茶文化(Chinese tea culture)

ChineseTeaCultureDirectory•1.TheHistoryofChineseTea•2.CategoriesofTea1.TheHistoryofChineseTeaAncienttimesSongDynastyJinDynastyTangDynastyAppearingComingtobudTakingshapeThrivingShenNongTastedPlantsShenNongtastedahundredherbs,atseventycaseofdrugs,haveteaandthesolutionto.“—ShenNongHerbsby“神农尝百草，日遇七十二毒，得茶而解之。”—《神农百草经》LuYuLuYu(oftencalledtheFatherofTea)codifiedthecultivation,harvesting,manufacture,preparation,temperatureofwaterused,andtypeofwaterusedforteainhisChaJing(TheClassicofTea)writtenbetween760andpublishedin780.TeaSageThisisthefirstworkonthesubject.Itisreallyaclassicwrittenontheactivitiesabouttea,andisacondensedconclusionoftheknowledgeandfactsaboutteainTangDynastyandthepre-Tangtimes.2.CategoriesofTea•Greentea•Blacktea•Oolongtea•Yellowtea•Whitetea•DarkteaGreentea•Greenteaisalsocalledunfermentedtea.Itisthevarietythatkeepstheoriginalcolorofthetealeaveswithoutfermentationduringprocessing.FamousgreenteaDragonWellSpringSpiralBlacktea•Blackteaisalsocalledfermentedtea,knownas“redtea“inChina,itisthecategorywhichisfermentedbeforebaking;itisalatervarietydevelopedonthebasisofthegreentea.QimenblackteaOolongTea•OolongTeaisalsocalledhalf-fermentedtea.Asablendofgreenteaandblacktea,ithasqualitiesofbothgreenteaandblacktea.•Itnotonlyhasthethickandfreshflavorofblacktea,butalsohasthepleasantfragranceofgreentea.Tieguanyin铁观音IronGoddessGuanyinYellowTea•Yellowteaispickedandprocessedinasimilarwaytogreentea-uptothepointoffinalbaking.Afterwork-firingtheteatopreventoxidation.Theteaisshowcookedoveraverygentleheatto“yellow”thetea.JunshanYinzhenSilverNeedleWhiteTea•Whiteteaismadeinthesimplestwaypossible–simplypickedandfast-dried.Uncured,non-fermented,non-rubbed,fast-driedgreentea.SilverNeedleWhitefur银针白毫silverneedlewithfinehaironthemDarktea•Thisisthekindteawhichiscompressedandhardenedintoacertainshape.Ascompressedteaisblackincolorinitscommercialform,soitalsoknowninChinaas“compressedtea”.Mostofthecompressedteaisintheformofbrick,itisthereforegenerallycalled“bricktea”