The main varieties of white tea are: First Day Bud, Tianshan White, White Hair Silver Needle, White Peony, and Shou Mei (Gong Mei)

1. First Day Bud:

The buds are picked for the first time in the early spring of each year in the city of Fuding, where the white tea originates from, and they are used to make the White Hair Silver Needle, which is one of the ten most famous white teas.

2. Tianshan White:

The original Chinese white tea; originated in 1522. It is a white tea made from the original species of tea tree in the Tien Shan Mountains of Ningde, Fujian Province.

Jiajing 1522, Ningde County (now Jiaocheng District), Tianshan tea farmers will pick the local old tea tree "Tianshan Vegetable Tea" fresh leaves made into white tea tribute to the royal family. According to Ming Jiajing "Ningde County," Tribute Office "records: eighty-four pounds of bud tea twelve two, leaf tea sixty-six pounds of thirteen two.

Tianshan white appearance "bud tip like a sword, the appearance of green Phi Hao, green and bright". Its soup color is clear and yellow-green, the taste is fresh and sweet, and the fragrance in the water is rich. The bottom of the leaf is fresh, green and bright.

3, white silver needle:

Created in 1796, one of China's six major types of tea, white tea, origin in Fujian, the main producing areas of Fuding, Zhenghe, Songxi, Jianyang, etc., belonging to the title of China's top ten famous teas, known as tea, "beauty", "King of Tea! It is known as the "beauty" and "king of tea" among the tea. Its appearance is characterized by straight like a needle, full of white hair, such as silver like snow.

Because of the fresh leaf raw materials are all tea buds, white hair silver needle made of finished tea, the shape of the needle, white hair is dense, color white as silver, so named white hair silver needle. Its needle-like finished tea, about three centimeters long.

4. White Peony:

White tea is one of the six major types of tea in China. It is mainly produced in Zhenghe County, Songxi County, Jianyang City and Fuding City, Ningde City, Fujian Province, China, and is a famous historical tea in Fujian Province, China.

Because of its green leaves with silver-white centers, it resembles a flower, and after brewing, the green leaves hold the young buds, just like the first release of the buds, thus earning the name White Peony.

5. Shou Mei:

Also known as Gong Mei, it is a white tea made from the buds of the tea tree of the sexual group of vegetable tea. Shoumei leaves are slightly fat and tender, buds and leaves, no old stalks, the leaves are rolled like eyebrows, the aroma is pure.

Which is made of tea buds and leaves of the gross tea called "small white", in order to distinguish from the Fuding large white tea, Zhenghe large white tea tea tree buds and leaves made of "large white" gross tea.

The tea buds were once used to make Baihao Silver Needle, but later on, they were changed to use Dabai to make Baihao Silver Needle and Bai Mudan, while Xiaobai was used to make Gongmei.

6, white tea:

1, is a micro-fermented tea, is a traditional tea created by Chinese tea farmers. One of the six major types of tea in China. Refers to a kind of picking, without killing or kneading, only after sun or fire drying and processing of tea.

With the appearance of buds and hair intact, full of hair, hair aroma fresh, soup color yellow-green and clear, taste light and sweet quality characteristics.

2. It is a mildly fermented tea, which is a special treasure among Chinese teas. Because of its finished tea is mostly buds, full of white hair, such as silver like snow and so named. The main production areas in Fujian Fuding, Zhenghe, Jiaocheng Tianshan, Songxi, Jianyang, Yunnan Jinggu and other places.

3, the basic process includes withering, baking (or drying), picking, re-fire and other processes. Yunnan white tea process is mainly sun-dried green, sun-dried green tea has the advantage of taste to maintain the original fragrance of tea leaves. Withering is the key process to form the quality of white tea.

Expanded Information:

Value and Efficacy:

White Tea has good medicinal properties. It has the efficacy of relieving alcohol and waking up, clearing heat and moisturizing the lungs, calming the liver and benefiting the blood, anti-inflammatory and detoxification, lowering blood pressure and reducing fat, eliminating fatigue, etc. It has a unique and spiritual health care effect, especially for the discomfort and digestive dysfunction caused by excessive smoking and drinking, too much grease and excessive liver fire.

1, measles:

White tea anti-cancer, anti-cancer, heat, detoxification, toothache, especially aged white tea can be used as a young child suffering from measles antipyretic, and its antipyretic effect is better than antibiotics. It is widely regarded as a good medicine for the treatment of patients suffering from measles in North China and Fujian Province.

Therefore, Zhou Lianggong, a famous person in the Qing Dynasty, wrote in "Min Xiaoji", "White Hair Silver Needle, produced in Hongxue Cave, Tai Mo Shan, which is cold in nature and has the same function as rhinoceros horn, which is the holy medicine for treating measles.

Promote blood sugar balance:

White tea in addition to other tea inherent nutrients, but also contains the body's necessary active enzymes, long-term consumption of white tea can significantly improve the body's lipase (lipoproteinlipase) activity, to promote the breakdown of fat metabolism, effective control of insulin secretion, delaying the intestinal absorption of powdered grapes, the decomposition of excess sugar, and promote blood sugar balance. It can also help to break down the excess sugar in the body and promote the balance of blood glucose.

White tea is rich in a variety of amino acids, and its nature is cold, with the function of removing heat and detoxification.

2, eyesight:

The longer the white tea is stored, the higher its medicinal value. White tea is also rich in vitamin A original, it is absorbed by the body, can be quickly converted into vitamin A, vitamin A can synthesize the retinal red quality, can make the eyes in the dark light to see things more clearly, can prevent night blindness and dry eye disease.

At the same time, white tea also has anti-radiation substances, the body's hematopoietic function has a significant protective effect, can reduce the harm of television radiation.

3, liver protection:

White tea tablets are rich in dihydromyricetin and other flavonoids natural substances can protect the liver, accelerate the rapid decomposition of ethanol metabolite acetaldehyde into non-toxic substances, reduce the damage to liver cells.

On the other hand, dihydromyricetin can improve the increase of serum lactate dehydrogenase activity caused by hepatocellular damage, inhibit the formation of collagen fibers in hepatic M-cells, which can play a role in protecting the liver and greatly reduce the damage of ethanol to the liver, so that the normal state of the liver can be quickly restored.

At the same time, dihydromyricetin has a rapid onset of action and a long-lasting effect, which makes it a good product for protecting the liver and detoxifying the liver.

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