Introduction: |
Moonlight white tea or Yue Guang Bai Tea is a particular style of tea originating in China's Yunnan province. Although we classify Moonlight White as a white tea, and its Chinese name contains the word white (bai/白), it is sometimes classified as Pu-erh. Moonlight White Tea is a semi-oxidized tea, but its production process is fundamentally different from oolongs.
Moonlight white is sometimes sold in compressed cakes like Pu-erh(See Our Moonlight White Tea Cake) although it is also sold in loose-leaf form, and consumed sooner after production. We classify it as a white tea because its production involves withering and drying like other white teas, and its character resembles other white teas to a large degree, although its processing differs from that of other white teas in some ways.
This organic moonlight white tea comes from organic high-mountain gardens in Nanping, Puerh, Yunnan at an altitude of about 1800 meters, right in the core of one of the main pu-erh production areas. The farmers choose the high grade raw materials to make this tea, meaning it has a high proportion of tea buds, and both the raw materials and origin bushes have been NOP, EU and JAP organic certified. |