• What are the catergaries of Chinese tea?• What's the difference between green tea and black tea?• What's the Oolong tea?• What are the benefits of tea drinking?• Do you know some tips for making tea?Chinese tea can be classified in different ways.In this section,we will introduce the basic classification system ofChinese tea to you,which is based on the degree of fermentation (发酵程度）of the tea.According to the system ,Chinese teas can be roughly classified into six species:绿茶红茶 乌龙茶黄茶 白茶 黑茶green tea black teaOolong teayellow tea white teadark tealowThe degree of fermentationhighgreen teaGreen tea is also called unfermented tea(不发酵茶). Green tea is the variety that keeps the original color of the tea leaves without fermentation during processing.Black teaBlack tea is also called fermented tea. Known as "red tea" in China, it is the category which is fermented before baking; it is a later variety developed on the basis of the green tea.some famous blackteaYellow tea implies a special tea processed similarly to green tea, but with a slower drying phase, where the damp tea leaves are allowed to sit and yellow.some famous yellow teaWhite tea is made in the simplest way possible—simply picked and fast-dried. The tea ferments a little(轻微发酵 ) during the drying phase (rarely more than 20%).some famous white teaDark tea has iron black and enveloped leaves. It is thetea for morning, refreshing ,making you be waked.1.different production process•Green tea is unfermented tea,it takes the shoots of tea trees as raw material.It's made through fixating(杀青),rolling（揉捻）,drying（干燥）and other typical processes.•Red tea is fermented tea.It doesn't deactivate the enzymes(杀青),but it's produced directly by withering(萎凋)，rolling and cutting（揉切）,fermentating and drying.2.different benifits●Whiten your skin●Delay ageing(延缓衰老)●Refresh oneself●Heatstorke prevention●Preserve eyesight ●Prevent cancerIn addition,red tea is humoralafter fermentation,hence it isgood for our stomach and the patient had better drink red tea rather than green tea.●Make your bones stronger●Good for your heart●Prevent cancer●Prevent influenza virus （流感病毒）Oolong tea Oolong tea has a history of over 1000 years.. It's said that it is named after people.He was called Su Long and looked very dark , living in Anxi city Fujian Province and Fujian was just the source area of Oolong tea.The leaves of Oolong tea are rather execeptional——the edge is red and the center is green，hence it has another name "green leaf with red edge(绿叶红镶边)". In fact,Oolong tea and green tea are cultivated in the same tea tree, but Oolong tea is produced through the process of fermentation.As a blend of green tea and black tea, it has qualities of both green tea and red tea. It not only has the thick and fresh flavor of black tea, but also has the pleasant fragrance of green tea.Oolong tea is the typical reprensentative of Chinese tea and the amber tea juice is its unique feature. It has many famous varieties , such as Wuyiyantea,Tieguanyin,Phoenix Narcissus(凤凰水仙),etc.The benefits of drinking Oolong tea:1 lose weight2 prevent cancer3 decrease blood fat4 dispel the effects ofalcohol5 anti-aging• 1 delay ageing（延缓衰老）• 2 prevent angiocardiopathy (心血管疾病)and cancer• 3 radiation protection（防辐射）• 4 antiviral（抗病毒）• 5 improve one's looks and care skin(美容护肤)•6restore consciousness and refresh onself（醒脑提神）•7 recover from fatigue(解乏)•8 care teeth and improve eyesight(护齿明目)•9reduce weight and aid digestion（减肥助消化）Rinse tea set （洗茶具）Pour the boiled water into the teapot. And then use bamboopicker to hold tea cups into theboiled water and wash them.This step is to clean whole tea set,to take away the dust andresidues from the tea set. Andwarm up the tea pot and anyother tea stuffs.Rinse tea leaves （洗茶叶）Put about 7 gram of the tealeaves into the tea pot, pourboiled water into the teapot. And pour out thewater quickly to save thearoma(香味) of the tealeaves. Then rinse the teacups with the boiled wateragain.Brew the tea （煮茶）Pour the boiled water into the tea pot again, make the water full of the tea pot, and even a bit over the tea cover. Put the tea pot down the cove to warm up the temperature. Wait for around 1 minute, when you see the water beyond the cover become dry off. Then it is the right time to pour out the tea into the serving container, then divided into every smaller tea cups. During the steeping(浸、泡) time, the leaves have absorbed the water and make the tea into properly way.Taste the tea （品茶）Hold the tea cup with three fingers Firstly, look at the tea colour, thisis a point of tea-enjoyment to watch the soup . That is why we regard Chinese tea culture is a kindly delicated culture.Thirdly,taste the tea. One cup normally just have two swallows. Drink a swallow and keep the tea in your mouth sipping for while to make tougn get full taste of tea. The pleasant taste soothes your throat and jaw. Secondly, smell the fragrance, like smelling a nice flower .。
