Wuyi yancha from Bai Jiguan, a light-sensitive cultivar with characteristically pale young leaves; its pale plant colour does not make it white or yellow tea.
The finished tea's floral, fruity and roasted impressions depend on manufacture. Pale fresh leaves do not prescribe one roast level or guarantee a green-looking infusion.
Chinese brand guides place the original bush at Wai Guidong (外鬼洞, 'outer Ghost Cave'). An English overview instead associates it with the foot of Huoyan (Flame) Peak and the Huiyuan area. Its pale yellow-green leaf, unusual among Wuyi cultivars, is often given as the reason for the name, but the competing legends are not settled.
Wu and colleagues found that strong light produced yellow leaves, reduced chlorophyll and altered chloroplast structure in Baijiguan, while shading led towards greener leaves. That experiment concerns the living plant, not a rule for finished-tea colour.
The leaf is made through the Wuyi oolong route, including withering, agitation, fixation and drying or roasting. Compare Anji white tea for another case in which a pale-leaf cultivar has a name that can mislead readers about processing category. Bai Jiguan holds the botanical identity.
Price ranks compare recorded retail offers for the same tea, including offers outside the current delivery filter. Shipping and import charges are excluded.
| Product | Vendor | Price | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
China Fujian Banyan 'Bai Ji Guan' Oolong Tea
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What-ChaSelected destinations |
£15.05 / 100 g | $20.09 £15.05 / 100 g ≈ $1.61 a session |
Wu Yi Shan Bai Ji Guan Rock Oolong Tea
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Yunnan SourcingSelected destinations |
$8.50 / 25 g | $34.00 ≈ $2.72 a session |
Bai Jiguan
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Old Ways Tea CompanySelected destinations |
$9.94 / 24 g | $41.42 ≈ $3.31 a session |
| Bai Ji Guan White Cockscomb | Flying Bird TeaSelected destinations |
€21.00 / 50 g | $47.10 €42.00 / 100 g ≈ $3.77 a session |
| Wuyi Bai Jiguan | Lam Kie Yuen TeaSelected destinations |
HK$480.00 / 75 g | $81.54 HK$640.00 / 100 g ≈ $6.52 a session |
| Bai Ji Guan | Länggass-TeeSelected destinations |
CHF 75.00 / 50 g | $182.12 CHF 150.00 / 100 g ≈ $14.57 a session |
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.
| Product | Vendor | Channel | per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Fujian Banyan 'Bai Ji Guan' Oolong Tea | What-Cha | International retail | $20.09 |
| Wu Yi Shan Bai Ji Guan Rock Oolong Tea | Yunnan Sourcing | International retail | $34.00 |
| Bai Jiguan | Old Ways Tea Company | International retail | $41.42 |
| Bai Ji Guan White Cockscomb | Flying Bird Tea | International retail | $47.10 |
| Wuyi Bai Jiguan | Lam Kie Yuen Tea | International retail | $81.54 |
| Bai Ji Guan | Länggass-Tee | International retail | $182.12 |
