There are six main classes of Chinese tea. They are green tea, yellow tea, white tea, oolong tea, black tea and dark tea. Green Tea Green tea (绿茶) is the oldest and most popular class of tea in China. Green tea is made from the new shoots of the tea plant, and the tea leaves are dried and processed according to the type of tea desired. The most famous green tea in China are: Longjing (Dragon well, 龙井), Biluochun (green snail spring, 碧螺春), Huangshan Maofeng (黄山毛峰), Lu’an Melon Seed (六安瓜片), Taiping houkui (太平猴魁), Zhuyeqing (Green bamboo leaf, 竹叶青), Mengding Ganlu (蒙顶甘露).