What is white tea? White tea is a fermented tea, and it is also a kind of tea that people often drink in their lives. White tea tastes sweet and can supplement the nutrients needed by the human body. Many people don't understand white tea. White tea is like this!
What is white tea 1 The so-called white tea belongs to fermented tea, and it is also one of the famous teas traditionally given by our country. Generally, after picking, it only needs to be dried or simmered. Generally, white tea is white in appearance, hence its name.
1, origin and variety of white tea
White tea is a specialty of Fujian, mainly produced in Fuding, Zhenghe, Songxi and Jianyang, and also produced in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei and Guizhou. The main varieties of white tea are Baihao Yinzhen, Bai Mudan, Gongmei and Shoumei.
Because of different regions, different tree species and different standards for picking fresh leaves, we can divide white tea into bud tea and leaf tea. Among them, Baihao Yinzhen belongs to bud tea, while Bai Mudan, New Technology White Tea and Shoumei belong to leaf tea.
2. White tea making
The raw materials of fresh leaves for making Baihao Yinzhen are all tea buds. After being made into finished tea, Baihao Yinzhen is shaped like a needle, densely covered by Bai Hao and as white as silver, hence the name Baihao Yinzhen.
Bai Mudan is made of short bud leaves, one bud and one leaf of Dabai tea tree or narcissus variety. It is named because its green leaves are silvery white and shaped like flowers. After brewing, the green leaves hold the buds.
New white tea, referred to as new white tea for short, is made by withering and gently kneading according to the processing technology of white tea. Shoumei, sometimes called Gongmei, is a kind of white tea made of tea buds of sexual groups.
3. The efficacy of white tea
White tea, because of its simple processing technology, retains the natural nutrients in tea and endows it with many health-care functions, among which lowering blood pressure is one, and it is loved by overseas people because of its unique taste and efficacy.
Drinking white tea can lower blood pressure. Why? This is related to its chemical composition. Because white tea is rich in tea polyphenols, vitamin C and vitamin P.
Tea polyphenols can promote the absorption of vitamin C, which can make cholesterol move from arterial wall to liver, reduce the concentration of cholesterol in blood, and enhance the elasticity and permeability of blood vessels. Vitamin P can also dilate small blood vessels, lower blood pressure and directly lower blood pressure.
White tea can also indirectly lower blood pressure through diuresis and sodium excretion. Aminophylline contained in tea can dilate blood vessels, make blood flow easily and help lower blood pressure.
However, patients with hypertension had better continue to take antihypertensive drugs, even if they are close to normal. This kind of blood pressure is not particularly obvious, but the main benefit is to regulate the body, such as lowering blood fat and controlling blood sugar.
After all, white tea is not a drug, and its function is more subtle than that of special drugs. So generally speaking, white tea can't be used as medicine.
Although drinking white tea can lower blood pressure, old friends should be careful not to drink strong tea when drinking white tea, and don't drink tea before going to bed. Only by drinking tea in a timely and appropriate manner can we play the role of tea.
China has a long tea drinking culture, which has already spread all over the world, and the various health care effects of tea have also been proved to be effective by experiments!
What is white tea? 2 What is white tea? White tea is one of the six famous traditional teas in China (green tea, black tea, white tea, oolong tea, yellow tea and black tea).
It is the oldest, most natural and healthiest tea among the six major teas, and is known as a treasure in tea. White tea is called "white tea" because it is mostly bud head, full of white hair and as white as snow silver.
The main producing areas of white tea are Fuding, Zhenghe, Jianyang and Songxi. It is one of the unique teas in Fujian, about 60% of which is produced in Fuding.
White tea has a history of 200 years, which was initiated by Fuding, then spread to water-based and finally to politics.
For a long time, white tea is mainly exported to Hongkong, German, Japanese, Dutch, French, Macau, Indonesian, Singaporean, Malaysian, Swiss and other countries and regions, while domestic sales are so few that many China people and new tea drinkers don't know that there is white tea in China.
What kind of tea is Fuding white tea?
The simple answer is that Fuding is the hometown of China white tea and the origin of Fujian white tea.
In 2005, fuding city was named as the "Hometown of White Tea in China" by the State Forestry Administration and China Tea Society, and successively obtained the right to use the geographical indications of the State Commodity Inspection Bureau and the right to register the certification trademarks of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and was recommended as a trustworthy export product by the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
White tea is also called "the living fossil in tea". In 2009, the Millennium best white tea-Fuding White Tea (Bai Hao Silver Needle) was discovered in Xi 'an Tomb. According to experts' research, these teas are the best and precious white tea produced in Fuding, Fujian-Bai Hao Silver Needle.
It not only proves once again the long history of China white tea culture, but also strongly proves the research and discovery of Fuding white tea at home and abroad in recent years, and also confirms a saying circulating in the tea industry: "The world white tea is in China, and China white tea is in Fuding".
