Tagged: aging

Can Science Tell If an Aged White Tea Is Really That Old?

Forcing a white tea to look aged with heat does not just fake its year. It destroys the enzymes the leaf needed to age for real, and a new imaging method can now check a claimed vintage against the leaf itself.

One Year Tea, Three Years Medicine, Seven Years Treasure

A saying offered as old wisdom about aged white tea, and the small, datable change in its own wording that the record actually holds.