What types of tea exist?

If you were wondering what types of tea there are then this article is for you.
Many people classify this drink into only a few categories – black, green, red. In fact, there are so many kinds of tea, even within one variety, that you can easily get confused about the sorts, their characteristics and properties.
Types of tea – properties, list and description. Do you want to know all types of tea and how they differ?

TYPES OF TEA BY KIND OF A TEA BUSH

First of all, it is worth finding out what types of tea there are by the kind of tea bush.
According to this criterion, there are only three varieties:
  1. Chinese. It includes Chinese, Japanese, Georgian, Vietnamese and Formosan teas.
  2. Assamese. The main representatives of this group are Ceylon, Indian, African teas.
  3. Cambodian. It is a kind of hybrid that combines the properties of the two previous varieties. Such bushes are grown in some areas of Indochina.

Thus, we can identify the main types of tea by country of origin – Chinese, Indian, Japanese, African, Ceylon, Georgian, Turkish, etc. Several of the above countries are practically fully meet the world’s demand for tea, supplying its products to different parts of the world.

  • The undoubted leader is China, as it owns a quarter of the total volume of the world tea market. The country is famous for its green, black, yellow, white teas, as well as pu’er and oolong tea.
  • Next it comes India. It produces mainly black granulated and cut teas. Elite tea – Darjeeling – is also grown on the territory of the country on the alpine plantations.
  • African tea is mostly produced in Kenya. Also products are received in those African countries that were previously British colonies – Cameroon, Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, etc. There, exclusively black tea is produced.
THE MOST KNOWN METHOD OF TEA CLASSIFICATION
IS BY THE METHOD OF THEIR PROCESSING: FERMENTATION, TURNING, DRYING, ROASTING AND EVEN SMOKING
Types Temperature
brewing 		Time of
brewing 		Contents
kofen in 100 ml 		Toning degree Ideal time
for drinking
Black 95˚C 3-5 min 40 mg High Morning
Red 90˚C 2-5 min 30 mg Moderate Daytime
Oolong 89-95˚C 3-5 min 25 mg Moderate Daytime
Green 71-85˚C 1-2 min 20 mg Moderate Daytime
Pu’er 85-100˚C 30-60 sec 10 mg High Morning
White 70˚C 10 min 5 mg Low Before bed
Herbal 100˚C 4-7 min 0 mg Moderate Before bed
Fruit 70-85˚C 10 min 0 mg Moderate Before bed

Tea leaf producing countries

Teas are divided according to the country in which the tea leaf was grown. It should be noted that the main share of world tea exports is accounted for by only a few countries. A quarter of the world’s tea is supplied by the homeland of this drink – China. This country produces both popular black and green teas, and such exclusive types of tea as pu-erh, oolong, yellow and white tea.

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