Is white tea in white colour? Definitely not. Why do people call “white tea” as “white tea”? There is a romantic story behind. Anciently, Chinese people imagined that the charm of white tea was like a beauty of flower and the white tea also looks like snow. That’s why people give this name to the tea leaves as “White Tea”. Tea is one of good vegetarian drink. It is very good for plant-based eaters to have it because white tea has a nutritional value, anti-inflammatory.
White tea is a type of tea that is only slightly fermented. White tea is also a unique tea type in the mainland of China. Local people comment white tea as the best tea among 6 tea types there. The famous production area of white tea are mainly located in Songzheng, Fuding, Jianyang and other places in Fujian Province.
White tea is classified based on the varieties of tea trees. The variety of “dabai tea” is called “dabai”. The leaves from the narcissus tree is called “narcissus white”. There are more diverse names such as white peony and silver needle for different categories of white tea. It depends on the method of harvesting. Every food ingredient seems to have its own story.
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