白化期春茶
Mar 22 – Apr 20
Single annual harvest window during the cold-induced jade-white shoot phase prior to Guyu.
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安吉县安吉縣
Anji
Mountainous county in Huzhou prefecture, northern Zhejiang; protected geographical-indication origin of Anji Baicha green tea made from temperature-sensitive albino-shoot cultivars.
- Level
- Countycounty (县)
- Within
- Zhejiang
At a glance#
Garden elevation
80–800 m
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Rainfall
1,480 mm a year
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Mean temperature
15.6 °C
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Mean relative humidity
79 %
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Fog days
135 a year
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Location
- Garden elevation
- Bamboo-ringed mountain basins and slopes on the northern foothills of the Tianmu Mountains (80–800 m).
Where it lies#
Tea places nearby, plotted by their coordinates. Only physical positions are shown, no boundaries.
55 places shown Across the view · 384 km
22 places shown Across the view · 101 km
Altitude#
Garden elevations here and in neighbouring places, as sourced.
Picking calendar#
Terroir#
- Rock
- Granite, rhyolite, and sandstone-shale formations of the northern Tianmu Mountain range.
- Soil
- Acidic yellow-red loam (黄红壤) and gravelly mountain soil rich in organic matter, pH 4.5–5.5.
- Slope and light
- Cool early-spring temperatures (15–22 °C) in the Tianmu valleys trigger the temperature-sensitive chlorophyll deficiency that turns Baiye 1 shoots jade-white and elevates free amino acids to 6–9%.
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Cultivation#
- Cultivars grown
- Baiye 1
- Landraces
- Clonally propagated from the single albino mother bush discovered at Lafuliang (大溪村桂家场) in Tianhuangping.
- Practice
- Picked strictly during the 20–30 day spring albinism window before rising late-April temperatures restore normal leaf greening.
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Local words#
| Local words | Dialect | |
|---|---|---|
| 白叶茶 Wu Pinyin: baq-yih-dzo / Pinyin: báiyèchá | Wu (Huzhou / Anji) | Local northern Zhejiang vernacular name meaning white-leaf tea, accurately distinguishing temperature-sensitive albino-shoot green tea from withered Fujian white tea. |
People#
- Tianmu foothill Wu and migrant tea-growing households 安吉天目山麓茶农与制茶匠人
- County horticulturists and hillside farming families propagated a single wild albino mother bush from Tianhuangping into a protected geographical-indication green-tea industry.
Market#
- Primary trade channel
- Processed on the day of picking by family farms and cooperatives in townships like Xilong and traded through the Anji China Tea City wholesale hub under CNIPA digital origin-traceability marks.
- Trading towns
- Dipu (Anji) · Xilong · Kuntong
- Output
- Production is concentrated in a single intense spring harvest window (late March to mid-April) before rising temperatures turn the albino Baiye 1 shoots green.
- Prices of teas claiming this origin
- Market prices depend directly on shoot albinism (jade-white leaf blades with emerald veins) and early-spring picking prior to post-Guyu re-greening.
History#
- 1107Emperor Huizong's Daguan Chalun praises the rare "white-leaf tea" (白茶) of bamboo-forested northern Zhejiang.
- 1982Agricultural technicians locate a surviving wild temperature-sensitive albino mother bush at Daxi Village in Anji and begin clonal propagation as Baiye 1.
- 2004Anji Baicha granted national Geographical Indication product protection.国家质量监督检验检疫总局 / 国家标准化管理委员会 (AQSIQ / SAC)
Notes#
Identity and history#
Enfolded by the Tianmu Mountain spurs of northwestern Zhejiang in Huzhou prefecture, Anji features bamboo-lined valleys, cool spring microclimates, and skeletal mountain soils. The county is the statutory geographical-indication origin of Anji Baicha, propagated from a temperature-sensitive albino tea bush discovered in Tianhuangping whose spring shoots emerge jade-white when ambient temperatures remain cool before re-greening in summer warmth. Protected processing standards mandate gentle spreading, light pan-fixation, and low-temperature baking to preserve its extraordinarily high free amino-acid content and phoenix-plume silhouette.
Listings claiming this origin 1#
Price ranks compare recorded retail offers for the same tea, including offers outside the current delivery filter. Shipping and import charges are excluded.
Prices compared in the selected currency; unknown values appear last.
| Product | Vendor | Price | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
Pre-Qingming Anji Bai Cha
Details and price notesCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
50 g pack at SEK 155; 100 g (SEK 299) and 200 g (SEK 595) also available |
In the Mood for TeaSelected destinations |
SEK 155.00 / 50 g | $31.26 SEK 310.00 / 100 g |
Prices recorded on the dates checked. Conversions use ECB rates dated 2026-10-20; original prices appear alongside. Origin, age and cultivar are stated by the vendor.
Teas associated with this place#
Sources#
- GB/T 20354-2006 地理标志产品 安吉白茶 (Product of geographical indication — Anji white tea)
- 杨亚军、梁月荣主编 (中国农业科学院茶叶研究所). 中国无性系茶树品种志 (Monograph of Clonal Tea Cultivars in China). 上海科学技术出版社, 2014. ISBN 978-7-5478-2129-9.