Fuding White Tea's "Healthy China Tour" Guangzhou Event Kicks Off
2013-11-21
On the 21st, the Guangzhou stop of the "Fuding White Tea: Healthy China Tour" event will hold a grand launch ceremony, featuring a series of activities including Fuding white tea brand promotion, a health and wellness forum, and expert discussions on white tea. Earlier, the 7th "Discussing Tea: China Tea Brand" Summit Forum and the announcement ceremony for the "Golden Bud Award" and "Lu Yu Award" were held successfully in Beijing. During the event, Fuding City was honored as the "Most Charming Tea Culture City in China 2013," while Fuding white tea was recognized as one of China's Top 10 Iconic Tea Brands.
Notably, the "Fuding White Tea: Healthy China Tour" marks a new wave of promotional activities aimed at taking Fuding white tea from its production areas directly to consumers, following the successful conclusion of the Fuding White Tea Cultural Festival. The initiative is planned to run for 3 to
2013-10-23
Recently, Fuding City’s tea quality traceability system has been upgraded from a pilot program in standard tea gardens to a demonstration-zone pilot initiative. Notably, Fuding is the only area in Fujian Province selected as a national demonstration unit for building a traceability system aimed at ensuring agricultural product quality—currently, there are just four such pilot sites nationwide.
According to officials, following this upgrade to the national demonstration zone, Fuding City will build upon last year’s successful standard-garden pilot by inviting five leading agricultural enterprises to join the demonstration-zone试点工作. These companies will help expand and refine the implementation of key traceability measures, including origin coding, product coding, input management, production record-keeping, on-site product testing and verification, and standardized packaging labeling.
Fuding City, 201
2013-10-17
October 16 News: On October 14, more than 20 participants from a training course on pollution-free tea production techniques for developing countries traveled by car from Zhangpu to Fuding City, where they visited and inspected local tea bases and processing facilities in Diandou Town, while also immersing themselves in China’s rich tea culture.
Notably, this marks the second group of officials and scholars from developing nations that Diandou Town has welcomed over the past two years for an on-site visit and study tour. Back in June 19, 2012, the town hosted 24 officials and academics from 14 countries including Argentina, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Rwanda, who conducted an in-depth field trip to explore the region’s renowned tea heritage.
It is reported that the current delegation of officials and scholars from developing countries is here to further deepen their understanding of sustainable tea production practices and cultural traditions in China.
Fulindian's Bailin Town Sees a New Surge in Autumn-Winter Tea Seedling Planting
2013-10-17
October 16: It’s currently the perfect season for propagating tea seedlings by cuttings. In recent days, tea farmers from villages like Wengjiang and Cheyang in Bailin Town, Fuding City, have been eagerly seizing the opportunity to ramp up their tea seedling cultivation efforts, sparking a fresh wave of activity as they prepare for autumn and winter planting in fields across the region.
On the afternoon of October 14, while visiting the tea seedling nursery in Wengjiang Village, the reporter observed farmers busy at work—some wielding hoes to level the land, while others carefully planted “Fuding Dabai” tea seedlings, creating a bustling scene of agricultural activity. Farmer Su Fengzhu shared with the reporter that this year she has dedicated her more than three-mu of farmland entirely to growing “Fuding Dabai” tea seedlings. She began cutting and rooting the cuttings on October 1st and has already completed nearly two-thirds of the planting process so far.
Fujian's tea industry welcomes its first academician workstation, now based in Anxi.
2013-10-16
Going forward, the workstation will fully leverage the academician and expert team’s strengths in scientific research, cutting-edge technology development, and talent cultivation, fostering deeper collaboration in tea industry research. This will seamlessly integrate industry, academia, and research, driving the transformation and upgrading of tea enterprises and the entire tea sector—ultimately providing stronger technological support for the thriving development of Anxi’s tea industry, and by extension, China’s tea industry as a whole.
Yesterday afternoon, the Chen Zongmao Academician Workstation of Anxi Tieguanyin Group held its official inauguration ceremony. Moving forward, Anxi Tieguanyin Group will offer the workstation’s expert team access to essential resources—including project implementation sites, facilities, manpower, and production materials—to facilitate their technical collaborations. At the same time, the group will accelerate the commercialization and widespread adoption of proven technologies.
The Amazing Benefits of Fuding White Tea
2013-10-15
The benefits of white tea include cancer prevention and support, heat relief, detoxification, and relief from toothaches. Notably, aged Bai Hao Yin Zhen white tea can even be used as a natural fever-reducing remedy for young children suffering from measles—its cooling effect is reportedly superior to that of antibiotics.
White tea is a lightly fermented tea crafted using delicate, unique methods that avoid the traditional processes of rolling or pan-firing. The fresh leaves selected for white tea must exhibit the "three whites": tender buds and two accompanying young leaves should all be generously covered with silvery-white downy hairs. As a result, the finished tea boasts an elegant, silver-white appearance, earning it the name "white tea."
Depending on the specific tea variety and harvesting standards, white tea is categorized into two types: bud teas (such as Bai Hao Yin Zhen) and leaf teas (like Gong Mei). Bud teas are made exclusively from single, unopened buds, giving them their distinctive, premium quality.
Mountains need not be high—choose fine tea if it’s fragrant.
2013-10-15
Fujian boasts two legendary mountains: to the north, the Wuyi Mountains, famous for their exquisite Da Hong Pao tea; and to the east, the Mount Taibai, renowned for its delicate white teas. It was once said that someone penned this elegant couplet: "Emerging from these two sacred realms, no mountain can compare; savoring three sips of fragrant tea, all praise follows in its wake." Here, the "two mountains" naturally refer to Fujian’s iconic peaks—Mount Taibai and the Wuyi Mountains—while the "three sips of fragrant tea" specifically highlight the premium white teas crafted by Pinpinxiang Tea Company. Throughout history, scholars and literary figures have always regarded tea tasting as a refined and elegant pursuit, making the quality of tea an especially cherished consideration. Thus, Pinpinxiang’s "Three Sips of Fragrant Tea," perfectly matched with the "two sacred mountains" in this poetic tribute, vividly captures the unparalleled allure of Fujian’s white teas—and clearly reveals just how deeply this author was captivated by their timeless charm!
The anti-inflammatory effects of Fuding white tea
2013-09-24
In the 1970s, during a time of scarce medical resources and medicines, the author often watched his grandfather using tea water to clean and disinfect his own festering leg wounds as a child—wondering at the time, "Does this really work?" Later, he frequently observed many others employing tea infusions for their anti-inflammatory benefits. It turns out that in Fuding’s local folk tradition, white tea has long been passed down as an effective remedy for disinfection, inflammation relief, and even antibacterial purposes. According to the *Comprehensive Dictionary of Chinese Tea Industry*, tea leaves indeed possess germicidal properties: the polyphenol compounds found in tea can effectively kill a variety of bacteria harmful to human health—including Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio fluvialis, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella enteritidis, and Clostridium botulinum. As for typhoid fever,