The Defining Step in Making White Tea
The defining step for white tea is withering, wei diao (萎凋), and it is the only step that matters.
Tag: Withering
Key Process Points for White Tea
Picking is the opening control point, and the standard is set before the leaf reaches the workshop.
How White Tea Is Made Across Regions
Fuding in northern Fujian is the reference point, producing Silver Needle and Bai Mudan from the Fuding Da Bai cultivar.
White Tea: Hand-Made Versus Machine-Made
White tea has fewer steps than any other category, so hand work concentrates in picking and withering .
How White Tea Is Made: The Shortest Process in Tea
There is no fixing and no rolling, which is what separates it from every other category.
The Plucking Standard for White Tea
White tea is graded by bud ratio, and the plucking standard is written almost entirely in those terms.