Chinese Tea
Lu Yu wrote in Cha Jing: "Tea as a beverage was originated from Shen Nong"
A medicine book "Shen Nong Ben Chao" stated that "Shen Nong tasted hundreds of herbs, he encountered seventy two poisons daily, he used tea as antidote"
In Chinese legend, Shen Nong died in Tea Hill (Cha Lin) county of Hunan province.
Types of Chinese tea
- Longjing Cha (Dragon Well Tea)
- Biluochun Cha
- Jasmine tea
- PuEr 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
- Twin Well green
- Nine dragon
- Wuganshan rice tea
- White Peony
- Single leaf chong tea
- Dongding Oolong
- Ermei bamboo green
- Jiaogulan tea