White tea is white tea. It is one of the six famous teas in Fujian. The production process of white tea is relatively simple, and it is a kind of micro-fermented tea. Its manufacturing process includes wilting, baking, reheating and other processes. White tea contains less loss of vitamins and other nutrients, and it has the effect of clearing heat and annealing if it is often drunk in summer. Excellent white tea has the quality characteristics of complete bud shape, full hair, fresh tea soup, clear yellow-green color and sweet taste. It is one of the most unique treasures in China tea. Because its raw materials are all tea fangs, its yield is lower than other teas.

What are the white teas?

White tea can be divided into bud tea (white silver needle) and leaf tea (such as Bai Mudan, new technology white tea and Shoumei) because of different varieties of tea trees and different standards for picking fresh leaves. The main varieties of white tea are Bai Mudan, Baihao Yinzhen and Gongmei.

Bai Mudan 1

Bai Mudan is famous for its green leaves and silvery white heart-shaped flowers. After brewing, the green leaves hold the buds, just like the original buds. Bai Mudan is the best white tea, which is made of short buds and leaves, one bud and one leaf of Dabai tea tree or narcissus variety.

2, white silver needle

Bai Hao silver needle, its bud nearly inch long, slender as a needle, covered with Bai Hao, silver luster, fragrance; After brewing, "full of floating flower milk" appears, standing upright, like stalactites staggered up and down, which is spectacular and sweet, and is the treasure of white tea.

3. Gongmei

Gongmei, also known as Shoumei, is the highest yield variety in white tea, accounting for more than half of the total output of white tea. The production technology of Gongmei is divided into primary processing and finishing, and its production method is basically the same as that of Bai Mudan tea. High-quality Gongmei finished tea has obvious heart, white and fluffy color, dry tea is green, the soup color is orange or dark yellow after brewing, the leaves are even, soft and bright, and the main pulse is red when you see the light. When drinking, it has mellow taste and fresh and pure aroma.

Main effects:

(1) Protecting nerve cells may be helpful for brain injury and Alzheimer's disease;

(2) It can regulate hypertension and hyperlipidemia;

(3) it has the function of eliminating mental tension;

(4) It can improve the learning ability of animals

(5) it can inhibit the growth of cancer cells and enhance the efficacy of anticancer drugs;

(6) It can improve female endocrine function, and has the functions of beautifying and delaying skin aging;

(7) It has the functions of losing weight and protecting liver;

(8) directly supplement minerals and amino acids for the human body.

PS: Compared with ordinary green tea, white tea is characterized by high amino acid content. White tea is not only delicious (very fresh), but also healthy.

White tea making technology

The production process of white tea is generally divided into four steps: withering, drying, packing and preservation. 1. Withering: Withering is the key to the quality of white tea, which can be divided into indoor withering and outdoor withering. 2, drying: also known as baking, baking temperature should be just right, the temperature is too high, the fragrance is not cold, and the temperature is not enough. Baked tea becomes "raw tea". 3. Packaging: Roasted raw tea can only be packaged after screening or refining, which can fix the shape of tea leaves and facilitate storage. 4. Preservation: the water content of the tea leaves is controlled within 5%, and the tea leaves are put into an ice bank at the temperature of 1-5℃. The tea leaves taken out of the freezer are unpacked after three hours.

Matters needing attention in drinking white tea

Knowing what white tea is, what aspects should you pay attention to when drinking white tea?

Although white tea is a kind of health tea, if it is drunk in the wrong way, it will also have a bad influence on the body. Drink tea at the same time, not partial eclipse, and drink white tea often and without interruption. Drinking Fuding white tea should not be too strong. Generally, according to whether you like strong tea or weak tea, use 3 grams or 5 grams of tea with 150ml water. The water temperature is controlled at about 85-95℃. Don't drink too hot white tea. Too hot water will not only destroy the vitamins in tea, but also directly hurt the throat, esophagus and stomach wall, which is harmful to health. Drinking tea on an empty stomach will lead to abnormal secretion of gastric juice. Cause gastrointestinal mucosa contraction, cause stomach pain, and people with "hot" stomach can drink it in moderation on an empty stomach. People with neutral stomach can drink it at any time, while people with "cold stomach" should drink it after meals. According to the efficacy of white tea, the elderly should not drink too much every day for health care, but drinking too much will not play a health care role.

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