They are divided into six basic categories and reprocessed tea categories according to different processing techniques.

I. Basic Tea Categories

Including Green Tea, Black Tea, Oolong Tea, White Tea, Yellow Tea, and Dark Tea.

(I) Green Tea: Further divided into stir-fried green tea, baked green tea, sun-dried green tea, and steamed green tea.

Examples such as West Lake Longjing, Taiping Houkui, Liu'an Guapian, and Biluochun all belong to green tea.

(II) Black Tea: Further divided into: Souchong black tea, Congou black tea, and broken black tea.

Examples such as Sichuan black tea, Yunnan black tea, and Keemun Black Tea all belong to black tea.

(III) Oolong Tea (also known as Blue Tea): Divided into:

1. Northern Fujian Oolong (Wuyi Rock Tea—Da Hong Pao, Shui Xian, Rou Gui, Ban Tian Yao, Qi Lan, etc.)

2. Southern Fujian Oolong (Tieguanyin, Qi Lan, Shui Xian, Huang Jin Gui, etc.)

3. Guangdong Oolong (Fenghuang Dancong, Fenghuang Shui Xian, Lingtou Dancong, etc.)

4. Taiwan Oolong (Dongding Oolong, Oriental Beauty, Baozhong, etc.)

(IV) White Tea: Divided into: White Bud Tea and White Leaf Tea.

1. White Bud Tea, mainly referring to Silver Needle, etc.

2. White Leaf Tea, mainly referring to White Peony, Gong Mei, etc.

(V) Yellow Tea: Divided into: Yellow Bud Tea, Yellow Small Tea, and Yellow Large Tea.

1. Yellow Bud Tea: including Mengding Yellow Bud, Junshan Silver Needle, etc.

2. Yellow Small Tea: including Beigang Maojian, Weishan Maojian, etc.

3. Yellow Large Tea: including Huoshan Yellow Large Tea, etc.

(VI) Dark Tea: Divided into:

1. Hunan Dark Tea (Anhua Dark Tea, etc.)

2. Hubei Old Green Tea (Puqi Old Green Tea, etc.)

3. Sichuan Border Tea (Southern Road Border Tea and Western Road Border Tea, etc.)

4. Yunnan-Guangxi Dark Tea (Liubao Tea, Ripe Pu-erh Tea, etc.)

5. Shaanxi Dark Tea (Jingwei Fu Tea, etc.)