What is white tea?

White tea is white tea. It is one of the six famous teas in Fujian. The production process of white tea is relatively simple, and it is a kind of micro-fermented tea. Its manufacturing process includes wilting, baking, reheating and other processes.

White tea contains less loss of vitamins and other nutrients, and it has the effect of clearing heat and annealing if it is often drunk in summer. Excellent white tea has the quality characteristics of complete bud shape, full hair, fresh tea soup, clear yellow-green color and sweet taste. It is one of the most unique treasures in China tea. Because its raw materials are all tea fangs, its yield is lower than other teas.

Extended data

First of all, from the color of tea cake, old white tea is "colorful", and the tea leaves will turn silver gray. The leaves that have not been completely transformed will appear green, brown and yellow during the transformation process, and will appear black after deep fermentation. If it is single brown or black, it can be roughly judged as old tea fermented at high temperature after spraying water.

Secondly, from the perspective of taste and aroma, white tea pays attention to "fine fragrance and honey rhyme". The real old white tea tastes smooth and sweet, and the bottom of the cup is fragrant. White tea aged 3 ~ 8 years has lotus leaf fragrance, white tea aged 8 ~ 15 years has jujube fragrance, and white tea aged over 15 years has medicinal fragrance.

If there is only old fragrance but no other aroma, and the taste is close to the smoothness of Pu 'er tea and it is not resistant to foaming, it can also be roughly judged as old white tea. Finally look at the bottom of the white tea. After natural oxidation and slow fermentation, the veins at the bottom of leaves are clear and active, while the veins of old white tea processed in the later stage are not clear, and they will rot when pinched.

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