White tea is mild and suitable for people with low resistance.

White tea, a slightly fermented tea, is a special treasure of Chinese tea. Because the finished tea is mostly buds, full of white hair, such as silver like snow and named. One of the six major types of tea in China. White tea is not killed or twisted, only after the sun or fire drying processed tea, with the appearance of buds and hair intact, full of Phi Hao, hair aroma fresh, soup color yellow-green and clear, taste light and sweet quality characteristics.

The main production areas of white tea are Fuding, Zhenghe, Zherong in Fujian, Old Street in Xinzhou, Wuhan, Tianshan in Jiaocheng, Songxi, Jianyang and Jinggu in Yunnan. The basic process includes withering, baking (or shade drying), picking, re-fire and other processes.

White tea varieties

Yunnan white tea process is mainly sun-dried green, sun-dried green tea advantage is that the taste to maintain the original flavor of tea, withering is the formation of white tea quality of the key processes. White tea is categorized into four types of products: White Hair Silver Needle, White Peony, Shou Mei, Gong Mei, due to the different varieties of tea trees and raw material requirements.

The production process of white tea is the most natural, the fresh tea leaves are thinly spread on bamboo mats in the weak sunlight, or placed in a well-ventilated room, allowing them to wither naturally. Let it wither naturally. When it is dry to 70% or 80%, then dry it slowly over a gentle fire. Because of the simplicity of the production process, it is processed with the least amount of work.