Process and method of making white tea

The making process and method of white tea are as follows:

Tools: white tea, bamboo plaque, bamboo basket, bamboo basket, dryer, freezer.

1, pick up the goods

White tea is picked one bud and one leaf according to the temperature, so that it can be picked early, tender, diligent and clean. Buds and leaves are blooming, with uniform size and short stems. Light mining and light release. Bamboo baskets are packed and stored.

Step 2 dry up

When picking fresh leaves, spread out bamboo plaques in time, with uniform thickness, and don't turn them over. After spreading, indoor natural withering, compound withering or heating withering can be flexibly selected according to climatic conditions and fresh leaf grades. When the tea leaves are 70% to 80% dry, indoor natural withering and compound withering need to be screened together.

3. Dry ...

Primary drying: dryer temperature 100 ~ 120℃, time 10 min; Let it cool: 15 minutes. Redrying: the temperature is 80-90 DEG C; Bake at low temperature for a long time at about 70℃.

Step 4 rescue

The water content of dry tea should be controlled within 5%, and it should be put into an ice bank with the temperature of 65438 0 ~ 5℃. The tea leaves taken out of the freezer are unpacked after three hours. The storage of white tea can be summarized in eight words: ventilation, ventilation, sun protection and moisture prevention.

Types of white tea:

1, white silver needle

Bai Hao Silver Needle is named after its white quilt, as white as silver and resembling a needle. It enjoys a beautiful reputation in tea.

2. Bai Mudan

Bai Mudan looks like a natural leaf. Its buds are connected with leaves. Its two leaves embrace the silver bud. It looks like a flower, so it is called Bai Mudan.

3. Miyami and Shoumei

Traditional Gongmei refers to white tea consisting of one bud, two leaves, three leaves and small white (vegetable tea). Its name is because of its small shape and the same appearance as eyebrows. Gongmei's shape is similar to that of Bai Mudan, but it is thin and small, and its leaves are grayish green with yellow.

Shoumei is a finished product made of leaves left by needles on fresh twigs picked in the process of making Baihao silver needles. Shoumei tea has no buds, grayish green with yellow, pure taste, apricot green soup and yellow-green leaves.