ESGREEN BLOG | Chinese Tea Information

Yellow teas are famous for their smooth, savory, sweet unique fruity and fermented aromas. It is closely related to green tea and has similar antioxidant health benefits with green tea but with a smoother palate. Means it is easier on the stomach than green tea. Some of the health claims...

Compare to the thousand kinds of green tea, there are only few kinds of yellow tea that survive today. Most yellow teas are made in Hunan, Anhui and Zhejiang; smaller amounts are produced in Sichuan, Hubei and Guangdong. In China, yellow tea is generally classified into three types according the...

The tea leaves are harvested much like leaves destined to become green tea. Kill Green The leaves are fried, as most green teas. The leaves are initially pan-fried in large woks to about 40 percent dryness, after which they are roasted to approximately 70 percent dryness. Men-huang, the smothering process...

Vessels Transparent glass teacup, glass teapot or glass Gai Wan. These transparent tea steeping vessels could display the expansion of the tea leaves, and allow you to enjoy the pleasures of reinfusion. Tea will take on a bitter aftertaste if it is left to steep for too long, so it...

White tea is the least processed tea and has the highest levels of anti-oxidants of all types of tea. It also has the highest concentration of theanine, an amino acid that has relaxing and mood enhancing properties, due to being made form younger leaves. White tea protects against cancer, heart...

Tea plants of white tea have been divide into three types: Da bai cha shu (Large white teabush) been called as: Da bai (Large white),which includes Fuding Dabai, Zhenghe Dabai,Fuan Dabai. Shuixian cha shu (Narcissus teabush) been called as: Shuixian bai(Narcissus white) Cai Cha(菜茶)shu(Vegetable teabush) been called as: Xiao bai(Small...