Buckwheat tea from the type of raw materials can be divided into black buckwheat tea and yellow buckwheat tea. Black buckwheat tea is the raw material of black buckwheat tea, yellow buckwheat tea is the raw material of ordinary yellow buckwheat. Because black buckwheat contains nutrients and health value of ordinary yellow buckwheat several times, so black buckwheat tea is better.

From the processing process can be divided into whole tea, whole plant tea (ultra-micro-tea), seed tea and other types of manufacturers called different. Whole embryo tea is generally burnt flavor, whole plant tea (ultra-micro tea) is the original flavor of wheat, seed tea is with popcorn flavor.