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"Livio Zanini" writes:

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[...misconceptions in white tea article...]

Lew: I found out that also Shuixian bud and leaves can by
processed in white tea

Well, why not? With all the interest in white tea these days, I would
imagine we'll be seeing white teas made from all sorts of cultivars
before long. There's been white tea from Darjeeling for a year or
two, for example.

I think that not all cultivars are suitable to make baihao yinzhen,
since
you can you use only those with very fleshy and hairy buds.

When I said "all sorts of cultivars" I was speaking loosely. To be
more precise, I would imagine that some number of cultivars will be
used for white tea just as e.g. a number of cultivars are successfully
used for oolong. (Not the same ones, of course!)

/Lew
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Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html


Lewis and Michael,
I think you are both right. I think we can put it in this way: there are
some cultivars, such as Fuding Baihao and Fuding Dabai, which are used (for
what I know) only for the production of white tea, and can be indeed called
"white cultivars"; others, such as Shuixian and some other kinds, might be
used for the production of white tea as well oolong or maybe other types (I
must admit that I haven't ever tryed anything but Chinese Fujian and
Zhejiang whites). Apart this, I can hardly imagine the thiny and tender buds
of cultivars such as Longjing 43, or Japanese Asahi or Midori, used for
making white tea.
Regard to silver needle Pu'er and Darjeeling white, I don't have any direct
experience nor available literature on them. Can you tell me something about
these teas?
L

Livio 2/1/03


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Lewis and Michael,
I think you are both right. I think we can put it in this way: there are
some cultivars, such as Fuding Baihao and Fuding Dabai, which are used (for
what I know) only for the production of white tea, and can be indeed called
"white cultivars"; others, such as Shuixian and some other kinds, might be
used for the production of white tea as well oolong or maybe other types (I
must admit that I haven't ever tryed anything but Chinese Fujian and
Zhejiang whites). Apart this, I can hardly imagine the thiny and tender buds
of cultivars such as Longjing 43, or Japanese Asahi or Midori, used for
making white tea.
Regard to silver needle Pu'er and Darjeeling white, I don't have any direct
experience nor available literature on them. Can you tell me something about
these teas?
L

Livio,

Here is the web page for the Darjeeling white, which is in the style of a
Bai Mudan. The tea is acceptable, actually quite pleasant. It is in no way
spectacular. The leaf is very Bai Mudan-like. I usually buy my Darjeelings
from Kevin at Kyela Teas.

http://www.kyelateas.com/index.php?c...9e69789f40b6ba
e630af94c1339


Here is a web page for the Ceylon Silver Tips, another white tea, which is
in the style of a yinzhin. I drank it some time ago. It was nearly tasteless
-- sorry, guys -- but absolutely beautiful in a glass. I got this from IPOT.

http://store.yahoo.com/teastores/cesiti.html


Here is a web page for the the Silver Needle Beencha, produced in a "green
pu-erh" style from "white" tea leaf. This is a remarkably beautiful and
complex tea. Another one I get from IPOT, and this one I highly recommend..

http://store.yahoo.com/teastores/silneedpuerh.html


I have no other information, and my observations of the leaf are pretty
superficial, as I've said. I know enough about biology, systematics,
taxonomy, and evolution to realize that casual similarities do not a
relationship make.

Michael