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Dennis Leonetti
Posted at:
January 27, 2025
My name is Dennis Leonetti and I live in Ohio. This year I want to start growing white tea. Can you help me with seeds and info on how to grow such as climate soil water sun and so on?White tea comes from the same plant as green tea, black tea, etc. come from. The difference in these forms is in the harvesting and processing. For example, green and white tea are unfermented while oolong and orange pekoe are fermented to varying degrees. White tea can only be picked in spring just before the new buds appear so the harvest is much smaller than that of most other tea forms. The young leaves are still covered with fine white hairs, hence the name. They are then allowed to wither and dry and, unlike green tea, the leaves are then roasted. The withering process allows the moisture in the leaves to evaporate. The result is a very light-coloured tea that is almost "white-downy" in appearance and has the lowest caffeine content of all tea types.