Tagged: leaf grades

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.

White Tea Grades

How white tea is classified into silver needle, bai mudan, gong mei, and shou mei, keyed to what is plucked and which cultivar under China's GB/T 22291 standard, and why grade sets price more than quality.