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Green Tea is the most natural of all Chinese tea classes. It's picked, natural dried, and then fried briefly (a process called "killing the green") to get rid of its grassy smell. Green Tea has the most medical value and the least caffeine content of all Chinese tea classes. Aroma is medium to high, flavor is light to medium. About 50% of China's teas are Green tea. Here lists the best Chinese green ten as below:

Top Chinese Green Tea

Biluochun Tea	Longjing Tea	Huangshan Maofeng Tea
Luan Guapian Tea	Xinyang Maojian Tea	Lushan Yunwu tea
Guzhang Maojian Tea	Junshan Yinzhen Tea	Weishan MaojianTea

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More Green Tea in China

It is one of the three famous tea in Duyun city. The shape of the tea is tight and fine curly. The blade surface is jade green and the dark side is even and bright. Its fragrance can be smelt from far away. The taste is fresh and thick. It can be used to quench thirst, clear eyes, remiss greasy, promote digestion and inhibit atherosclerosis.

No.11: Emei Zhuyeqing Tea
Chinese name: 峨眉竹叶青 （e mei zhu ye qing）
Growing area: Mt. Emei, Leshan City, Sichuan Province
Benefits: detoxicating, anti-microbial, refresh thirst, nourish skin, delay aging

Because of the unique climate, geographical environment, Emei Mountain gives birth to a unique type of tea - Zhuyeqing. It is processed from buds only, which is flat and straight with rich white pekoe on the surface. The tea soup is yellow green, clear and fragrant.

No.12:  Monkey Chief Tea
Chinese name:  太平猴魁（Tai ping hou kui）
Growing area: Taiping County, present Huangshan District, Huangshan  City, Anhui Province
Benefits: detoxicating, anti-microbial, lose weight, nourish skin…