White tea is a slightly fermented tea. After picking tea green raw materials, they will not be twisted or fried. The finished tea has the characteristics of complete tea buds, dense white hairs, clear tea soup and refreshing and sweet taste.
The main producing areas of white tea are Fuding, Zhenghe and other places in Fujian. In the process of making tea, attention is paid to the producing area, raw materials and local processing.
According to different picking standards, white tea can be divided into Baihao Yinzhen, Bai Mudan and Shoumei.
Bai Hao Silver Needle is made from a single bud of tea tree, with full bud head and dense Bai Hao. It has the remarkable characteristics of one flag and one gun, and there is a lobular nail next to the upright needle bud.
Bai Mudan consists of a bud, a leaf, a bud and two leaves at the top of a tea tree. The leaves are small and long, and the back of the leaves is covered with white hair.
Shoumei is composed of one bud, three leaves and one bud and four leaves at the tip of tea tree. Tea stems are big, leaves are wide, and they are thick and old.
These three different kinds of white tea have different picking standards, which makes the difference of appearance bud leaf shape clear at a glance and have their own characteristics.
White tea can be divided into spring white tea and autumn white tea according to different picking seasons. The main production seasons of white tea are spring and autumn. In spring white tea, the main products are Baihao Yinzhen, Bai Mudan and Chunshoumei. Autumn white tea mainly produces autumn longevity eyebrows, with a small amount of autumn peony.
According to different forms, white tea can be divided into loose tea and cake tea. Loose tea is a simple form of green raw materials of white tea after natural withering and drying.
Cake tea is further processed on the basis of loose tea, and it is formed by simple steaming, kneading, pressing, molding and drying, and its shape is regular.
According to the different storage years, white tea can be divided into new white tea, aged white tea and old white tea. New white tea refers to the white tea picked and made in that year. Aged white tea refers to white tea stored for 1-2 years. Old white tea refers to white tea stored for more than three years. After understanding the basic classification of white tea, let's take a look at the advanced basic knowledge of buying white tea.
Chen Xiao cha Shi