Types of White Tea and Its Caffeine Content
White tea, one of China’s six major tea categories, undergoes a light fermentation process with fewer steps than other teas. What types of white tea are available, and does it contain caffeine?
White tea, one of China’s six major tea categories, undergoes a light fermentation process with fewer steps than other teas. What types of white tea are available, and does it contain caffeine?
The Fuding white tea based on the picking standards can be divided into Silver Needle White Tea, White Peony Tea, Gongmei White Tea, Shoumei White tea and etc, which need different brewing methods. If you do not want to memorize the brewing methods of each tea by rote, you can take a look at this article to master some practical rules about how to brew Fuding white tea.
White Peony is a well known type of white tea which is produced by plucking the bud and one leaf, or two leaves and a bud of the larger leafed tea trees or Narcissus tea trees' shorter and smaller sprouts.
White tea is classified as a lightly fermented tea, with very little or no fermentation at all, making it light, fresh and the tea which is richest in anti-oxidants.
White peony tea is a delicious type of white tea, which is a lightly fermented tea. Another name for White Peony is “Bai Mu Dan” in China, because the green leaves on the tea tree are just budding, like the leaves unfurling when they are brewed.