Green tea is tea made solely with the leaves of Camellia sinensis that have undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Green tea originates from China and has become associated with many cultures in Asia from Japan and South Korea to the Middle East. Recently, it has become more widespread in the West, where black tea is traditionally consumed. Many

Hunan Province

Junshan Yinzhen (Silver Needle tea), known as one of the ten most famous Chinese Teas, is one variety of Yellow Tea, like the Huo Mountain Yellow Buds and the Mengding Yellow Buds. It is cultivated on Junshan Island, Yueyang City, Hunan Province.

Zhejiang Province

Zhejiang is home to the most famous of all teas, Xi Hu Longjing, as well as many other high-quality green teas.
Longjing: The most well-known of famous Chinese teas from Hangzhou, whose name in Chinese means dragon well. It is pan-fired and has a distinctive flat appearance. Falsification of Longjing is very common, and most of the tea on the market is in fact produced in Sichuan Province and hence not authentic Longjing.
Long Ding: A tea from Kaihua County known as Dragon Mountain.
Hua Ding: A tea from Tiantai County and named after a peak in the Tiantai mountain range.
Qing Ding: A tea from Tian Mu, also known as Green Top.
Gunpowder: A popular tea also known as zhuchá. It originated in Zhejiang but is now grown elsewhere in China.

Jiangsu Province

Bi Luo Chun, which is from Jiangsu Province. Bi Luo Chun: A Chinese famous tea also known as Green Snail Spring, from Dong Ting. As with Longjing, falsification is common and most of the tea marketed under this name may, in fact, be grown in Sichuan.
Que She (Tongue of golden altar sparrow): originate in Jin Tan city of Jiangsu Province.

Fujian Province

Fujian Province is known for mountain-grown organic green tea as well as white and oolong teas. The coastal mountains provide a perfect growing environment for tea growing. Green tea is picked in spring and summer seasons.
Famous tea varieties from this south-eastern region of mainland China include Mao Feng ("fur tip"), Cui Jian ("jade sword") and Mo Li Hua Cha ("dragon pearl") green teas as well as Bai Mu Dan (white peony) white tea and Ti Kwan Yin ("iron goddess") oolong tea. Green tea is heat-cured using ovens or dings; white tea is fast-dried; oolong tea is oxidized through carefully-controlled fermentation.

Henan Province

An example of a slightly higher grade of Chinese green tea, called Mao Jian.: A Chinese famous tea also known as Green Tip, or Tippy Green.

Jiangxi Province

Chun Mee: Name means "precious eyebrows"; from Jiangxi, it is now grown elsewhere.
Gou Gu Nao: A well-known tea within China and recipient of numerous national awards.

Anhui Province

Anhui Province is home to several varieties of tea, including three Chinese famous teas. These are:
Da Fang: A tea from Mount Huangshan also known as Big Square suneet.
Huangshan Maofeng: A Chinese famous tea from Mount Huang.
Lu'An Guapian: A Chinese famous tea also known as Melon Seed.
Hou Kui: A Chinese famous tea also known as Monkey tea.
Tun Lu: A tea from Tunxi District.
Huo Qing: A tea from Jing County, also known as Fire Green.
Wuliqing: was known since the Song dynasty. Since 2002 Wuliqing is produced again according to the original processing methods by a company called “Tianfang”.
Hyson: A medium-quality tea from many provinces, an early-harvested tea.

Sichuan Province

Zhu Ye Qing: also known as Meng Ding Cui Zhu or Green Bamboo.
Meng Ding Gan Lu:A yellowish-green tea with sweet aftertaste.
Over the last few decades green tea has been subjected to many scientific and medical studies to determine the extent of its long-purported health benefits, with some evidence suggesting that regular green tea drinkers have lower chances of heart disease and developing certain types of cancer. Although there is no scientific evidence that plain green tea can produce weight loss, a green tea

extract rich in polyphones and caffeine has been shown to be useful for "obesity management", since it induces thermo genesis and stimulates fat oxidation.