The Taobao Tea Trail
Armed with the Chinese-language 茶叶地图 and 百度百科 I am sampling my way through the spectrum of Chinese teas – more than 85 in all, one a week. I am using Taobao to order the tea leaves and then posting a bit of information, photos and a link to the Taobao merchant here on this blog. Find my kickoff post for the journey here.
The Spectrum of Chinese Teas (by location)
*** One of China’s 10 Famous Teas / 中国名茶
Anhui Tea
- Huang Mountain - Huángshān máo fēng / 黄山毛峰 ***
- Liuan – Liù ān guāpiàn / 六安瓜片 ***
- Qimen – Qí mén hóngchá / 祁门红茶 ***
- Taiping Lake – Tàipíng hóu kuí / 太平猴魁
- Jiuhua Mountain – Jiǔ huá máo fēng / 九华毛峰
- Xixian – dǐng gǔ dàfāng / 顶谷大方, lǜ mǔdān / 绿牡丹
- Jingxian – Yǒng xī huǒ qīng / 涌溪火青
- Tianzhu Mountain – Tiān zhù jiàn háo / 天柱剑毫
- Shucheng – Shū chéng lánhuā / 舒城兰花, yuè xi cuì lán / 岳西翠兰
- Xuancheng – Jìng tíng lǜ xuě / 敬亭绿雪
- Xiuning – Sōng luó chá / 松萝茶
- Huoshan – Huòshān huáng yá / 霍山黄芽
- Tunxi – Tún lǜ / 屯绿
Beijing Tea
Fujian Tea
- Anxi – Tiě guānyīn / 铁观音 ***
- Wuyi Mountain – Dàhóng páo / 大红袍 ***
- Zhenghe – Báiháo yín zhēn / 白毫银针 ***
- Tian Mountain – Tiānshān lǜchá / 天山绿茶
- Jianyang - Mǐn běi shuǐxiān / 闽北水仙
- Fuding- Bái mǔdān / 白牡丹
Guangdong Tea
Guangxi Tea
- Guiping – Guìpíng xīshān chá / 桂平西山茶
- Guilin – Guìlín máojiān / 桂林毛尖
- Zhaoping – Xiàngqí yúnwù / 象棋云雾
Guizhou Tea
- Duyun – Dū yún máojiān / 都匀毛尖
- Zunyi – Zūnyì máo fēng / 遵义毛峰
- Meijiang – Méi jiāng cuì piàn / 湄江翠片
- Guiding – Guì dìng yúnwù chá / 贵定云雾茶
Henan Tea
Hubei Tea
- Enshi – Ēnshī yùlù / 恩施玉露
- Yichang – Yi hóng gōngfu / 宜红功夫, xiá zhōu bì fēng / 峡州碧峰, dèng cūn lǜchá / 邓村绿茶
- Longzhong – Lóng zhōng chá / 隆中茶
Hunan Tea
- Yueyang- Jūnshān yín zhēn / 君山银针 ***
- Anhua – Báishā xī hēi zhuānchá / 白沙溪黑砖茶
- Anhua – Ān huà sōngzhēn / 安化松针
- Changsha – Yuèlù máojiān / 岳麓毛尖, gāo qiáo yín fēng / 高桥银峰
- Zhangjiajie – Jié tān chá / 碣滩茶
- Yuanling – Guān zhuāng máojiān / 官庄毛尖
- Hengshan – Nányuè yúnwù chá / 南岳云雾茶
- Xiangtan – Sháo fēng chá / 韶峰茶
- Guzhang – Gǔ zhàng máojiān / 古丈毛尖
Jiangsu Tea
- Suzhou – Dōngshān bìluóchūn / 东山碧螺春 ***
- Liyang – Tianmu Lake White Tea (天目湖白茶/Tiānmù hú bǎi chá)
