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Hei Cha is tea that is fermented. The leaves may be intentionally fermented through a piling and turning process or the leaves may ferment naturally over time. Aged Hei Chas are prized for their depth of flavor and medicinal qualities, and they are often press...

Red Tea (紅茶, Hóng Chá, "Red Tea") is fully oxidized tea. In the West, this type of tea is typically known as “Black Tea,” including popular blends like Earl Grey or English Breakfast. Red Tea is arguably a more accurate nomenclature, since the liquor produced ...

White tea (白茶, Bái Chá, "White Tea") is defined not by its cooking process but rather by its lack of one. White tea is the only category of tea that is, by definition, raw. This means that it cannot be described in terms of oxidation, because it starts off uno...

Yellow Tea (黃茶, Huáng Chá, "Yellow Tea") is more oxidized than Green Tea, less oxidized than Oolong tea, and processed in a variety of ways, often involving prolonged withering. The result is Yellow in leaf and liquor, with a drier mouthfeel and warmer Qi than...

Green Tea (綠茶, Lǜ Chá, "Green Tea") is fully unoxidized tea, produced by dry roasting or steaming the freshly picked tea leaves. This cooking process, called Shā Qīng 殺青 ("Kill the Green"), is meant to denature an enzyme called Polyphenol Oxidase, which cataly...

Shu Pu'er, or Ripened Pu'er, refers to Yunnan tea that has been intentionally fermented to emulate the round, smooth flavor and earthy fragrance of Sheng Pu'er that has been naturally aged for 20+ years. Sources: https://westchinatea.com/tea/puer/shu/ 

Sheng Pu'er (生普洱, Shēng Pǔ'ěr, "Sheng Pu'er"), briefly, is a minimally-processed tea made from a lineage of closely-related ancient tea trees in Yunnan, collectively known as dà yè zhòng 大葉種 ("Big Leaf Type"). Sheng Pu'er is processed very much like Green Tea....

Herbal tea refers to any plant, besides tea (camellia sinensis), that is steeped like tea. Flowers Berries Nuts camellia crassicolumna

The name Yuán Shēng Tuó is coined by Li Shulin referring to a technique for the artisan fermentation of very small batches of Pu'er. In contrast to the industrial Wò Duī 渥堆 (“Moistening and Piling”) process and the smaller scale Xiǎo Duī Zi 小堆子 (“Small Pile”) ...

Oolong Tea (烏龍茶, Wū Lóng Chá, "Dark Dragon Tea") is partially oxidized tea, landing roughly between 20%-80% oxidation. This makes oolong tea one of the largest categories of tea, encompassing a broad range of flavors, fragrances, and processing styles. We've c...