Chinese teas can be classified into the following varietals depending on the methods of production and growing: green tea, black tea, yellow tea, Oolong tea, red tea and white tea.TeaVivre response: 3/11/2012 Thanks so much for your comment on our article: Brewing Chinese Top Grade Dragon Well Green Tea. As you said, there exists so many types or brand of green teas. To some degree, it is a little difficult for customer to select. Green .The history of tea is long and complex, spreading across multiple cultures over the span of thousands of years. Tea likely originated in southwest China during the Shang dynasty as a medicinal drink. An early credible record of tea drinking dates to the 3rd century .