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White teas are lightly fermented. They are made by a relatively simple tea making process and are among the least processed Chinese teas. As such, they have very high level of natural anti-oxidant contain and low in caffeine.

White teas' brews are bright and clear in color with delicate and slightly sweet taste

Unlike other classes of Chinese teas that have many equal members in the family, white teas are ranked and labelled by a quality hierarchy as follows:

top quality : called Silver Needle - made of only top tip unopen leaves (shape like a needle)
next quality grade : called White Peony - made of top tip leave & 2 to 3 leaves below
Other quality grades : Tribute Eyebrow etc. that include tea leaves even further down

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White tea's production

White teas are lightly fermented. (Some tea site make claim that white tea is unfermented, it is simply not true.)

They are made by a relatively simple tea making process of picking tender young leaves, allowing these to "wither" in natural air, then sun dried or using a drying processor. The withering process is delicate and crucial for white tea production, requiring careful assessment of the natural weather conditions (season, sunlight and air moisture etc) and selecting adequate withering method with careful control.

In China, the big majority of white tea production is in Fu Jian providence, south of China.There are pocket areas of Fu Jian that produce top quality white teas, such as Fu Ding, Zheng He and Jian Yang. They are typical hill counties with mild temperature all year round (18.5^oC on average) and plenty of rain fall (1700mm/year).

Apart from China, Darjeeling and Sri Lanka also have very limited production of white tea. As such the overall supply of White tea in the world is scarcer then some other teas.