Tagged: bai mudan
Two Italian studies found room-temperature white tea higher in antioxidants than hot
Two studies from one Italian research group found white tea steeped two hours in room-temperature water higher in antioxidant activity than the same tea steeped hot.
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.
The cheaper white tea puts more in the cup
Silver needle costs about three times bai mudan, yet a normal brew of the cheaper bud-and-leaf tea delivers more theanine, caffeine, and catechin into the cup than the all-bud grade does.
Aging
How a kept white tea changes: the chemistry that softens astringency and darkens the cup over years, why Shou Mei and Bai Mudan get pressed into cakes, and the standard that governs the pressed form.
What Is White Tea
White tea is the least-processed tea class: the bud and leaf of Camellia sinensis, withered and dried, no pan-fire and no rolling. What that names, the four products, and the standard behind it.