Growing country: China.
Contain the least amount of caffeine. White tea came into production in the late 1700s. (Mid-qing dynasty 1644-1911) Bud white teas such as Bai Hao Yin Zhen did not appear however until the late 1800s. Flavour components include a smooth and mellow taste due to its light oxidation. White teas made outside China are being produced to capture some of the growing demand for in expensive leafy white tea for use in white tea blends and ready to drink (rtd) bottle tea beverages they are not the same as the authentic white tea from the Fujian province of China.
Leaving tea leaves so close to their natural state means that white tea contains more polyphenols, known to have powerful anti-oxidant that fight and kill cancer-causing cells, than any other type of tea.
