For Yunnan, where tea culture is profound, there has never been white tea, but it is not as famous as Pu 'er tea. 1939 In September, on the eve of the formal establishment of Fohai Tea Factory, the predecessor of Menghai Tea Factory, white tea was found in the first batch of trial-produced tea. 1943, fohai tea factory first mentioned the technology of "no frying, no kneading, withering and drying" of white tea, and produced 3 18 kg of high-grade white tea. Perhaps because the process is too simple, the existence of Yunnan white tea has become very low. After that, Jinggu Dabai Tea became more and more famous. It was not until 1980s that Jinggu Dabai Tea was rated as one of the eight famous teas in Yunnan and listed as a local famous tea variety. It was not until the invention of' Moonlight White' that Yunnan white tea came to by going up one flight of stairs. Today, Yunnan white tea has evolved into a new kind of white tea, and its raw materials are no longer limited to Jinggu white tea, but also include the raw materials of Yunnan big-leaf Pu 'er ancient tree. Can Yunnan white tea made in this way be called white tea? What's special about it?
Whether Yunnan white tea belongs to the category of white tea has also been debated endlessly. According to the national standard of white tea implemented in 20 18, it is made from the varieties or sexual groups of Dabai tea and Narcissus tea by withering and drying. This definition defines the tree species of white tea and the technological process of white tea. Yunnan white tea, as a big leaf species in Yunnan, does not belong to the tree species specified by national standards, but it is made by the technology of white tea. It is precisely because of this that whether Yunnan white tea is a white tea variety is controversial. Moreover, I think the original intention of the six major teas is to divide them according to the process, so there is no doubt that Yunnan white tea made according to the process of white tea belongs to white tea, and Yunnan white tea has also sprung up in recent years, with a particularly high market recognition.
What is special about Yunnan white tea compared with Fuding white tea, the hometown of white tea? This still benefits from the advantages of Yunnan's entire natural ecological environment. Yunnan belongs to Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and has a good ecological environment. Most of Yunnan's big-leaf tea plants grow in the natural ecology, so the tea made from this raw material is naturally richer and fuller like Pu 'er tea. Secondly, Yunnan has natural processing advantages. Making white tea in other producing areas basically requires a little drying. Generally speaking, Yunnan has a stable climate, abundant sunshine and dry air. White tea can be directly dried and its aroma is more natural.
To this end, Yunnan Ye Ai launched Ye Ai version of Baina tea. This product is made of Dashuchun tea from Nannuoshan, Menghai, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. It was first processed, kneaded and naturally dried in Menghai area, and pressed into 200g cakes in the factory in April 20021year. Its taste is rich and sweet, the soup color is golden and transparent, the honey fragrance is rich and high, and the anti-foaming property is extremely high. Compared with the' moonlight white' shade drying process, the natural sun drying process will make tea more gentle, which is really suitable for all ages.