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Anji Baicha | White or Green?

12 Apr 2012

Many people are confused over this question of what the word ‘bai’, or white, refers to as Anji tea is most definitely a kind of green tea; its processing involves ‘sha qing’, or killing green. Turned out that the original mother bush was yielding some silvery gold-hued buds and they called the bush ‘White Tea’, and the lesser varietals ‘Tu Cha’ meaning basic tea. This is not to be confused with other white teas!

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