中国茶类
中国茶的分类
As regards the method of making tea, the Chinese variety can be classified into green tea, black tea, oolong tea, scented tea, tuo tea (bowl-shaped compressed mass of tea leaves), and brick tea, each consisting of many types.
Chinese tea can be divided into two parts.One is called “basic tea”,the other is called” reprocessed tea”.The basic tea has 6 kinds.green tea,black tea,white tea, oolong tea,yellow tea and dark green tea.The reprocessed tea includes scented tea, compressed tea and health tea.
茶大致可分为两类:一是基本茶类,二是再加工茶类。
基本茶类:可细分成绿茶、黄茶、白茶、黑茶、青茶、红茶;
再加工茶:是以基本茶为主,进行再加工的茶类。或加入香料,或提取汁液、或将散茶蒸热紧压等。可分为花茶、紧压茶、萃取茶、果味茶、保健茶等。
根据发酵程度之不同可分为不发酵茶、部份发酵茶与全发 酵茶, 绿茶为不发酵的茶(发酵度为零), 黄茶为微发酵的茶(发酵度为10-20%), 白茶为轻度发酵的茶(发酵度为20~30%),
青茶为半发酵的茶(发酵度为30~60%), 红茶为全发酵的茶(发酵度为80~90%), 黑茶为后发酵的茶(发酵度为100%)。
绿茶
绿茶是不经过发酵的茶,是我国主要的茶类。
制作过程是先高温杀青,再揉捻,干燥,所以保持了原有的绿色,条索紧结光润,汤清色绿,茶叶浓厚鲜爽,收敛性能强。
代表茶:西湖龙井、六安瓜片、洞庭碧螺春、太平猴魁、信阳毛尖、庐山云雾等等。
Green tea is not fermented. Famous green tea includes Longjing tea from the region of West Lake in Hangzhou, Biluochun tea from Jiangsu, Maofeng tea from the Huangshan Mountains of Anhui Province, and Liu'an Guapian tead from Liu'an County of Anhui Province.
白茶 White Tea
属于轻微发醇茶,因其成品茶多为芽尖。满披白毫,如银似雪而得名。
基本工艺是萎凋、烘焙(或阴干)、拣剔、复火等工序。萎凋是形成白茶品质的关键工序。,其对茶树品质要求极高,仅在福建、台湾及云南等省的丘陵山区、气候温和、雨量充沛的红、黄壤山地,素为我国茶中珍品。
此茶的制作不经过揉捻,外形芽毫完整,满身披毫,毫香清鲜,汤色黄绿清澈,滋味清淡回甘的的品质特点。 属轻微发酵茶,是我国茶类中的特殊珍品。
代表茶:白毫银针、白牡丹、寿眉、贡眉等