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Made from leaves from Camellia sinensis, green tea has undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Represented by the famous Longjing tea, green tea has the typical features such as green dry leaves, greenish liquid and fresh taste.
Except for the above typical features, green tea in fact has multiple shapes in appearance due to their fresh leave shapes and processing methods.
Flat shape green tea
Flat shape
| Flat and straight, smooth surface | Dragon Well, Zhu Ye Qing (bamboo leaf green) |
Sheet shape green tea
Sheet shape
| Flat shaped leaf, loose, straight, long and narrow | Liu An Gua pian tea |
Strip type green tea
Strip type green tea
| Strip shape, evenly and orderly |
Huang Shan Mao Feng tea Lu shan yun wu ( Clouds and mist )tea, |
Needle-like (pine needle shape)
pine needle shape
| Tight and slender, fine and straight,bearing some resemblance to pine needle or silver needle |
Xinyang Maojian Tea, Yuhua tea |
Orchid shape green tea
Orchid shape green tea
|
Tight and slender, Fine and straight, bearing some resemblance orchid |
Taiping Houkui Tea (Green Tea) |
Bird's tongue shape
Bird's tongue shape
|
Flat bud Like bird's tongue |
Taiping Houkui Tea (Green Tea) |
Huang Shan Mao Feng
Curly twisted type green tea
Curly twisted type green tea
|
fine and curly tightly curled coated with tiny white hair |
Bi Luo Chun tea, Du Yun Mao Jian Tea |
Bead shape green tea
Bead shape
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Bead, small ball, round |
Jasmine Dragon Pearls Green Tea, Jasmine Downy Dragon Pearls Green Tea |
Jasmine Downy Dragon Pearls Green Tea
Zha hua (flower) shape
Zha hua (flower) shape
| Flower shape like peony or chrysanthemum. | Huang Shan green peony |
Huang shan green peony tea
There are numerous teas in different shapes. So, it is hard for us to judge a tea's quality objectively by only referring to its appearance. In other words, your overall survey should be based on the analysis of delicacy, weight, evenness, humidity and etc.