Chunmee lub zog nyob hauv nws lub peev xwm, los ntawm kev kho kom zoo, kom "hloov" mus rau ntau qib uas ua tau raws li ntau hom kev ua lag luam. Raw ntev-zoo li lub lauj kaub- cov tshuaj yej raug rho tawm haujlwm ua haujlwm zoo dua-xws li sieving, winnowing, sorting, re-firing, and blending-and is classified by shape, size, length, and thickness rau cov qib sib txawv. Cov qib xa tawm tseem ceeb suav nrog: Tezhen (nruj, ncaj strips; qib siab tshaj), Chunmee (tight, zoo-tsim strips; core ntim tsav), Sowmee (finer tawg strips; pheej yig, huab hwm coj-kev ua lag luam), Young Hyson (nyias, nkhaus raindrop-xws li strips), thiab Kung Sunsets (piv txwv li, siv nyob rau hauv ib puag ncig). Txhua qib sib raug rau cov neeg siv khoom tshwj xeeb-piv txwv li, Morocco ntshuam ntau heev Chunmee thiab Tezhen, thaum West African kev lag luam nyiam Sowmee pheej yig dua thiab qib qis dua. Cov khoom lag luam hloov tau yooj yim no ua rau Chunmee tuaj yeem npog txhua qib ntawm African lag luam.
