Chinese Green Tea

Chinese Green Tea was discovered thousands of years ago and due to their long love of green tea the Chinese people have long benefited from its medicinal properties.

While most processed Chinese Green Tea Leaves are actually green rather than black, they do actually come in a wide range of styles and types.

When infused the drink can take on a range of tints from yellow to green.

To fully enjoy green tea it is crucial to move away from green tea bags and towards the visually exciting experience of brewing the many varieties of Chinese green tea.

The Chinese green tea growers and handlers take great pride in the presentation of each leaf.
These individual leaves can be presented as:

• Small Balls
  The most famous green tea in this style would have to be 'Gunpowder Green Tea'. The unforgettable name is given to this tea because each leaf is rolled into small balls. Watching these unfold as the tea infuses really adds to the whole experience. In china this particular green tea is called 'Zhucha' and is grown in the Ning Bo region.  
• Eye-Brow Shapes
  Chunmee green tea is produced in this style and is also known as Precious Eyebrows or Zhenmei.
  Each leaf is skillfully rolled into a small eyebrow shape.
   
• Flat Leaves or Pressed Shoots
  Emerald Petals is a Chinese green tea also known as 'Lu An Gua Pian'. This is a very famous tea with a broad flat leaf grown in the Dabie Mountains (Western Anhui province). 

Here is a comprehensive list of Chinese Green Teas.

• Longjing or Xi Hu Longjing
  A flat tea from Hangzhou.
   
• Bi Luo Chun
  From Dong Ting / Suzhou, Jiangsu province. A mellow taste and fresh aroma.
   
• Xin Yang Mao Jian
   
• Huangshan Mao Feng (Huangshan Maofeng)
  Grown in the Anhui province, this tea is ranked #3 on the Chinese Tea Top 10 List.
  Its appearance is smooth, flat with plump leaves, steeped it results in an apricot yellow color.
   
• Lu An Guapian
   
• Hou Kui
  Tai Ping Hou Kui is from Anhui province, it is a glossy silver-green with lingering fragrance.
   
• Gunpowder green tea (zhuchá).
   
• Hui Ming
   
• Long Ding
  Kai Hua Long Ding is from the Zhejiang province. A distinctive green tea leaf and green colored infusion.
   
• Hua Ding
   
• Qing Ding
   
• Rain Flower
   
• Shui Xi Cui Bo
   
• Yu Lu / Gyokuro
   
• Chun Mee
   
• Gou Gu Nao
   
• Yun Wu
   
• Da Fang
   
• Tun Lu
   
• Huo Qing
   
• Hyson.
   
• Lv Mu Dan
  From Fujian province. Lv Mu Dan is from the Fujian province, flower-like with green leaves, silver bud.