What kind of tea is oolong tea? What are the common varieties?

Oolong tea belongs to one of the six major tea categories, which is relatively fragrant and contains a strong mellow feeling, and has a good effect of decomposing fat and reducing subcutaneous fat, so oolong tea is also known as "beauty tea" and "bodybuilding tea". Like other kinds of tea, there are many varieties of oolong tea, and many tea lovers are foolishly confused about it. So what kind of tea does oolong tea belong to? What are the common varieties? Let's get to know it.

What kind of tea does oolong tea belong to?

Oolong tea belongs to green tea and semi-fermented tea, which has unique characteristics in Chinese tea. Oolong tea and green tea are produced by the same tea tree and are different from the fermentation process. It is produced by picking, withering, shaking green, semi-fermentation, baking and other processes with excellent quality. At present, oolong tea is mainly produced in northern Fujian, southern Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan provinces. In recent years, there has also been a small amount of production in Sichuan, Hunan and other places.

Common varieties of oolong tea

1. Dahongpao

Produced in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian Province, it belongs to oolong tea with excellent quality. Its shape is tight, the color is green and brown, the soup is orange-yellow and bright after brewing, and the leaves are red and green. Dahongpao is very resistant to brewing, and it still smells after seven or eight times of brewing. To drink "Dahongpao" tea, you must follow the procedure of "Kongfu Tea" small pot, small cup and slow drink.

2. Tieguanyin

Produced in Anxi, southern Fujian, it is one of the top ten famous teas in China, the representative of oolong tea, between green tea and black tea. The purebred Tieguanyin plant is of shrub type, with spreading tree potential, oblique branches and horizontal leaves. After brewing this tea, the fragrance smells to the nostrils, takes a hot sip, gives rise to fragrance in the mouth, and returns to the bottom of the throat, which can be called seven bubbles with aftertaste.

3. Huang Jingui

Huangjingui is a kind of oolong tea made from the tender shoots of Huangdan tea tree. It is named Huangjingui because its soup color is golden yellow and has strange fragrance like sweet osmanthus. Originated in Anxi Tiger Qiu Luoyan Village, it is another best of oolong tea which is different from Tieguanyin in style.

4. Phoenix Narcissus

The striped oolong tea produced in Fenghuang Township, Chaoan, Guangdong Province, is divided into three levels: Shancong, Narcissus and Narcissus. Phoenix daffodils enjoy the reputation of "beautiful in shape, green in color, fragrant and sweet in taste". The tea strip is enlarged, the color is eel skin color, oily and glossy, the tea soup is yellow and clear, the taste is mellow and refreshing, and the fragrance is long-lasting and bubble-resistant.

5. Taiwan Oolong Tea

Produced in Taiwan, China, strip curly, copper-brown, orange-red tea, pure taste, strong natural fruit aroma, red belly green at the bottom of the leaves after brewing, among which the frozen top oolong tea (commonly known as frozen top tea) in Nantou County is very well-known and the most valuable.

6. Tielohan tea

Oolong tea is a kind of oolong tea, created in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, produced in the famous mountain Wuyi in the southeast of Xiujia in northern Fujian. Tie Luohan has a tight shape, fresh green and brown color, bright orange and yellow soup after brewing, red and green leaves, and typical leaves with the beauty of green leaves and red edges. All of its processes are operated by hand, specially made with exquisite craftsmanship, and the finished product has a rich aroma.

There are not only a wide variety of oolong tea, but also rich in health-preserving effect, and the taste of oolong tea is different due to the different quality of oolong tea, which will also be affected by the origin. Therefore, when choosing and purchasing oolong tea, we must pay attention to the differences in varieties.

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