Bird's Tongue tea's unique form and high quality taste is loved by the majority of tea lovers. Bird's Tongue Tea is mainly made from one bud and one leaf at the beginning of its development, and the form of the finished tea is like a bird's tongue, hence its name. There are several famous varieties of Bird's Tongue tea, such as Jintan Bird's Tongue from Jiangsu Province, Yuhang Bird's Tongue from Zhejiang Province, Bashan Bird's Tongue from Sichuan Province, and Meitan Cuiye from Guizhou Province. Bird's Tongue tea is all highly prized for its delicate picking and fine production.

It is worth mentioning that Wuyi Bird's Tongue is not only a kind of tea, but also a variety of tea tree, with unique characteristics of shrubby small-leafed species, which is the treasures of Wuyi rock tea.