Fuding white tea is the most primitive, natural and healthy treasure in tea, with unique region, natural technology and unique efficacy. Traditional Chinese medicine has proved that white tea is cool to relieve summer heat, and has the effects of clearing away heat and reducing fire, relieving summer heat and detoxifying, and treating diseases.
At the same time, Fuding white tea has a unique and remarkable health care effect, which can be described by five kinds of tea:
1, reducing fire and diminishing inflammation tea:
White tea has the effect of clearing away heat and fire. At the same time, the latest research also shows that white tea extract can prevent the growth of bacteria such as staphylococcus infection, streptococcus infection and pneumonia.
2. Women's tea:
White tea has the lowest free radical content. Drinking more white tea or using its extract can delay aging, beauty beauty, so it is welcomed by modern fashionistas, especially urban women.
3, companion tea:
Drinking red wine and white tea, combined with "one red and one white", can solve the problem that drinking red wine is easy to get angry, and can be said to be a good partner for modern successful people to socialize.
4. Dream tea:
White tea can clear away heat and reduce fire, clear heart and soothe the nerves, and help people get a healthy and good sleep.
5. Travel tea:
White tea has the characteristics of foam resistance. Drinking a cup of tea during a day's journey can relieve or eliminate the fatigue during the journey.
Types of white tea
White tea is a treasure among many tea varieties in China with a history of more than 800 years. Mainly produced in Fujian, it belongs to micro-fermented tea.
The raw materials used in white tea are mostly tender buds, and the leaves are covered with silvery white fluff, which looks like a snowflake from a distance, hence the name "white tea".
According to the varieties of raw tea trees, white tea can be divided into three types: Dabai, Xiaobai and Narcissus, in which Dabai is collected from Dabai tea tree, Xiaobai from vegetable tea tree and Narcissus from narcissus tea tree.
According to different picking standards, white tea can be divided into "silver needle" and "Bai Mudan", in which "silver needle" is made of a single bud of white tea and looks like a silver embroidery needle; And "Bai Mudan" is composed of tender buds and leaves, which looks like white peony flowers.
The picking and processing of white tea have very strict standards, so as to ensure the appearance and quality of the finished white tea.
The first is picking, which should follow the principle of "three whites", that is, two tender leaves and buds must be covered with silvery white fluff; Secondly, processing, in the process of withering and drying, hard kneading and high-temperature roasting should be avoided as far as possible to ensure that the produced tea leaves are not deformed, discolored and tasteless.
White tea is fragrant and beautiful, and it is a treasure in tea. Its representative tea, Baihao Yinzhen, Gongmei and Bai Mudan are among the treasures of white tea.
Bai Hao Yinzhen
It has a history of 100 years and is the beginning of modern white tea. Together with junshan silver needle, it is known as the best in tea and enjoys a high reputation.
Bai Hao Silver Needle is mainly produced in Fuding County and Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. It is collected from the tender buds of Dabaicha tea tree. These new shoots are slender and covered with Bai Hao, but after drying, they look like silver needles, hence the name.
The manufacturing technology of Bai Hao Silver Needle is very fine, which needs several processes, such as air drying, slow fire baking, screening and redrying. Only in this way can the finished product be guaranteed to be the best in appearance, color and taste.
The main characteristics of Baihao silver needle are: the leaf shape is slender and straight as a silver needle, transparent and bright white. Tea soup has bright apricot color, fresh fragrance, sweet taste and mellow aftertaste.
Gongmei
It is the highest output of white tea, accounting for about 1/2 of the total output of white tea. It is mainly produced in Jianyang County, Jian Zhen County and Pucheng County of Fujian Province. It is made of "Xiaobai" picked from vegetable tea tree. The picked tea buds have both tender buds and strong buds, so the finished product is not only fresh and tender, but also mellow.
The processing of tribute eyebrows includes two steps: primary processing and refining. First, the picked tea buds are withered and processed into coarse tea, and then refined and screened to become the final product.
The main characteristics of Gongmei are: fresh buds are neat and soft, with slender white hair; The dried product is emerald green, the tea soup is bright dark yellow or orange yellow, the aroma is fresh and pure, and the aftertaste of the population is long.
White peony
It is a treasure in white tea, mainly produced in Jianyang, Fuding, Songxi, Zhenghe and other counties in Fujian Province. Made from high-quality tea trees such as white tea and daffodil tea.
It is named because its shape is green leaves wrapped in a white and tender heart, and it is like white peony flowers that are first released after brewing.
Bai Mudan's picking and processing technology is also very strict and fine, so it is necessary to pick the tenderest and fattest buds in spring as raw materials;
After withering, baking, screening and re-baking, high-quality finished products can be made, especially in the baking process, enough skills and heat must be mastered to achieve the effect that tea fragrance and fire fragrance complement each other.
The main characteristics of Bai Mudan are fresh leaves, fat and tender, natural white, dark green or grayish green dried products, fresh orange or yellow tea soup, fresh and elegant aroma and sweet and pure taste.