What's the difference between silver needle and Maojian tea?

Yinzhen tea and Maojian tea are both famous traditional teas in China, and there are some differences in processing and taste.

First of all, Yinzhen tea is a kind of white tea and Maojian tea is a kind of green tea. White tea refers to tea that is directly dried after fresh leaves are picked without any treatment; Green tea refers to the process of fixing, rolling and drying the picked tea leaves. Therefore, the appearance color of Yinzhen tea is silvery white, and the shape of tea leaves is slender, while the appearance color of Maojian tea is green, and the shape of tea leaves is sharp with obvious fluff.

Secondly, Yinzhen tea and Maojian tea have different tastes. Due to the particularity of white tea production technology, the tea soup of Yinzhen tea is elegant in color, mellow and sweet in taste, and has the aroma of flowers and fruits; The tea soup of Maojian tea is orange-yellow, green and bright, with fresh taste, certain floral fragrance and tender leaf fragrance.

In addition, there are also differences between Yinzhen tea and Maojian tea in the variety and origin of tea. Yinzhen tea is mainly produced in fuding city, Fujian Province, China, and is made of Fuding Baihao tea. Maojian tea is mainly produced in Yangshan, Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province, China, and is made of flag leaves from Hangzhou, Taihu Lake.

To sum up, Yinzhen tea and Maojian tea are different in processing, appearance, taste and origin. If you prefer sweet and mellow tea with fragrant flowers and fruits, you can choose Yinzhen tea; If you like fresh and refreshing tea with floral fragrance, you can choose Maojian tea.