Today is White Dew: How should Fuding white tea be enjoyed?
White Dew, one of the 24 solar terms. As the saying goes, "Yin energy gradually grows heavier, condensing into dew, hence the name White Dew." During the White Dew solar term, temperatures begin to drop, the weather turns cooler, and dew appears on vegetation in the morning. White Dew is the first solar term of September. Dew is formed when water vapor condenses into droplets on the ground or on objects near the ground due to falling temperatures. Therefore, White Dew actually indicates that the weather has already turned cooler.
"White Dew and Autumn Equinox nights, each night colder than the last." Health experts say that White Dew actually indicates the weather has already turned cooler. At this time, people can clearly feel that the hot summer has passed and the cool autumn has arrived. White Dew is also the solar term with the largest temperature difference between day and night throughout the entire year. The "Seventy-Two Phenological Periods Collected Explanations of the Monthly Ordinances" records: "The eighth month festival, autumn belongs to metal, the color of metal is white, yin energy gradually grows heavier, and dew condenses and turns white." This means: after White Dew, temperatures begin to drop, the weather turns cooler, and water vapor on the ground begins to condense into more dew.
Tea leaves picked during the White Dew season are called "White Dew tea." After enduring the intense heat of summer, tea trees enter another good growth period around White Dew. Generally in August, tea picked before the White Dew solar term is called early autumn tea; tea picked from after White Dew to early October is called late autumn tea. Compared with early autumn tea, late autumn tea has a slightly better taste. If spring tea is enjoyed for its fresh aroma and faint grassy note, then late autumn tea offers a rich, mellow flavor. After suffering through a whole summer, the tea leaves seem to have brewed out their most intense character through time. That is why seasoned tea drinkers are especially fond of it.
Just like White Dew right now, autumn has already begun, and it is the best time to drink white tea. At this time, the weather starts to turn cool, flowers and trees wither and fall, and the climate becomes dry, making people thirsty with dry mouths and cracked lips. This is what traditional Chinese medicine calls "autumn dryness." Drinking white tea in autumn can moisturize the skin, remove dryness, promote salivation, moisten the lungs, clear heat, and cool the blood, which is very beneficial for autumn health care.
Drinking White Dew tea in moderation can not only supplement water, effectively dilute pathogens, and reduce their levels through metabolism, but the active components in tea can also eliminate pathogens and enhance immunity. Tea polyphenols can strengthen the toughness of microvascular walls, prevent internal bleeding, and also have an antibacterial effect; vitamin C in White Dew tea stimulates the immune system and can prevent and treat infections; vitamin B2 in it can prevent and treat keratitis, angular cheilitis, lip damage, and more.
In the Tang Dynasty "Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica," when describing the benefits of tea, there is a saying that "eating it over time makes one slim." White tea infusion contains aromatic compounds that can dissolve oils and help digest foods such as meat and oily foods. Therefore, in dry autumn when "putting on autumn weight," after a full meal of rich and greasy food, you might as well drink a cup of white tea to help dissolve oils in the body.
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