白茶
Term · Classification
white tea
Literal meaning
white tea
Definition#
Minimally processed tea that is withered for a long time and then dried, without a kill-green or rolling step. Slight, slow oxidation occurs during withering; classic Fujian grades are Baihao Yinzhen, Bai Mudan, Gongmei and Shoumei.
Translation and usage#
| Language | Use | Alternatives & cautions |
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| English | white tea translation |
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| Deutsch | Weißer Tee translation |
Also acceptable
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| Русский | белый чай translation |
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| 简体字繁體字 | 白茶 | |
| 日本語 | 白茶 |
Common confusions#
- GB/T 22291-2017 defines the four products by cultivar and plucking standard, not by grade alone; 贡眉 is the population-cultivar product.
Terms#
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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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景谷
Jinggu Jǐnggǔ
Dai-Yi autonomous county in Pu'er City, known for the Jinggu Dabai (景谷大白茶) large white-bud tea and promoted as a white-tea demonstration county.
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福鼎大白茶
Fuding Dabai Fúdǐng Dàbáichá
Clonal, early-sprouting, medium-leaf small tree from Bailiu village in Fuding. Its very downy buds are the classic Silver Needle material; it was approved as a national cultivar in 1985.
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福建茶叶进出口
Fujian Tea Import & Export Fújiàn Cháyè Jìnchūkǒu Yǒuxiàn Zérèn Gōngsī
Fuzhou-based COFCO/China Tea exporter (1950) of jasmine, white and oolong tea, owner of the Butterfly (蝴蝶) brand. Not the owner of 海堤, which is the Xiamen company's brand.
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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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宁德
Ningde Níngdé
North-east Fujian (Mindong) prefecture: home of Fuding white tea and Fu'an's Tanyang Gongfu black tea, both EU–China agreement GIs.
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福鼎市
Fuding Fúdǐng Shì
Coastal county-level city on the Zhejiang border, the GI home of Fuding white tea (Silver Needle, White Peony) and of the Fuding Dabai and Dahao cultivars.
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政和县
Zhenghe County Zhènghé Xiàn
North Fujian county on the Zhejiang border, named after a Song reign era in 1115; makes Zhenghe white tea from Zhenghe Dabai and Zhenghe Gongfu black tea.
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政和大白茶
Zhenghe Dabai Zhènghé Dàbáichá
Clonal, late-sprouting, large-leaf small tree from Tieshan town, Zhenghe; the basis of Zhenghe Silver Needle and White Peony. Approved nationally in 1985.
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福建品品香茶业
Pinpinxiang Tea Fújiàn Pǐnpǐnxiāng Cháyè Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Fuding's best-known white tea brand house, founded 1992 by Lin Zhenchuan; flagship aged line 晒白金; large contract-farming base and nationwide shop network.
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国营福鼎茶厂
State-owned Fuding Tea Factory Guóyíng Fúdǐng Cháchǎng
Fuding's state tea factory (1950–1990s) under the China Tea system: exported Bailin Gongfu black tea and white teas; wound up after 1993.
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国营福鼎茶厂白琳分厂
Bailin Tea Factory Guóyíng Fúdǐng Cháchǎng Báilín Fēnchǎng
State-era tea plant in Bailin, Fuding: made Bailin Gongfu black tea for export, then white teas, and developed new-craft white tea (新工艺白茶) in 1968.
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六妙白茶
Liumiao White Tea Liùmiào Báichá Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Fuding white tea group at Diantou with a 4,600-mu estate and large white tea cellar; traced from a 2002 trading firm, joint-stock since 2017.
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福建省隆合茶业
Longhe Tea Fújiàn Shěng Lónghé Cháyè Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Zhenghe white and Gongfu black tea maker at Dongan, Tieshan town; founded 1993 as Xinlong Tea Factory, led by heritage bearer Yang Feng.
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福建政和瑞茗茶业
Fujian Zhenghe Ruiming Tea Fújiàn Zhènghé Ruìmíng Cháyè Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Zhenghe white tea maker at Daoxiang with roots in a 1958 state tea farm; 政名 brand; head Yu Bugui is a provincial bearer of the Zhenghe craft.
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