Tieguanyin is neither a herbal tea nor a hot tea (warm tea), but a mild tea. The reasons are as follows:

Tieguanyin is classified as a type of oolong tea. , is a typical representative of oolong tea and is a semi-fermented tea;

Tieguanyin is a tea between green tea and black tea, because it is only properly fermented during the production process and the color changes slightly. It maintains the freshness and richness of green tea, and has the sweet and mellow characteristics of black tea, which is relatively mild. Traditionally, oolong tea is classified as a neutral tea, so Tieguanyin is also regarded as a neutral tea.