Sunday Tea Book ep.40 | The Origin of 6 Tea Types | Sip-a-long - Traditional Keemun Black Tea
Channel: ZhenTea
Date: 07/04/2021

There are 6 types of tea, green tea, white tea, yellow tea, oolong tea, black tea and dark tea. You probably know this off by heart now, and there's no surprise to you that tea types are based on the tea process. But is this it? What are the types of tea? What's the difference between different tea types? Which tea category does puerh tea belong to? Are there so many teas that are so unique and don't fit in any tea category? On the surface, this topic seems to be well understood by many, but join us and find out just how much is still so poorly understood and even just wrong.

We begin a new with a paper of critical importance to Chinese and global tea classification! 6 Tea types is a theory that was put forth by Professor Chen Chuan in the 1970s. There are series papers, studies and researches he wrote to explain his theory. This paper we are reading now was translated by Michael Salt, published by Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle
et de botanique appliquée. This created the basis for what we now know as the 6 tea categories.

We also need your help, sorting out some of the mistranslations and finding the right words to describe complex and esoteric concepts.

❤️Tea classification in theory and practice [article]
Chuan Chen
Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée  Année 1981  28-3-4  pp. 329-344
https://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0183-5173_1981_num_28_3_3850

The EPICNESS continues!

❤️Sip-a-Long:
https://www.zhentea.ca/chinese-tea/traditional-keemun/

❤️Synopsis and Reading Notes
https://www.zhentea.ca/sunday-tea-book-ep-40-the-origin-of-6-tea-types-tea-colors-and-tea-types/

❤️This is a good video to understand the issues with Chinese language that we'll discuss in this episode:
https://youtu.be/ebapW_qt6GA

❤️Join the DISCORD community:
https://discord.gg/BhqMfm6VV8

❤️6 Tea Types:
https://youtu.be/3GS-zujfrpY
❤️6 Types of Tea 2.0:
https://youtu.be/Ebe2l8OR_Rg

❤️Timestamp
00:00 intro
06:03 Yue Guang Bai - Moonlight white(white tea)
12:33 Tea Trivia
22:07 the color of tea in tea classification

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