Classification of tea types in Chinese

Hello,
I am so confused with tea types in Chinese, is there someone can help me with that? like, hong cha,hei cha,etc. thanks.

Hi Grace,

There are thousands of types of tea in China, and they can be categorized into 6 types:

• 绿茶 [lǜchá] Green tea
  西湖龙井 [Xīhú lóngjǐng] West Lake Longjing Tea
  碧螺春 [bìluóchūn] Biluochun tea

• 红茶 [hóngchá] Black tea
  大吉岭红茶 [dà jí lǐng hóngchá] Darjeeling black tea
  祁门红茶 [qí mén hóngchá] Keemun Black Tea

• 白茶 [báichá] White tea

• 黑茶 [hēi chá] Dark/fermented tea
  普洱茶 [pǔ’ěr chá] Puer tea

• 黄茶 [huáng chá] Yellow tea
  湖南君山银针 [Húnán jūnshān yín zhēn] Junshan Yinzhen

• 青茶 [qīng chá] / 乌龙茶 [wūlóngchá] Oolong tea
  武夷大红袍 [wǔyí dàhóng páo] Da Hong Pao
  白毫乌龙 [báiháo wū lóng] / 东方美人茶 [dōngfāng měirén chá] Dongfang meiren
  铁观音 [tiě guānyīn] Tieguanyin

Dear Betty,
Thank you so much for your reply, that is really helpful.