White moon light tea from Jinggu, is a kind a tea which does not fall into the six tea categories, due to its making techniques. Or to be more precisely, more people would like to define it as white tea; However, it also has its difference compared to white tea.
Invented by a Taiwan guy in Yunnan in 2003, this tea is made from big white hair big leaves tea trees from Jinggu. Only Jinggu has this type of tea trees, which is charaterized with silver tea hair. Its making process are summarized below: picking the fresh leaves; withering the tea leaves under the moon light to its complete dryness(unlike Pu Er tea, which must be withered under sun light); after the withering process is ok, then it is the finished product of white moon light tea. Since its witherness is conducted for a long time, it causes some interior oxidation by its interior enzymes. So that is why its tea liquid and aroma is so similiar to black tea. You will be surprised to see the tea liquid color turns to more and more red after several infusion.
Harvest time: 2010 spring
Tea composition: old tea trees of big white hair big tea leaves
Picking standard: One bud with two leaves
Shape: Tight, fat, plump.
Dried tea color: Shiny silver hair color with dark leaves hue
Aroma: freshness, floral aroma
Tea soup color: golden yellow
Taste: floral, sweet and fresh taste, strong throat feeling, smooth tea soup
I love finding “forgotten teas”
I can’t get over the name. How did they fit all that on the package? It’s like 3 tea names long.