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An Ji Bai Cha, or An Ji White Tea (in English) is so named because its unprocessed tea leaves are almost completely white in color. The tea itself is actually a green tea. There was a legend recorded in an ancient 900-year old Chinese book called "Da Guan Cha Lun" about a tea plant with jade white leaves. It remained a legend until 1980s, when a single white tea bush (now known as the Ancestor of Bai Cha) was found in An Ji County (Zhejiang province, China), and experts believe that this was the tea plant that was mentioned in the book. It was soon cultivated for commercial purposes
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AnJiBaiCha-GreenTea Price(50grams):US$27.00 FreeShippingonOrdersover$30 Description AnJiBaiCha,orAnJiWhiteTea(inEnglish)issonamedbecauseits unprocessedtealeavesarealmostcompletelywhiteincolor.Thetea itselfisactuallyagreentea.Therewasalegendrecordedinanancient 900-yearoldChinesebookcalled"DaGuanChaLun"aboutateaplant withjadewhiteleaves.Itremainedalegenduntil1980s,whenasingle whiteteabush(nowknownastheAncestorofBaiCha)wasfoundin AnJiCounty(Zhejiangprovince,China),andexpertsbelievethatthis wastheteaplantthatwasmentionedinthebook.Itwassoon cultivatedforcommercialpurposes–AnJiBaiChaisoneoftheteas processedfromtheleavespickedfromtheseteaplants.Thepicking seasonisveryshort,around30daysinearlyspringseasonasoncethe temperatureincreases,theleaveswouldstarttoturngreen. Researchfoundthattheteaplanthaslowchlorophyllandpolyphenolscontent(whichexplainsthewhitish-greentealeaves) butisveryrichinaminoacids.Ithasalmosttwicetheamountcomparingtoothergreenteas.Aminoacidhelpssuppress cortisolandreducesstress. AnJiBaiChaharvestareaisnowaprotected.OnlytheleavespickedwithindestinatedareacanbeconsideredasAnJiBai Cha.ThisteaiscertifiedorganicbyChinaOrganicProduct. Othernames: AnJiWhiteTea,WhiteJadePhoenixTea(YuFengCha) Taste: Thetasteisrefreshinglydelicateandsoothing,withaslighthintoforchidsweetnessinitsaroma.Itisveryimportantthat thetemperatureofthewaterusedforsteepingthisteashouldneverexceed80degreesCelsius.Aswithallothergreenteas, use75°c-85°ctobringthebestoutofthistea. Appearance: ThetealeavesofAnJiBaiChahaveoneofthefreshestappearancesofanyteas.Theleafpatternsarestillvisible.Once infused,thetealeavesstartstoturnwhitish-greenincolorandunfurlintoone-bud-one-leafform. Origin: AnJi,ZhejiangProvince,China HarvestPeriod: Spring2013 TeaLink:http://www.chineseteaart.com/an-ji-bai-cha-green-tea-p-1.html Picturecomefrom:http://www.chineseteaart.com/