- Nanjing – Yǔ huāchá / 雨花茶
- Wuxi – Wúxī háo chá / 无锡毫茶
- Jintan – Jīn tán què shé / 金坛雀舌
- Lianyungang – Huā guǒ shān yúnwù chá / 花果山云雾茶
- Yixing – Yáng xiàn zǐ sǔn / 阳羡紫笋
- Yangzhou – Lǜ yáng chūn / 绿杨春
Jiangxi Tea
- Wuyuan – Wùyuán mǐng méi / 婺源茗眉
- Fuzhou – Yún lín chá / 云林茶, tōngtiān yán chá / 通天岩茶
- Shangrao – Shàngráo báiméi / 上饶白眉
- Lu Mountain – Lúshān yúnwù / 庐山云雾
- Xiushui – Shuāng jǐng lǜ / 双井绿, níng hóng gōngfu / 宁红功夫
- Jinggang Mountain – Jǐnggāng cuìlǜ / 井冈翠绿
- Jingdezhen – Dé yǔ huó chá / 得雨活茶
Shandong Tea
- Qingao – Láoshān lǜ / 崂山绿
Sichuan Tea
- Emei Mountain – Zhúyèqīng / 竹叶青
- Meng Mountain – Méng dǐng gānlù / 蒙顶甘露
- Meng Mountain – Méng dǐng shān huáng yá / 蒙顶山黄芽
- Yaan – Éméi máo fēng / 峨眉毛峰
- Qingcheng Mountain – Qīng chéng xuě yá / 青城雪芽
- Qionglai – Wén jūn nènlǜ / 文君嫩绿
Taiwan Tea
- Xinzhu – Báiháo wū lóng / 白毫乌龙
- Nantou – Dòng dǐng wū lóng / 冻顶乌龙
- Wen Mountain – wénshān bāo zhǒng / 文山包种
Yunnan Tea
- Simao – Pǔěr chá / 普洱茶 ***
- Fengqing- Diān hóng / 滇紅
- Menghai – Yúnhǎi báiháo / 云海白毫, nán nuò báiháo / 南糯白毫
- Huafu Mountain – Huà fó chá / 化佛茶
- Dali – Cāngshān xuě lǜ / 苍山雪绿
Zhejiang Tea
- Hangzhou – Xīhú lóngjǐng / 西湖龙井 ***
- Shaoxing – Píngshuǐ zhū chá / 平水珠茶
- Suzhou – Gù zhǔ zǐ sǔn / 顾渚紫笋
- Tianmu Mountain – Tiānmù qīng dǐng / 天目青顶
- Anji – Ānjí bái piàn / 安吉白片, Ānjí báichá / 安吉白茶
- Qiandao Lake – Jiū kēng máojiān / 鸠坑毛尖, Lánxī máo fēng / 兰溪毛峰
- Jiande – Jiàn dé bāo chá / 建德苞茶
- Jiang Mountain – Jiāngshān lǜ mǔdān / 江山绿牡丹
- Kaihua – Kāihuà lóng dǐng / 开化龙顶
- Jinhua – Wù zhōu jǔ yán / 婺州举岩、Shuāng lóng yín zhēn / 双龙银针
- Xianji – Xian jū bìlǜ / 仙居碧绿
- Tiantai Mountain – Huá dǐng yúnwù / 华顶云雾
- Yandang Mountain – Yàndàng máo fēng / 雁荡毛峰
- Putuo Mountain – Pǔtuó fó chá / 普陀佛茶
- Taishun – Xiānggū liáo báiháo / 香菇寮白毫
- Wenzhou – Wū niú zǎo / 乌牛早
- Jingning – Jīnjiǎng huì míng / 金奖惠明
- Xinchang – Dàfú lóngjǐng / 大佛龙井
- Jing Mountan – Jìng shānxiāng mǐng / 径山香茗
- Deqing – Mò gàn huáng yá / 莫干黄芽
- Songyang – Sōng yáng yín hóu / 松阳银猴
- Ninghai – Wànghǎi chá / 望海茶
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