Let’s deal with the colour question first. Why is it white if it comes from the same plant as green and black tea, Camellia sinensis? Indeed, it does, but it’s made from the unopened buds, which are clothed in a fuzz of fine, silvery “hairs”, giving it a whitish colour. When made into a tea, however, it has a pale-yellow, straw colour and a delicate, slightly sweet flavour, lacking the grassy after-taste of green tea.
White tea is grown mainly in
