the many faces of tea

this is a little tea suprise. there is another white tea, one that is far rarer than the more popularly known white tea. An Ji Bai Cha is derived from a recently discovered legendary tea bush cited in a 900 year old Chinese classic. thought to be purely legend until the discovery of a single teabush in the 80's (i thought everything from the 80's only came in luminous colours till now)this rare find has almost white leaves when infused and is technicaly a green tea - hence it is a white tea due to the colour of its leaves. most white tea is defined as such by the colour of its infusion as well as the nature of processing (i.e. no curative process). An Ji Bai is extremely rich in amino acids but falls down when it comes to polyphenols and cholorophyll. check out http://www.teaspring.com for a stockist of this tea