleanliness as the Chinese calls it), ratio of buds and leaves, size of buds, chemistry etc). I have left out the full details (it can be quite chunky), but the full details can be found in the inserted reference: Gourmet Green Tea - Crown Jewel of Chinese Green Tea.


When picking tea, there is no need to pick leaves that are too fine, as these are nascent and lack flavour. Leaves which are too green are usually avoided, as they are too old and have lost tenderness and flavour. It is best to pick the leaves which are greenish, roundish and thick. Do not dry them in the sun, rather bake them in a charcoal fire, cool them down with a fan then store in container lined with ruo leaves and keep in a high place, because tea relishes warmth and dryness and abhors cold and dampness.

I like tea.


   * Longjing Cha (Dragon Well Tea)
   * Biluochun Cha
   * Chrysanthemum tea
   * Jasmine tea
   * Pu-erh tea
   * Tianmu Green Peak tea
   * Liu An tea
   * Qimen red tea
   * Junshan silver needle
   * Yiandang white cloud tea
   * Putuo buddha tea
   * Huading Mist tea
   * Songluo tea
   * Mongding tea
   * Jinshan fragrance tea
   * Monkey tea
   * Guto Violet
   * Lushan mist
   * Jingang green
   * Osmanthus flower tea (Guilin region)
   * Twin Well green
   * Nine dragon
   * Wuganshan rice tea
   * White Peony
   * Single leaf chong tea
   * Dongding Oolong
   * Ermei bamboo green
   * Jiaogulan tea


[edit] producing provinces

I am not 100% sure all the provinces in china produce tea and I could find information for most of them. Please delete if you know they do not produce tea.--Iateasquirrel 01:45, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

  • Not all provinces in china suitable for tea plant. As tea only growth well in well drained soil, slightly acidic (low ph)soil. And tea consumption should not mix with production.

I have snipped the whole section and archive here before it turn to jokes.

Articles on tea consumption and production in various provinces.

  • Anhui
  • Fujian
  • Gansu
  • Guangdong
  • Guzhou
  • Hainan
  • Hebei
  • Heilongjiang
  • Henan
  • Hubei
  • Hunan
  • Jiangsu
  • Jiangxi
  • Jilin
  • Liaoning
  • Qinghai
  • Shaanxi
  • Shandong
  • Shanxi
  • Sichuan
  • Yunnan
  • Zheijang

[edit] Trad.Chinese/English Tea Names Workshop

  • Huang Guanyin -Wuyi (Oolong tea) 黃觀音 -武夷 (烏龍茶) done
  • Jin Fo -Wuyi (Oolong tea) 金佛 -武夷 (烏龍茶) done
  • Huang Mei Gui -Wuyi (Oolong tea) 黃玫瑰 -武夷 (烏龍茶) done
  • Bu Zhi Chun -Wuyi (Oolong tea) 春?? -武夷 (烏龍茶) not done
  • Bai Rui Xiang -Wuyi (Oolong tea) 白?香 -武夷 (烏龍茶) not done
  • Bai Sui Xiang -Wuyi (Oolong tea) 白?香 -武夷 (烏龍茶) not done
  • Qian Li Xiang -Wuyi (Oolong tea)  ??香 -武夷 (烏龍茶) not done
  • Zhuan Yuan Hong -Wuyi (Oolong tea) ??? -武夷 (烏龍茶) not done


--Sherdwen 01:29, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion vote

A new article on a liqueur made from Chinese tea is up for deletion. Please vote here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Qi (spirit). Thank you, Badagnani 07:15, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV

  • "It is best to pick the leaves which are greenish, roundish and thick" – there are some prejudications in the article. I think it should be fixed --Tolek R. 12:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I personally don't feel that it is prejudicial. I think that the contributor who submitted this is probably suggesting that there are methods used to pick the finest leaves but has not expressed his views well. Maybe we could suggest a citation to back up the claim instead? This is because it looked like it came straight from a travelogue or something. - Arthur Oon 20:15, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction

I added an introduction to the page. It seemed to start a little abruptly. It seems like there's a lot of good information on this page, but it's a little unstructured. This is my first significant edit of a Wikipedia page, so I tried to read the guidelines before adding anything. Feedback is welcome :) Since there are already pages on Chinese tea culture and tea history, it seems like this page should be something of an umbrella or overview of all things involving Chinese tea.ZhouTea (talk) 04:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC) zhoutea

[edit] World's most popular drink besides water

If you do a google search of "most popular drink worldwide tea" you will find a number of websites arguing that tea is the most popular drink worldwide. However, if you search for "most popular drink worldwide coffee" you will get the same claims for coffee. What we really need are facts here. If you ask the average American, we will say coffee, because we drink it. I would imagine the same thing is true for the English and the far east regarding tea. I think in light of each drink being given the moniker of "world's most popular", and not much evidence to back either claim up, I feel compelled to remove the unsourced statement regarding tea. The sentence reads as follows: Overall, tea is consumed more than any other drink besides water worldwide.[citation needed]. It is at the end of "The Tang Dynasty" section. If anyone has a problem with me removing the OR claim, just google like I did.72.78.179.244 (talk) 13:59, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tang Dynasty

The "Tang Dynasty" section has a lot of general tea info, but not much info regarding tea in the Tang dynasty. Also, the info is unsourced. It needs cleanup.72.78.179.244 (talk) 15:38, 4 March 2008 (UTC)