Tea in China

CHina is the earliest country for the human being to discover, cultivate, produce, and tea drinking in China has at least a history of 4,700 years.
    Tea, produced in China, is the favourite drink of the Chinese people and is used to treat guests both at home and overseas. Green, black and oolong teasare the most popular. Green tea, backed and dried under the sun, has a light and fragrant taste. The most famous green tea is "Longjing (Dragon Well)" from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province;"Biluochun" from Wuxian, Jiangsu Province;"Lishan Yunwu" from Mount Lushan, Jiangxi Province;"Junshan Yinzhen" from Junshan, Dongting Lake of Hunan Province, and "Xinyang Maojian"from Xinyang, Henan Province. Fermented and dried, black tea tastes strong; the popular brands include "Qihong"from Anhui Province,"Dianhong"from Yunnan Province and "Yingde" from Guangdong Province. Oolong is a semi-fermented tea, which has the combination of the strong taste of the black tea and the light and fragrant taste of the green tea. All famous oolong tea is from Fujian Province, such as the "Mount Wuyi Tea"from Mount Wuyi, and "Tieguanyin" from Anxi.
    In 2003,China produced 780,000 tons of tea, up 4.5 per cent than that of 2002.
    The following are the top ten famous teas in China:
    (1) The Wast Lake Longjing(Dragon Well) Tea, produced in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
    (2) Lake Tai Biluochun Tea, produced in Jiangsu Province
    (3) Liu'an Guapian Tea, produced in Anhui Province
    (4) Junshan Yinzhen Tea produced in Hunan Province
    (5) Mount Huangshan Maojian Tea, produced in Anhui Province
    (6) Xinyang Maojian Tea, produced in Henan Province
    (7) Taiping Houkui Tea, produced in Anhui Province
    (8) Mount Lushan Yunwu Tea, produced in Jiangxi Province
    (9) Mengding Ganlu Tea, produced in Sichuan Province
   (10) Guzhu Zisun Tea, produced in Zhejiang Province
     Apart from the famous teas discussed above, there are some other noted teas in China, such as Qimen black tea produced in Anhui Province, Yingde black tea produced in Yingde, Guangdong Province, Jasmine tea produced in Suzhou, Fujian jasmin tea, Zhengdabai Peony tea, Baihaoyin tea and Oolong tea produced in Fujian and Tuo tea produced in Yunnan Province.