Most Popular Types of Tea

Name the most popular types of tea, based on the number of Google search results.

# = Google search results, in thousands, searching for "type tea" in quotes

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First submitted	January 17, 2014
Times taken	9,798
Average score	39.1%
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#	Description	Answer
11,600	General type	Green
3,250	Served cold	Iced/Sun
2,230	General type	Black
1,850	Generic term	Herbal
1,300	South African plant	Rooibos/Red
1,280	Popular in the Southern U.S.	Sweet
1,200	General type	White
1,190	Modern infusion	Peppermint
948	Chinese blend	Jasmine
828	Indian blend	Chai
822	Popular British blend	English Breakfast
740	Blend of an English lord	Earl Grey

#	Description	Answer
688	General type	Oolong
675	Indian region	Darjeeling
645	Modern English blend	Lady Grey
611	Indian region	Assam
532	Japanese preparation	Matcha
457	Root infusion	Ginger
444	General type	Yellow
431	Flower infusion	Hibiscus
362	Flower infusion	Chamomile
320	Fermented bacteria and yeast	Kombucha
202	Vietnamese blend	Lotus

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Level 69

Jan 18, 2014

No orange pekoe? That really surprised me.

Level ∞

Jan 18, 2014

137,000 results, so not high enough to make the list. I do think there are probably a couple I missed, however. Time will tell. This quiz won't be featured until December 16th, the anniversary of the Boston tea party.

Level 89

Dec 16, 2014

"orange pekoe" gave me 485K results. I agree that it should be added. Also are Rose / Lavender / etc part of herbal category?

Level 74

Dec 16, 2014

Orange pekoe was my first answer, due likely to the Lipton Tea commercials from the 1960s with George Fenneman talking about Lipton's "great orange pekoe" tea.

Level ∞

Dec 16, 2014

"Orange Pekoe tea" in quotes is still well below the qualifying level.

Level ∞

Dec 23, 2014

"lapsang souchong tea" in quotes is 71,000

Level 76

May 19, 2014

Strictly speaking red, yellow, root infusions etc aren't tea because they have nothing to do with the tea plant. However I liked the quiz and it worked well internationally too. -- Had "fermented bacteria and yeast" for the first time ever last Saturday when it was RestaurantDay :) An interesting taste that. (And no, didnt get the answer.) I was told it was from a mushroom.

Level 48

May 29, 2014

Hmph. Chrysanthemum is my favorite.

Level 73

Dec 16, 2014

Please please please accept camomile for chamomile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamomile

Level ∞

Dec 16, 2014

That will work now.

Level 74

Dec 16, 2014

I tried Jane Grey, Lady Jane Grey, and Jane Gray. No idea why I kept trying to insert Jane into the name of the tea. I definitely need a cup to wake up my brain.

Level 76

Dec 16, 2014

Too much X-men.

Level 76

Dec 16, 2014

Even though she was called Jean.

Level 74

Dec 16, 2014

I googled rose hip tea and there were 2,510,000 hits.

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Dec 16, 2014

You have to put it all in quotes, otherwise you'll get results for the War of the Roses and Shakira as well.

Level 81

Dec 16, 2014

Shakira tea is my favorite.

Level 81

Dec 16, 2014

Actually, I poo you not, I went to google and typed in "Shakira tea" in quotes and got 1,630 hits. More than most of the teas on this list.

Level 81

Dec 16, 2014

but I get 750,000 hits for "oolong tea" in quotes so we must be doing something different. Or my google is more powerful than yours.

Level 74

Dec 17, 2014

Or your misinterpretation of the scale is more powerful. But Shakira tea doesn't lie.

Level 56

Dec 16, 2014

I put "Breakfast" and it wouldn't accept.

And "Camomile"!

Level 74

Dec 17, 2014

How about just "herb" tea instead of "herbal" tea?

Level 61

Dec 18, 2014

Surely 'herb' tea is too generic. Which herb?

Level 78

Sep 15, 2016

Tried English & Breakfast but never together.

Level 80

May 18, 2019

"High tea" just got me 23 million results, and "Five o'clock tea" a mere 335 thousand, yet still enough to be on this list.

Level 71

Sep 10, 2019

"Hot tea" looks like about 19 million results. Maybe questionable to include it, but if you're including "iced tea" and "sweet tea," then hot tea should count too.

Level 84

May 3, 2020

calling "camomile", "rooibos" or "kombucha" tea is like calling "sake" and "soy sauce" beer just because they are made the same way (by brewing)

Level 72

Jul 25, 2024

sometimes things get named for part of an item, pars pro toto, like "wheels" for car. Other times, product take on a brand name as a general name, can't think of examples in English, ah aspirin might be one? It is not uncommon for names to be derived from something else.

As long as people realise it is (originally) only really tea if it actual comes from the teashrub I think it's fine. And if they don't it is fine as well. Language changes, the word tea is simpler than infusion. It is nice to know the underlying facts (I didn't use to know tea was only tea when it came from a teashrub, when I found out I was happy I learned this new trivia, love this kind of info, and have shared it with others, "did you know.." :). In daily life however I always say tea. In my language saying it differently would make it sound you were giving a chemistry class haha, if people even understood you.

Level 80

Dec 16, 2021

I thought "bubble" would appear in one of the modern ones, and I was surprised not to see pekoe (unless it goes by another name).

Level 72

Jul 25, 2024

Is "sweet tea" made from some special herb or something? Or is it just with more sugar/honey? If it is the latter I don't think it should be on the list, then you should have watery tea or extra strong/long infused (not sure how to translate it, you keep the tea in longer so it gets darker and stronger) or milky tea etc.

You can make your tea sweet on a scale from one to 10 and you can make it strong from 1 to ten. Everybody has different preferences. Like mildy sweet, quite watery or. Reasonably sweet, extremely strong. The list would be (nearly) endless.

Level 77

Sep 19, 2024

I knew it wouldn't be there, but still tried "builders" 😂

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