Tea may have been invented by the Chinese, but it is the British that have truly adopted tea as their national drink. In the UK we tend to stick to a select few brands of tea, but there are so many more loose teas that we can buy from further afield, such as China.

Here are some of the more unique and quality examples of tea for sale in the world:

Dragonwell, also known as West Lake (Xi Hu)
This tea is a favourite among those who know their tea. This tea has a pale yellow colour and a nutty aroma. It also tastes slightly nutty and is made from flattened leaves.

Yellow Mountian Maofeng
This is another yellow tea with a very delicate flavour and aroma. The leaves for this tea come from China’s An Hui Province, high up in the mountains.

Donting Biluochun
This is one of the more common teas and suitable for drinking every day. The tea has a sweet fragrance and feels quite thick when you drink it.

Xinyang Maojian
This tea is also known as the Feather Tip because of the leaves that it is made from. The leaves appear to be hairy when they are dried. This tea comes from the He Nan Province and has an aroma reminiscent of asparagus. The tea also has an aftertaste that is likened to chestnuts.

Lu An Guapian
This tea is golden in colour and has been dubbed ‘pumpkin seed tea’, not because of its taste, but because of the similarities of the tea leaves to pumpkin seeds.