A brief introduction to Shou Mei tea
2013-08-20
A brief introduction to Shoumei Tea:
Nanshan Shoumei tea features slightly flattened, gently curved tea strips with a vibrant green color and delicate white tips, resembling the elegant eyebrows of an elderly sage. It boasts a refined, long-lasting aroma, delivering a fresh, crisp, and mellow taste. The tea liquor is clear and bright, while the infused leaves remain tender, green, and beautifully intact.
If you ever find yourself exploring Tianmu Lake, be sure to take a leisurely bamboo raft ride across its emerald waters—and don’t forget to savor a cup of Nanshan Shoumei tea. This experience is bound to leave you feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and brimming with energy!
Shoumei tea was developed over five years at the Li Jiayuan Tea Plantation in Hengjian Township, under the expert guidance of Zhang Zhicheng, a pioneering senior engineer and veteran tea master from Jiangsu Province. After rigorous testing and refinement, it successfully passed evaluation in 1986 and went on to win the prestigious Ministry of Agriculture’s Famous Tea Award in 1989.
The Benefits, Effects, and Introduction of Fuding White Tea
2013-06-03
Fuding white tea boasts unique regional characteristics, naturally crafted processes, and distinctive health benefits—features that have earned recognition from numerous experts.
First, its origins lie in Fuding, a region rich in cultural heritage. Fuding has a long history of cultivating white tea and is the birthplace of Bai Hao Yin Zhen, often hailed as the "King of White Teas."
Second, Fuding white tea stands out for its exceptional quality, offering both health benefits and beauty-enhancing properties.
Finally, thanks to continuous innovation and development, this tea holds a promising future, perfectly aligning with people's growing desire for a healthier lifestyle.
But what exactly are the specific benefits and effects of Fuding white tea? Scientific research and medical studies have confirmed that white tea possesses cooling properties, helping to reduce heat, relieve inflammation, combat summer heat, and even detoxify the body—making it an effective remedy for various ailments. As noted in the *Min Xiao Ji* by the renowned Qing Dynasty scholar Zhou Lianggong: "Bai Hao Yin Zhen,
The Health Benefits of Fujian Aged White Tea
2013-01-06
White tea is a unique tea variety exclusive to China, crafted from the tender buds of distinctive tea tree varieties covered in delicate white down—such as Fuding Da Bai Cha, Fuding Da Hao Cha, and Zhenghe Da Bai Cha—using a one-of-a-kind processing method that involves no frying or rolling, only withering and drying. Its production is geographically limited to just two regions in Fujian Province: Fuding and Zhenghe. As a result, white tea remarkably preserves the tea leaves' natural nutritional and health-promoting compounds. Interestingly, while the same tea tree varieties are also used to produce black tea and green tea, the beneficial functional components differ significantly across these types. Specifically, when processed into white tea, it boasts higher levels of key health-promoting elements—such as theanine, flavonoids, caffeine, and vitamins C and E—compared to both black and green teas, often exceeding them by up to 30%.
The "Five Teas" of Fuding White Tea
2012-08-24
Fuding white tea boasts unique and remarkable health benefits, which can be summarized in five key "teas":
① A Cooling & Anti-Inflammatory Tea: White tea is renowned for its ability to clear heat and reduce inflammation. Recent studies have also revealed that white tea extracts effectively inhibit the growth of bacteria linked to staphylococcal, streptococcal infections, and pneumonia—making it a natural preventive measure against such bacterial threats.
② The "Women's Tea": White tea contains the lowest levels of free radicals among all teas. Regularly drinking white tea or applying its extracts can help slow down aging and promote radiant, youthful skin, earning it widespread popularity among modern, trend-conscious individuals—especially urban women.
③ The "Partner Tea": Pairing red wine with white tea creates a harmonious balance. While red wine is known to cause "heatiness" when consumed in excess, white tea acts as a natural counterbalance, helping to mitigate this effect and make the pairing more enjoyable.
Numerous health and wellness benefits of Fuding White Tea
2012-08-24
Led by Professor Zhonghua Liu from the National Research Center for Engineering Technology of Plant Functional Components Utilization at Hunan Agricultural University, this project brought together technical resources and research teams from five renowned institutions: the National Research Center for Engineering Technology of Plant Functional Components Utilization, Tsinghua University’s Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Peking University’s Center for Aging Medicine Research, the Key Laboratory of Tea Science under the Ministry of Education, and the Subhealth Intervention Technology Laboratory affiliated with the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Focusing specifically on Fuding white tea (including Bai Hao Yin Zhen and Bai Mu Dan), the study spanned over a year and involved dozens of rigorous, scientifically-backed analyses and validations—ultimately revealing white tea’s remarkable benefits in areas such as anti-aging and skin care, anti-inflammatory and detoxifying effects, as well as lipid-lowering and weight-management properties.
2012-08-06
Fuding White Tea – The Brewing Guide – Brewing white tea involves five key considerations:
1. Different varieties call for different brewing methods;
2. Even teas from different vintages require tailored approaches;
3. Variations in teaware also dictate unique brewing techniques;
4. Depending on whether you prioritize the tea’s flavor or its health benefits, the method will differ;
5. Finally, the brewing process varies based on who’s enjoying the tea.
Here’s a breakdown of each aspect:
**(1) Different varieties, different brewing methods.**
1. How to brew Bai Hao Yin Zhen (Silver Needle): When preparing Bai Hao Yin Zhen, there are two main points to keep in mind: First, since the tea buds are slender, delicate, and exceptionally tender, the water temperature should not be too high—around 90°C is ideal. Second, this premium-grade tea…
The Health Benefits of Fuding White Tea
2012-08-06
White tea boasts not only the well-known "three resistances and three reductions," as well as skin-beautifying and complexion-enhancing benefits, but also a range of other health-promoting effects, including cooling down internal heat, reducing inflammation, providing relief from summer discomfort, promoting diuresis and detoxification, supporting liver health, nourishing the heart while boosting energy, alleviating fatigue, protecting against smoking-related respiratory damage, strengthening the immune system, safeguarding the cardiovascular system, relieving symptoms like wind-fire toothaches and high fevers, combating allergies, and addressing issues related to environmental or dietary imbalances. As more people become aware of these remarkable health benefits, white tea consumption has steadily increased. Meanwhile, innovative, deep-processed white tea products have begun emerging one after another—such as white tea beverages and skincare items—which are now being introduced both domestically and internationally. In 2010, Fuding white tea was officially featured at the United Nations Pavilion during the Shanghai World Expo, marking a significant milestone for this renowned tea brand.
Fuding White Tea Production Process
2012-08-06
Harvesting: White tea is carefully picked at the right temperature, selecting tender, early-stage buds and leaves—just one bud with a single unfolding leaf. The process emphasizes early, delicate, frequent, and thorough harvesting to ensure only the highest-quality, pristine leaves are collected. Buds and leaves should form uniform, even-sized "blossoms," with short stems left intact. Handle the leaves gently during both picking and handling. Use bamboo baskets for immediate storage and transport.
Withering: Freshly harvested leaves are promptly spread evenly on bamboo trays, ensuring an even thickness without any flipping or disturbing. After initial spreading, the withering method—whether natural indoor withering, multi-step withering, or controlled-temperature withering—is chosen flexibly based on weather conditions and the grade of the leaves. Once the tea reaches about 70–80% dryness, both natural indoor withering and multi-step withering processes must be combined, followed by sieving to separate the leaves.
Drying:
First Drying: Use a drying machine set at 100–120°C for 10 minutes; then allow the tea to cool naturally for 15 minutes.