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White Tea is one of the most delicate tea varieties and is valued highly across the world for its smooth mouthfeel, delicate aroma and potent health benefits.
High quality White Tea is made by carefully plucking only the newly formed buds in early Spring, while leaving behind the leaves on the bush.
These buds have a fine coating of downy, white hair running along their surface which gives this tea the name, “White Tea”.
The first step in making White Tea is to ensure that highly skilled hands pluck just the pre-pubescent buds from certain high-quality varietals of tea plants in early Spring.
These special buds are then quickly dried either in open sunlight or a carefully controlled indoor environment to ensure that no oxidation can take place.
White Teas are the least processed teas and go through just two stages of processing which converts the fresh green leaf into finished White Tea.
These stages are Withering (48 – 72 Hours) --> Drying.
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Plucking
Withering
White Tea nuances can be infinite based on tweaks in processing but there are two generally accepted varieties
Silver Needle (Bai Hao Yin Zhen) and White Peony (Bai Mudan)
Silver Needle White Teas are the original grade of white tea dating back thousands of years to the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907 A.D.) in Imperial China.
Silver Needle White Teas refer to tea that is made by strictly plucking only the new buds and curing them carefully.
White Peony (Bai Mudan) is a relatively newer style of White Tea which allows the plucking of noticeably young, unfurled leaves along with the new buds, thus allowing for a higher quantity to be harvested.
BREW TIME
2-3 min
White Tea, being the most delicate tea, is best enjoyed when steeped in 75 degree Celsius water for 2-3 minutes.
Boiling water should not be added to White Tea as it can kill some of the delicate flavors and notes in the tea.
Adding milk to White Tea isn’t advisable as it can overpower the nuances of the tea as well as diminish it’s considerable health benefits.
The popularity of White Tea has been steadily increasing across the world as more people start to appreciate the subtle nuances of flavor in tea and more research goes into the health benefits of tea.
White Tea is generally accepted as one of the most expensive kinds of tea available due to the limited production of genuine White Tea and the potent antioxidants that this minimally processed tea contains.
White Tea has several amazing health benefits, just like Black or Green Teas, when consumed without the addition of milk and/or sugar.
White Tea is particularly beneficial for skin health and elasticity.
Other benefits of White Tea include helping treat cancer, reducing inflammation, improving the health of liver and kidneys, maintaining reproductive health, keeping the heart healthy, enhancing memory, energy, and alertness, supporting the treatment of hypothyroidism, and improving oral health.
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