WHITE TEA ORIGINS

TYPES OF WHITE TEA

Camellia Sinensis Plant

It’s important to know that all tea—white, green, oolong, black and even pu-erh—comes from the same Camellia sinensis plant, an evergreen bush indigenous to both China and India.

Hundreds of cultivars and hybrids have evolved from the Camellia sinensis plant over time,each thriving in diverse geographical areas of the world. But it’s ultimately the variety of tea plant and how the plant’s leaves are processed that de�nes the �nal type of tea. that ends up in your teacup.

WHAT’S OXIDATION GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Some common traits used to describe the overall �avor pro�le of the white tea cate-gory include �oral, grassy, honey, fruity, melon, peach, apricot, vanilla, chocolate, citrus, herby, mild, subtle, delicate and sweet.

TASTING WHITE TEA

Bai Hao Yin Zhen (Silver Needle): A true Silver Needle comes from the Fujian province of China and is cultivated from the original varieties of China’s white tea plant. It’s made fromlarge, full buds that are covered with white, downy hairs that give the tea the silver color it’s named for.

Bai Mudan (White Peony): This newer variety of white tea is cultivated in China and other countries around the world. It can be cultivated from an original Chinese white tea bush or from another variety. It usually includes some buds blended with unfurled or barely opened young tea leaves.

Monkey Picked White Tea:Rumored to once be harvested by Buhist-trained monkeys from the highest wild tea tree tops in mountainous regions of China, “monkey-picked” is a term used today to denote a very high-quality Chinese tea made from the buds and young leaves of the tea plant.

Tea TalkTea Talk

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Yellow

Green

Oolang

Black

Herbal

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3-5min

65-70 C/149-158 Fo o

70-75 C/158-167 Fo o

75-80 C/167-176 Foo

80-85C/176-185 Fo o

99 C/210 Fo o

99C/210 Fo o

Imperial tea gardens were developed, some-times in secret, to cultivate these rare, hon-oring teas. Poets referred to these special teas as being, “white like the clouds, green like a dream, pure like snow, and as aromat-ic as an orchid.”

During Emperor Huizong’s rule of the Song Dynasty (960 – 1297),young tea buds would be plucked in the spring, steamed and striped of their outer leaf, meticulously rinsed with spring water, carefully air dried and then ground into a silvery white powder.

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DrinkTea Leaves or Tea BagHot Water

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