福鼎大毫茶
Fuding Dahao
Clonal, early-sprouting, large-leaf small tree from Fuding, taller and more upright than Fuding Dabai. With Dabai it is the main Fuding white-tea cultivar; approved nationally in 1985.
- Botanical
- Camellia sinensis
- Kind
- clonal cultivar
- Origin
- Fuding
Also sold or written as 6#
Chinese variants
- 大毫Dahao
- 大号大白茶Da Hao Da Bai ChaAlternative name given by zh-Wikipedia.
Romanisations
- Fuding Dahaocha
Translations and trade names
- Fuding Da Hao
- Dahao
Registration identifiers
- GS13002-1985National approval number (1985), as given by zh-Wikipedia.
Names and ambiguities#
Notes#
zh-Wikipedia describes it as a small tree (小乔木型), large-leaf (大叶类), early-sprouting clonal cultivar. Buds break in early to mid March and one bud with three leaves peaks in early April. Yield is slightly higher than Fuding Dabai's, and the buds are yellow-green and quite hairy. It suits black, green and white tea. Promotion within Fujian began in 1958, and it was approved nationally in 1985 (GS13002-1985). The Fuding GI specification describes a tall, upright, semi-arborescent plant with a clear trunk, horizontal or drooping oval to long-elliptic leaves, and deeper green glossy foliage. Variety rank is not stated in the sources read.
Teas made from it#
白茶
White tea báichá
Tea chiefly made by withering, drying and sorting, without green-tea fixation. Traditional forms are unrolled; Fuding new-craft white tea adds light rolling.
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白毫银针
Silver Needle Báiháo Yínzhēn
Bud-only white tea made from Dabai or Shuixian plant material under the national product definition. Fuding and Zhenghe are important production origins.
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白牡丹
White Peony Bái Mǔdān
White tea from a bud with one or two young leaves of Dabai or Shuixian cultivars, fuller than Silver Needle; named for its flower-like leaf clusters.
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寿眉
Shou Mei Shòuméi
Leafy white tea made from tender shoots or leaves of Dabai, Shuixian or population-type tea plants. Sold loose or pressed; leaf grade, season and storage are separate details.
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