"Livio Zanini" > writes:

> "Lewis Perin" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> news
> > "Livio Zanini" > writes:
> >
> > > "Lewis Perin" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> > > news > > > >
> > > > [...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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