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Fujian, China
大红袍
Da Hong Pao, the Wuyi rock oolong whose six surviving mother bushes are a protected cliff-face monument and whose leaf has sold for more per gram than gold, is the one Chinese tea beyond the five carried that earns its own sticker.
China
龙井茶
A pan-fired green tea from the hills round West Lake, its leaves pressed flat by hand in the wok, tasting of chestnut and fresh grass.
China
茉莉花茶
Green tea layered repeatedly with fresh jasmine blossoms overnight so it absorbs the scent, then the spent flowers are removed.
Guangdong, Hong Kong
丝袜奶茶
Strong black tea drawn repeatedly through a cloth sock filter and cut with evaporated milk, served hot or over ice.
Yunnan, Hong Kong
普洱茶
Large-leaf tea from Yunnan pressed into cakes and aged, either slowly as raw sheng or by accelerated fermentation as ripe shu.
China
铁观音
A partly oxidised oolong from Anxi rolled into tight pellets that unfurl over many infusions, floral when light-roasted and toasty when dark.
Tibet, China
酥油茶
Po cha: tea churned with yak butter and salt into a rich, warming drink of the Tibetan plateau.