各类茶叶的主要生产区域main production areas of various categories of tea
绿茶是六大茶类中唯一的不发酵茶，产区分布：北到山东、陕西、甘肃，南到海南，都生产绿茶。其余还包括：浙江、江苏、安徽、河南、湖南、湖北、江西、福建、四川、重庆、广东、广西、云南、贵州，几乎涵盖了南方各省。
白茶属于轻微发酵茶，主要产于闽东的福鼎和闽北的政和等地，以福鼎大白茶、福鼎大毫茶、政和大白茶等品种茶树的鲜叶为原料制作而成。
黄茶为轻发酵茶，按照鲜叶采摘的老嫩程度不同，分为黄芽茶、黄小茶、黄大茶三种。主要代表有湖南岳阳的君山银针、四川的蒙顶黄芽、浙江的莫干黄芽、安徽的霍山黄芽等。
青茶，也称为乌龙茶，兼具绿茶的清香和红茶的醇厚，是半发酵茶，主要产于中国的福建、广东、台湾等地。
红茶，发源地是近福建省武夷山桐木关（村），最早的红茶为小种红茶。此外还分布于安徽的祁红工夫和云南的滇红工夫，福建的闽红工夫、江西的宁红工夫、湖北的宜红工夫、湖南的湖红工夫（湘红工夫）、四川的川红工夫、浙江的越红功夫、江苏的宜兴红茶、广东的英德红茶等地。
黑茶，为后发酵茶，主要产于云南、四川、湖南、湖北、广西、陕西、安徽（古黟黑茶）等地。
green tea is the only non-fermented tea among the six major teas. the distribution of its production areas: shandong, shan’xi and gansu in the north, hainan in the south. other places also include zhejiang, jiangsu, anhui, henan, hunan, hubei, jiangxi, fujian, sichuan, chongqing, guangdong, guangxi, yunnan, and guizhou, covering almost all southern provinces.
white tea is slightly-fermented tea. it is mainly produced in fuding in east fujian and zhenghe in north fujian. it is made from fresh leaves of tea varieties such as fuding white tea, fuding big white tea, zhenghe white tea.
yellow tea is lightly-fermented tea. it is divided into three types according to the tenderness of fresh tea leaves: yellow bud tea, yellow small tea and yellow big tea. the main representatives are junshan silver needle from yueyang, hunan province, mengding yellow bud from sichuan province, mogan mountain yellow bud from zhejiang province, and huoshan yellow bud from anhui province.
oolong tea, also known as qing cha in chinese, is semi-fermented tea, with both fragrance of green tea and taste of black tea. it is mainly produced in fujian, guangdong and taiwan.
black tea originated from tongmuguan village near wuyi mountain, fujian province. the earliest black tea is small bud black tea. in addition, there are other types of black tea such as qihong kungfu tea from anhui, dianhong kungfu tea from yunnan, minhong kungfu tea from fujian, ninghong kungfu tea from jiangxi, yihong kungfu tea from hubei, huhong kungfu tea (xianghong kungfu tea) from hunan, chuanhong kungfu tea from sichuan, yuehong kungfu tea from zhejiang, yixing black tea from jiangsu and yingde black tea from guangdong.
black tea, which is post-fermented tea, is mainly produced in yunnan, sichuan, hunan, hubei, guangxi, shaanxi, and anhui (guyi black tea).