Tea is classified into six categories: green tea, white tea, yellow tea, blue tea (Oolong tea), black tea, and dark tea. This Site introduces various teas that CHAMART has drunk.

White tea
Lightly fermented tea
One bud and two leaves or one bud and three leaves are used. 
Production area: Fujian Province, China
Shape of tea leaf: Compressed tea.
The greenish-light brown tea leaves are mixed with tea leaf buds covered in lots of white downy hair.
*Shomei has a leaf and compressed types.
Flavor: The compressed type of Shoumei tea has the freshness of oolong tea and the body of black tea, rather than the typical flavor of white tea.

Related article on the site: “Tea of China“

Reference:
工藤佳治、兪向紅 著 中国茶図鑑(2017) 第6版発行 文春新書
工藤佳治主編者(2007) 中国茶事典(初版) 勉誠出版

*The site does not describe all “Teas of Japan” or all “Teas of the World”. Additionally, each article expresses the writer’s personal experience and feelings.
*The information provided on this site may be updated. If you find any information in this article that is incorrect, new, or incomplete, please contact CHAMART.