Production methods

Even though there are many classifications in tea, they all come from one plant, the camellia plant, it is mainly the differences in the process of production that makes up for the different kinds of tea. Apart from the methods of productions there are more factors at play here, such as the natural environment, cultural background of the people, habits and likings, etc. These in turn also can determine which type of production is chosen for in a certain place and time. However the chart below shows how the fresh tea leaf evolves into different classes of tea.

Fresh Tea Leaves
fixation					Withering				Withering	Sunning	Fixation
										Cooling
										Manipulation
										Frying
Rolling					Rolling		Roll Cut			Roling	Rolling
					Oxidation		Oxida
					Fixation
				Stuffing	Re-roll
Drying	Sunning	Frying	Baking	Drying	Smoking	Baking	Baking		Drying	Drying	Drying
Steaming Green	Sunning Green	Frying Green	Baking Green		Souchong	Kongfu	Broken				Gross
											Re-process
Green Tea				Yellow Tea	Black Tea			White Tea		Oolong Tea	Dark Tea