White tea is different from green tea, yellow tea, oolong tea and black tea. The shelf life of other teas is only 1 to 2 years. Like raw Pu’er, the longer the tea is stored, the more mellow and fragrant it tastes. It is known as “one year tea, three years medicine, seven years treasure”. Generally, white tea of five or six years can be regarded as old white tea, and old white tea of more than ten or twenty years is very rare.
White tea is a kind of tea that can be stored for a long time. According to the time of storage, it can be divided into new white tea and old white tea. The time of storage is the standard. The tea that has just been made and stored for less than three years is called new white tea. The aroma of tea is mostly flower fragrance and hair fragrance. The white tea that has been stored for more than three years is old white tea. The aroma of tea is mostly old fragrance and medicinal fragrance.
“How long is the best time to store white tea?”
In fact, this is an open question, and there is no fixed standard. It varies from person to person, from tea to tea, and based on the drinker’s preferences.Like to drink flower fragrance, tea fragrance fresh, tea taste refreshing flavor, drink new tea within half a year, the fresh and refreshing feeling of soup is the most prominent. The preference tea flavor is clear and moist, fresh and soft, the flower fragrance is fragrant and clear, the white tea within 1-2 years will be more suitable.
Compared with white tea, the choice of new tea is wider, the price transparency is higher, and it is safer to buy tea. However, tea customers who like to boil tea on weekdays and love to drink soup with a sweet and soft taste may as well wait patiently. Wait for a white tea to be stored for three years before drinking tea.
To drink old white tea, you can buy ready-made tea from the market, or you can “save new tea and drink old tea”. It will be more fulfilling to drink the old white tea saved by oneself.
However, drinking old white tea is not the older the better. Those old teas that are more than 10 years old must be checked and treated with caution.
How to store white tea?
White tea is said to be the older the better, of course, it is also under the premise of good preservation, white tea is generally sealed preservation, otherwise it will lose moisture or moisture, good preservation can achieve a year of tea, three years of medicine, seven years of treasure. Therefore, for white tea, as long as the preservation method is correct, the longer the preservation period, the higher the nutritional value of tea.
- Storage in Iron Cans
White tea can be stored for a long time, but it is better to keep the tea dry, ventilated and without sunlight. The most common way to store it is to store it in a tin can, lay desiccant or lime powder at the bottom of the can, wrap the tea in kraft paper and seal it in the iron can.
- Storage in Wooden Boxes
The wooden box is suitable for large quantities of tea. Whether it is bulk tea or compressed tea, it needs to be wrapped with kraft paper and tinfoil before being put into the wooden box. Secondly, the bottom of the wooden box should be covered with a layer of desiccant. The wrapped white tea should be stacked neatly. The sealed wooden box should be placed far away from the ground and the wall.
- Storage in Porcelain Jars
White tea that needs to be drunk in daily life has different storage methods and requirements. The tea leaves can be directly put into a dry and sealed ceramic pot. The storage operation is also very simple. A piece of kraft paper can be put directly at the bottom, and then the tea leaves can be put in. It should be noted that every time the tea is taken, it should be resealed.