1. What is Green Tea?

Answer: Unfermented tea made from the buds, leaves, and tender stems of tea plant new shoots through processes such as fixation (killing the green), rolling, and drying is called green tea.

2. What are the characteristics of green tea?

Answer: Its harvesting characteristic is generally bud tea; its processing characteristic is non-fermentation; its appearance characteristic is "green dry leaves, green liquor, and green brewed leaves." Its quality characteristics are high, refreshing aroma and fresh, brisk taste.

3. Into what categories can green tea be subdivided? What are their representative varieties?

Answer: Green tea can be divided into four categories based on the drying process. The first is pan-fired green tea, with representative varieties including Longjing, Biluochun, Nanjing Yuhua Tea, Anhua Songzhen, and Shaanxi Wuzi Xianhao. The second is baked green tea. Representative varieties include Huangshan Maofeng and Taiping Houkui. The third is sun-dried green tea. Its representative varieties include Shaanqing, Dianqing, Chuanqing, and Qianqing. The fourth is steamed green tea. Its representative varieties include Xianrenzhang Tea, Enshi Yulu, and Sencha.

4. What category does Longjing Tea belong to? When was it created? Where is it produced?

Answer: Longjing Tea belongs to the flat-shaped, tender pan-fired green tea category and is a historical famous tea. It was created before the Ming Dynasty. Originally produced in the West Lake area of Hangzhou, it is now produced in tea regions across Zhejiang Province.

5. What are the most suitable tea plant varieties for Longjing Tea?

Answer: Traditionally, it is the Longjing tea population variety. After liberation, the two improved varieties Longjing 43 and Longjing Changye were promoted.

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100. What is Oriental Beauty Tea?

Answer: The heavily fermented oolong tea produced in Taipei County, Taoyuan County, and Hsinchu County, Taiwan, using tea leaves bitten by small leafhoppers, is called "Oriental Beauty" tea. It is also known as Baihao Oolong, Taiwan Oolong, Champagne Oolong, Five-Color Tea, or Pengfeng Tea. "Pengfeng" is Hakka dialect, meaning "boasting." Oriental Beauty tea has a gorgeous liquor color and an attractive natural fruity aroma, with summer tea and late summer tea being of the highest quality.