Tagged: geographical indication

A Lab Can Sort Real Fuding From a Lookalike. No Shop Does.

Near-infrared light told Fuding-grown bai mudan from the rest of Fujian's 97.96 percent of the time in a 2023 study. What reaches the shelf instead is a QR code, which checks the seller's record rather than the leaf.

Fuding and Zhenghe

White tea's two home counties in Fujian, how their terroir, cultivars, and withering traditions differ, and what an origin does and does not tell a buyer.