Cleanliness is the finest quality of agricultural products
Pretty faces are all alike, but a fascinating soul is one in a million. Whether one's appearance is beautiful or not is merely a matter of polishing the outward shell, yet a clean temperament truly reflects the clarity and goodness of the inner self. Especially as the years go by, after weathering life's ups and downs, one comes to realize: cleanliness is a person's finest temperament.
This is true of people, and just as true of tea. Among the many types of tea, white tea is the one that expresses the word "clean" most prominently.
It is the tea with the fewest traces of human intervention and the closest to nature. Its processing involves no pan-firing and no rolling, only withering and drying, preserving the nutrients in the tea leaves to the greatest extent.
Clean environment
The tea mountains of Fuding have an excellent ecology and beautiful soil and water, a fresh growing environment, good soil, and pure water quality. Only with such fine mountains and waters does white tea acquire its pure charm.
The special geographical and climatic conditions and the superior natural ecological environment are very suitable for tea production and cultivation. Fuding is also the place of origin of the national-level fine tea tree varieties - Fuding Dabaicha and Fuding Dahao Cha.
Clean craftsmanship
The special feature of Fuding white tea's production process lies in the two words: natural. Whether it is the legend of Lady Taimu sun-drying and boiling white tea to save the sick, or the records concerning Fuding white tea's production process through the ages, all confirm the primitive, ecological and natural character of Fuding white tea's production process.
In the Ming Dynasty, Tian Yiheng wrote in his Boiling Spring Notes: "As for tea, that made with fire ranks lower, while that sun-dried ranks higher; it is also closer to nature and free of the smell of fire and smoke." This refers to the processing method and natural quality of white tea.
It can be said that the cleanliness of white tea is a cleanliness you can see. From picking, withering and drying to the final finished product, it is kept off the ground throughout the entire process.
Clean in the mouth
Newly made white tea has complete buds and leaves, covered with white down, a fresh and clear aroma, a yellow-green and limpid liquor color, and a light taste with a sweet aftertaste, and later gradually transforms into aged white tea with a rich medicinal fragrance.
When drinking white tea, through every bud and leaf that unfurls in the brew, the tea fragrance rising from the cup, and then the fresh liveliness of the infused leaves, the cleanliness of white tea can be tasted. Soft and tranquil, like silver, like snow, it brings simplicity, elegance and charm to the utmost.
The cleanliness of Fuding white tea is not merely a temperament, but a precious quality, and even more a gift bestowed on us by nature.