Objective To understand the content of fourteen kinds of elements including plumbum, arsenic, cuprum, ferrum, manganese, zinc, cadmium, aluminum, selenium, nickel, chromiumo, cobalt, stannum and stibium in teas collected from different areas with different categories in Fujian so as to provide a scientific basis for the development of tea resources. Methods Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with microwave digestion was developed to determine the content of Pb, As, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cd, Al, Se, Ni, Cr, Co, Sn and Sb from nine categories of teas in Fujian province. Results The content of 14 kinds of elements in 9 categories of teas were: Mn 135-1797mg/kg, Al 69-1126mg/kg, Fe 37-371mg/kg, Zn 3.93-90.05mg/kg, Cu 2.25-43.66mg/kg, Ni 0.95-7.40mg/kg, Pb 0.29-5.45mg/kg, Cr 0.10-2.39mg/kg, Co 0.018-0.67mg/kg, Se 0.020-0.68mg/kg, Cd 0.014-0.24mg/kg, As 0.023-0.30mg/kg, Sn 0.010-0.49mg/kg and Bi 0.006-0.073mg/kg. The qualified rate for Cr, Cd and As was 100%, and that for Pb was 99.1%. Conclusion The contents of Mn, Al, Fe, Zn and Cu were abundant in teas from Fujian province. The pollution of hazardous elements Cr, Cd, As and Pb was low, and the content of elements in teas was varied with the areas of production and categories.