Abstract: Disclosed are a tea type differentiation method and system, belonging to the technical field of detection. The method comprises: building a differentiation function by using ionic strengths of 20 compounds as evaluation indexes to discriminate tea types. According to the disclosure, the tea types are discriminated by using relative abundance of 20 compounds in tea, problems in sensory differentiation can be solved, the tea is classified more objectively and scientifically, and the reliability and accuracy of differentiation results are improved. By using three algorithms, the feasibility and accuracy of using 20 discovered compounds for tea type differentiation in a combined manner are validated.