Firstly, the author really doing a good job about the discussion of White tea. This images is come from this article.. Its appearance is really different from normal white tea we often to see... So, some may ask "is the tea pictured white tea"......
In my opinion, that picture is the white tea, but it is the aged white tea. It seems like the Shoumei or Gongmei stored more than five years. White tea is included in the partial oxidation fermentation tea. If we put it in natural environment, it will continue to fermente like Puer raw tea and the color and taste will change to dark and heavy. Its soup become thicker and gentle, and less irritant for our body. Aged white tea is really good for health better than fresh white tea, it even has the remarkable function of keep health and even disease treatment. In Fu Ding and Zheng He (the producing area of white tea in Fu JIan province, China), many local people store and save it for so many years, and drink it like a kind of health products. Recently, in chinese tea market, more and more people starting to chase the old white tea. The aged white tea has higher price than fresh white tea due to its precious and rare. Its lovers are willing to use money to change time...so, its price goes up quickly but the real and quality old white tea is also rare, relatively.
For me, I highly recommended old white tea as aged Puer tea, those two are my favorite, whether its excel function for health, or the great taste…Hope more and more people have chance to try it in future...
By the way, I just take a 2002 old white tea cake to here. It comes from a white tea enthusiastic lover and maker in Beijing, she collect this tea from a local farmer in FuDing (Fujian, China), and make it to be a cake as Puer. Maybe sometimes, I'll share its picture and soup here :)
