Ten secrets about white tea that few people know

Fuding white tea is a special treasure among Chinese teas, and there is a saying that "at one year it is tea, at three years it is medicine, at seven years it is a treasure." Compared with other types of tea, Fuding white tea hides distinctive little secrets...

No fire energy:

Tian Yiheng of the Ming Dynasty said in Boiling Spring Tasting Notes: "For tea, those made with fire are inferior, while those dried in the sun are superior, for they are closer to nature and cut off the breath of smoke and fire." White tea, which is neither pan-fired nor rolled and is closest to the breath of nature, contains no fire energy and is cool and pleasant.

Rich in charm:

White tea is elegant and refined, with a clear and bright liquor color, a fresh and elegant aroma, and a sweet, moist feeling as it goes down the throat, making it appealing in character.

Lowers the three highs:

White tea can contain active enzymes essential to the human body, can significantly increase lipase activity in the body, promote fat decomposition and metabolism, effectively control insulin secretion, delay the intestinal absorption of glucose, break down excess sugar in the blood, promote blood sugar balance, and has outstanding effects in lowering blood lipids and blood pressure, making it suitable for people with the three highs to drink.

Many components:

In addition to the nutrients inherent in other teas, white tea is also rich in a variety of amino acids. It is cold in nature and has the effects of reducing fever, dispelling summer heat, and detoxifying. The Qing Dynasty notable Zhou Lianggong recorded in Min Xiao Ji: Baihao Yinzhen, produced in Hongxue Cave of Taimu Mountain, is cold in nature and has effects comparable to rhinoceros horn, and is a miraculous medicine for treating measles.

Medicinal uses:

White tea can prevent heatstroke, dispel heat, detoxify, and treat toothache. In particular, aged white tea can be used as an antipyretic for young children suffering from measles, and its fever-reducing effect is better than that of antibiotics.

Suitable for appreciation:

White tea has a beautiful appearance. Silver Needle is covered all over with fine hairs in the water and is most lovely, while White Peony unfurls with buds and leaves setting each other off, seeming to speak yet holding back. It both follows the trend and has a distinctive charm, and is deeply loved by female tea enthusiasts.

Brightens the eyes:

White tea is also rich in provitamin A. After being absorbed by the human body, it can quickly convert into vitamin A. Vitamin A can synthesize rhodopsin, can make the eyes see things more clearly in dim light, and can prevent night blindness and dry eye disease. At the same time, white tea also contains anti-radiation substances, has a significant protective effect on the human body's hematopoietic function, and can reduce the harm of radiation from computers and televisions.

Protects the liver:

Protects and safeguards the liver, and relieves and sobers up from alcohol. Natural flavonoids such as dihydromyricetin, which are richly contained in white tea leaves, can protect the liver, accelerate the rapid decomposition of acetaldehyde, a metabolite of ethanol (alcohol), turn it into a nontoxic substance, and reduce damage to liver cells.

Prevents summer heat:

"In spring, correspond to the liver and nourish life; in summer, correspond to the heart and nourish growth; in late summer, correspond to the spleen and transform; in autumn, correspond to the lungs and nourish gathering; in winter, correspond to the kidneys and nourish storage." In summer, the heart belongs to fire, all things grow to their extreme, and summer heat is strong. The emphasis is on nourishing the heart, guarding against irritability and anger, and keeping the heart gentle, the mind soft, and the temperament broad and harmonious. Turbid qi is released, the skin and interstices are opened, following the characteristic of summer yang qi being on the exterior. It is suitable to drink aged white tea, green tea, Tieguanyin, Taiwan high-mountain tea, raw Pu'er, and so on.

Keeps well in storage:

White tea has the saying "at one year it is tea, at three years it is medicine, at seven years it is a treasure," meaning it can be stored for a long time and has many benefits.

Time can let white tea naturally increase in value. During the tea storage process, the aroma becomes better and better, and it can also turn into fruity aroma, jujube aroma, and medicinal aroma. The taste will also become more mellow, smoother, and more sweetly lingering as time lengthens. The flavor is also stronger, and the returning sweetness will be better. As it ages, the aging and transformation of the components in white tea become more and more mellow, and coexisting with the aged aroma is still the pekoe aroma unique to white tea. The flavor is rich and fragrant, and the liquor color is amber, red-bright and transparent. White tea that has reached this age has more obvious effects in preventing cancer, fighting cancer, preventing summer heat, detoxifying, and preventing allergies. In the early stages of a cold, after drinking a few cups of piping hot aged white tea, you will feel much more relaxed.