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Longjing (Dragon Well)

Lóng Jǐng · 龙井 · green · pan-fired

Longjing is a pan-fired green tea from the hills around West Lake in Hangzhou. Its flat, jade-green blade and distinctive chestnut sweetness made it one of the imperial tribute teas, and remain its signature today.

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Bai Mu Dan (White Peony)

Bái Mǔ Dān · 白牡丹 · white · bai-mu-dan

Bai Mu Dan — White Peony — is a Fujian white tea picked as bud-and-two- young-leaves and minimally processed (sun-withering plus gentle drying). Fuller than Silver Needle but still delicate; ages into something close to a savoury sheng pu-erh after …

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Tieguanyin (Iron Goddess of Mercy)

Tiě Guān Yīn · 铁观音 · oolong · anxi-oolong

Tieguanyin from Anxi is the most famous southern Fujian oolong. Modern "green Tieguanyin" is lightly oxidised and lightly roasted, foregrounding its signature orchid-and-cream aroma; traditional styles are heavier-oxidised and charcoal-roasted.

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Dianhong (Yunnan Red)

Diān Hóng · 滇红 · red · gongfu

Dianhong — "Yunnan Red" — is made from the same large-leaf Camellia sinensis var. assamica that produces pu-erh. The result is a notably thick, malty, honey-rich red, often with significant golden buds in the leaf.

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Menghai 7572 Shu (recipe)

Mèng Hǎi 7572 · 勐海7572 · dark · puerh-shu

Menghai 7572 is the Menghai Tea Factory's flagship shu (ripe pu-erh) recipe, also from 1975 — distinguished from 7542 sheng by the wet-pile fermentation step that converts the leaf into ripe pu-erh's earthy, cocoa-tinged profile. Reliably consistent and a classic …