What is white tea, exactly? Originally grown in China's Fujian province, but now produced in India and Japan as well, these delicately rich, spring-harvested teas owe their name to the pearly white hairs on the buds of the tea plant which emerge after drying, or withering, in the sun.
Liz Clayton drinks, photographs and writes about coffee and tea all over the world, though she pretends to live in Brooklyn, New York. She is the associate editor for the coffee website, Sprudge, and the author of, exactly? Originally grown in China's Fujian province, but now produced in India and Japan as well, these delicately rich, spring-harvested teasWhite Peony
. White teas that come as only buds take longer to wither after picking, and also take longer to steep in water than do white teas with more leaves present.whole leaf tea is almost always going to be preferable to bagged tea, because of both the quality of the tea inside and the amount of room the tea will be given to expand while steeping.) that allows for expansion of the leaves, decent temperature control, and the pleasures of reinfusion.
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