Does white tea belong to green tea?

White tea is not green tea, but all belong to the six major teas, which are two different teas.

White tea, a traditional famous tea created by tea farmers in China, is one of the six major teas in China: black tea, green tea, oolong tea (green tea), yellow tea, black tea and white tea. It is a kind of tea that is picked and processed only by sun drying or slow fire drying without fixing and twisting.

White tea is a treasure in China tea. Because its finished tea is mostly bud head, full of white hair and silver as snow, it is named. The main producing areas are Fuding, Zhenghe, Jiaocheng Tianshan, Songxi, Jianyang and Jinggu in Yunnan.

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Processing technology of white tea

The production process of white tea is the most natural. Put the collected fresh tea leaves thinly on a bamboo mat in weak light or in a room with good ventilation and light transmission effect, and let them wither naturally. When it is 70% to 80%, it can be dried slowly with slow fire. Because the manufacturing process is simple, the processing procedures are the least.

It is made of single bud according to the processing technology of white tea, and is called Silver Needle Bai Hao. White tea is generally collected from one bud and one leaf of Fuding Dabaicha, Quanchenghong, Quanchenglv, Fuding Dahao Tea, Quanchenghong, Quanchenglv, Zhenghe Dabaicha and fuan dabaicha, and processed into Bai Mudan or new white tea according to the white tea processing technology; Using a bud and a leaf of vegetable tea, it is processed into Gongmei; White tea made of fresh leaves after acupuncture is called Shoumei.

The production technology of white tea is generally divided into two processes: withering and drying, and the key is withering. Withering is divided into indoor natural withering, compound withering and heating withering. It needs to be mastered flexibly according to the climatic conditions, and indoor withering or compound withering is better in sunny days in spring and autumn or in summer without sultry weather.

Its refining process is to remove stems, slice, wax leaves, red leaves and dark leaves, bake them with slow fire until they are dry enough, and only use fire incense to set off tea fragrance. When the water content is 4 ~ 5%, box it while it is hot. The preparation method of white tea is characterized by not destroying the activity of enzyme, nor promoting oxidation, but also maintaining aroma and refreshing taste.