Chinese tea Culture

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The History of Tea Drinking
• Tea-drinking in China
can be traced back to
the Zhou Dynasty.
• The Chinese people like to drink tea, and
often entertain friends and guests with it.
The tea-leaf is a necessity in the life of the
Chinese people.
• China is the homeland of tea. The ancient
Chinese first used it for medicinal
purposes before developing tea as a drink.
As regards the method of making tea, the
Chinese variety can be classified into
green tea, black tea, oolong tea, scented
tea, tuo tea (bowl-shaped compressed
mass of tea leaves), and brick tea, each
consisting of many types.
How many kinds of tea could you tell?
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1. Green tea
The national drink of China [ 国饮 ]
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1Green tea
Lushan Biluochun
Yunwu 碧螺春
庐山云雾

Huangshan Longjing
Maofeng Mengding
Ganlu 龙井
黄山毛峰 蒙顶甘露
• Green tea is not fermented. Famous green
tea includes the Longjing tea from the
region of the West Lake in Hangzhou, the
Biluochun tea from Jiangsu, the Maofeng
tea from Huangshan Mountain of Anhui
Province, and the Liu’an Guapian tea from
Liuan County of Anhui Province.
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2.Black tea
second largest kind of tea
• Black tea is fermented, and is brilliant red.
Famous Chinese black tea is the keemun
tea of Anhui Province, and the Dian black
tea (Yunnan black tea) of Yunnan
Province.
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3.Dark tea （ pu-er ）
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4.White tea

• Birthplace : Fujian Province

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Oolong tea is half
5. Oolong Tea fermented,
its
leaves being loose and
thick, and
the tea is golden yellow.
The best
oolong tea is produced
in Wuyi
Mountain of Fujian
Province

Birthplace :
Wuyimount
ain ,Fujian
Province
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Scented tea is
6. Scented Tea peculiar to
China, which is
made by
smoking tea
leaves with
fragrant flowers.
The ost famous
one is jasmine
tea produced in
Fujian Province.
A mixture of
flowers with
green tea, black
tea or oolong tea
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The most famous scented tea

Good for your stomach

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• Popular in East Asia

My hometown &Tea art
蒙顶山
My hometown &Tea art
Benefits of drinking tea
1 Medical value
2 Eliminate grease
3 Lose weight
4 Refresh oneself
Thank you!