About Anji White Tea (An Ji Bai Cha) 2023

Anji White Tea is produced in Anji County, Hu Zhou City in Zhejiang Province. It does not actually belong to Chinese white tea, instead, it is a kind of Chinese green tea. That's because Chinese tea is classified by its processing method, and Anji White tea is produced using the same processing method as green tea. People call it as white tea is because Anji White Tea is a special species and in early spring, when the temperature is extremely low, the sprouting tea buds of Anji White tea are jade white. The colour of the tea buds will turn into green just like the normal tea leaves after a month.
Our Anji White Tea is picked before Pure Brightness (Apr.4th, 5th, or 6^th), as a result, belonging to ‘Mingqian tea'. The taste of this tea is extraordinarily fresh and tender just like tasting the early spring. It also has very attractive orchids aroma with long-lasting sweet aftertaste without any bitterness.

Appearance & Taste

Anji White tea’s tea leaves are long, narrow, straight and slightly flat, and it’s in vivid green. The tea soup is clear and bright with a bit of light apricot yellow and light apricot green. Our Anji White Tea is picked before the Pure Brightness (Apr.4th, 5th, or 6^th) belonging to ‘Mingqian tea’, and as a result, the taste of this tea is extraordinarily fresh and tender just like tasting the early spring. It also has a very attractive orchids aroma with long-lasting sweet aftertaste without any bitterness.

Taste: Floral, Fresh, Orchid, Sweet

Brewing Guide

Tea Cup

2 teaspoon(s)

80-85°C (125ml)

1-2 mins

Enjoy!

Glass

4 tsp

80-85°C (250ml)

1-2 mins

Enjoy!

Teapot

8 tsp

80-85°C (500ml)

1-2 mins

Enjoy!

Kongfu Style

Recommend using Mid-Drop (what’s this?) menthod or Bottom-Drop method for brewing the tea.

Mid-Drop Method:

Warm the teaware with hot water. Discard the water afterward
Pour hot water (85°C) into the teaware until it is one-third full
Add 2 teaspoons of tea for teacup/gaiwan (125ML), 4 teaspoons for glass (250ML) and 8 teaspoons for teapot (500ML) or 1g tea leaves for 50ml water (recommend 3g)
Tilt the teaware, slowly rotating it two times (this is to ensure a better infusion)
Fill the teaware with hot water (85°C)
Infuse tea for around 1-2 minutes for each brewing
Drink until 1/3 of the tea is left before refilling
Can be brewed a total of two to three times

Origin

Anji White tea comes from Anji County, Hu Zhou City, Zhejiang province. The climate there is subtropical maritime monsoon. Anji County has sufficient sunlight with abundant rainfall and the four seasons are distinct, which is suitable for the growth of crops. The annual rainfall there is 2000mm, the annual sunshine hours are around 1800 hours and the average annual temperature is around 17 °C. The soil there is fertile and acidic, rich in organic content and trace elements.

Anji White tea grows in the north, at the foot of Tianmu Mountain, northwest of Zhejiang where primeval vegetation is lush, where the percentage of the forest coverage is more than 70%. It’s a ‘dustpan-shaped’ radiant land that contains various land types such as mountains, hills, plains and so on.

Origin: Zhejiang

Picking & Production

Our Anji White tea is ‘Mingqian’ tea. Mingqian tea refers to the tea plucked before The Pure Brightness (April 4th, 5th, or 6th). Tea workers only pick the tea tree buds that just emerged in spring. The tea picked during this period is the tenderest with a touch of scent. Since the slow growth, the Mingqian tea is made of nearly 100% of the most tender buds. Our Anji white tea is made by one bud with one leaf. Due to the low temperature before The Pure Brightness, the number of tea buds is very limited, and the growth rate is quite low, hence the yield of tea under the strict picking standard is very small. As a result, there is a saying goes ‘Mingqian teas are as expensive as gold’.

After a whole year, the tea tree has accumulated sufficient nutrients which makes the tea buds fat and strong and the nutrient substance is rich. For Anji white tea, the content of free amino acids, proteins and other nutrients are abundant which makes the taste of it much more delicious.

Nutrient Content

According to the research, Anji White tea contains various vitamins such as vitamins A, D, E K and almost all B vitamins. It also has plenty of trace elements includes phosphorus, potassium, calcium, iron, selenium, zinc and manganese. The secret for its freshness and sweetness without any bitterness is that it contains 18 different types of amino acids. And the total amount of these amino acids can reach from 5% to 10.6% which is 3 or 4 times higher than a normal green tea.

The amount of L-theanine reaches 5%, tea polyphenols reach 15.4%, catechins reaches 13%, purine base reaches 2.8%, selenium reaches 0.2mg/kg, zinc reaches 54.5mg/kg, and the selenium content is significantly higher than other teas.

6 reviews for Anji White Tea (An Ji Bai Cha) 2023

Rated 4 out of 5
aws.nature – 08/03/2023
对水温要求很高，75-80度为佳，超过85度的水很容易破坏微妙的颜色和香气，使其变得非常老态。香气清新，富有青草风味，入口淡雅，整体感觉如小桥流水。
Rated 4 out of 5
Jack – 05/04/2021
This is a great tea to unwind to. The sweet aftertaste is just delicious and addictive
Rated 4 out of 5
Zac – 25/03/2021
Really mellow and relaxing. I can sip a whole pot and just unwind.
Rated 5 out of 5
Victoria – 20/02/2021
It was a very soothing experience drinking this tea and I love the look of the leaves. I enjoy this tea best at the end of the day to help me unwind.
Rated 5 out of 5
Keira M. – 18/12/2020
This green tea is tender and without bitterness, it’s perfect for a pick me up after a stressful day.
Rated 5 out of 5
Scarlett E. – 18/09/2020
When I heard this was actually a green tea, I just had to try it! If you’re a white tea lover, I think you’ll definitely like this. It has a similar lightness and sweetness on the palate but has the added herbaceousness of the green tea varieties.