大红袍是红茶吗？

    大红袍不是红茶类，是乌龙茶类中的武夷岩茶的佼佼者。

    中国茶叶的大分类通常还是按照制作工艺来划分为主的：绿茶、黄茶、白茶、青茶（乌龙茶）、红茶、黑茶。制作工艺直接影响到茶叶的相关发酵程度。

    具体茶叶分类及相关代表，可以参照如下：

The different kinds of Chinese Tea

绿茶
主要制作过程：采摘，萎凋， 揉捻，杀青， 干燥
品质特征：清汤绿叶，新鲜为关键，不发酵茶
按杀青不同分四类：
1） 炒青：代表品牌：龙井，碧螺春， 金眉
2） 烘青：闽烘青， 浙烘青为主，代表品牌：黄山毛峰
3） 晒青：云南，四川，陕西地为主
4） 蒸青：日本为主，代表品牌： 玉露

Green Tea
Main process of manufacture: plucking, withering, twisting, fixation (inactivation), backing
Main characters: Green leaf and light soap, the key point is fresh, non-fermented tea
Divided to four kinds by different ways of fixation (inactivation):
1) Roasted        ----- Representative Tea: Long jing, Bi luo chun, Jin mei.
2) Backed        ----- Representative Tea: Huangshan maofong
3) Sun withering:  ----- Mainly in Yunnang, Shichuan, Shangxi provinces
4) Steamed:      ----- Mainly in Japan, representative Tea: YuLu

红茶
主要制作过程：萎凋，揉捻，发酵，干燥
品质特征：红汤红叶，香味甜醇，纯发酵茶
种类：
1） 工夫红茶： 代表有：滇红， 祁红， 闽红
2） 小种红茶：正山小种， 烟小种
3） 红碎茶

Black Tea
Main process of manufacture: plucking, withering, twisting, fermentation, backing
Main characters: Red leaf and red soap, deep flavor, fully fermented.
Different kinds:
1) Congou       ----- Representative Tea: Yunnan red tea, Keemum tea (Qihong), Minghong
2) Souchong     ----- Representative Tea: Lapsang (拉普山), Smoked Lapsang
3) Broken Black 

乌龙茶（青茶）
主要制作过程：晒青，做青，杀青，揉捻，干燥
品质特征：汤色金黄，绿叶红边，半发酵茶（做青属发酵步骤）
种类：
1） 闽南乌龙：铁观音，色种
2） 闽北乌龙：武夷岩茶（大红袍，水仙，肉桂），建欧水仙
3） 广东乌龙：凤凰水仙，单枞
4） 台湾乌龙：冻顶乌龙

Oolong Tea
Main process of manufacture: plucking, rolling, fixation, twisting, backing
Main characters: Golden soap, Green leaf with red sides, half fermented
Different kinds:
1) Southern Fujian oolong ----- Representative Tea: Tikuanyin, Shezhong
2) Northern Fujian oolong ----- Representative Tea: Wuyi Rock-essence Tea (Including ShuiXin, RouGui, DaHongPao), Jinou Shui Xin
3) Gangdong oolong    ----- Representative Tea: Phoenix ShuiXin, DangChong
4) Taiwan oolong       ----- Representative Tea:Dongding tea

白茶
主要制作过程：萎凋，干燥
品质特征：汤色呈黄亮，半发酵茶
种类：
1） 白茶芽：银针
2） 白叶茶：白牡丹

White Tea
Main Process of manufacture: plucking, withering, backing
Main Characters: Yellow soap, half fermented
Different kinds:
1) White buds tea  ----- Representative Tea:silver needle
2) White leaf tea   ----- Representative Tea: white peony

黄茶
主要制作过程：杀青，闷黄，杀青，干燥
品质特征：黄色黄汤，半发酵茶（闷黄步骤算发酵步骤）
种类：
1） 蒙顶黄芽，君山银针
2） 黄小茶：北港银针，沩山银针
3） 黄大茶：霍山黄大茶，广东大叶茶

Yellow Tea
Main Process of manufacture: plucking, fixation, over brewing, fixation, backing
1) Mengding yellow buds, JunShan silver needle
2) Small yellow tea ----- Representative Tea: Beigang silver needle, WeiShan silver needle
3) Large yellow tea ----- Representative Tea: HuoShan large yellow tea, Guandong large leaf tea

黑茶
主要制作过程：杀青，揉捻，渥堆，干燥
品质特征：干茶油黑，汤色呈黄，后发酵茶（渥堆步骤算发酵步骤）
种类
1） 湖南黑茶：安氏
2） 湖北：老青茶
3） 四川边茶
4） 滇桂黑茶：普洱

Dark Tea
Main process of manufacture: plucking, fixation, twisting, pile-fermentation, backing
Main Characters: Dry tea is very dark, yellow soap, afterwards fermented
1) Hunang dark tea ----- Representative Tea: Anshi
2) Hunang dark tea ----- Representative Tea: Dark green tea
3) Sichuan brick tea
4) Yuannang&GuanXi dark tea ----- Representative Tea: Puer

再加工茶
1） 花茶：茉莉花茶，桂花茶
2） 紧压茶：茶饼，茶砖
3） 萃取茶：速溶茶，浓缩茶
4） 果味茶：奶茶
5） 药用保健茶
6） 含茶饮料：康师傅冰红茶

Re-manufactured tea:
1) Flower tea: Jasmine Tea, Osmanthus scented tea
2) Pressed tea: Caky Tea, Brick Tea
3) Extracted tea: Easy dissolve tea, concentrated tea
4) Fruit flavor tea: Milk tea
5) Medical Tea
6) Tea Beverage

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