Moonlight White has an incredibly unique fragrance and an unusual appearance, with the top part white and the bottom part black, resembling moonlight shining on tea buds. The liquor first turns yellow, then red, and then yellow again, with a clear and refreshing quality. Once brewed, its aroma fills the air, and after tasting, it leaves an endless sweet aftertaste. It carries the fresh fragrance of oolong and the mellow richness of Pu’er tea, offering a distinctive flavor that is worth sampling and collecting. Moonlight White tea, also known as Moonlight tea, is a special variety among Pu’er teas. Its picking method is unique, and because its processing techniques are kept secret, it adds an extra layer of mystique to this tea.
Moonlight White, also known as Moonlight Beauty, is also called Moonlight White Tea or Moonlight Tea, and is a specialty tea among Pu’er teas. This tea is mainly produced in the Simao area of Yunnan Province. Its picking method is unique, requiring production under moonlight, and the rough processing of each batch of tea must be completed within one day.
The origin of its name has different explanations. One explanation is that this tea is made using a special processing technique, resulting in tea whose leaf surfaces are black and leaf backs are white, alternating black and white. The buds are covered with bright white hairs resembling a crescent moon. When a bud and two leaves are viewed together, they look like a moon in the dark night, hence the name ‘Moonlight White.’ Another explanation is that this tea is picked at night under the light of the full moon, using tender buds as raw material, and from picking to processing, it is kept out of sunlight and slowly dried only under moonlight. Moreover, the tea is picked exclusively by local beautiful young girls, hence the name ‘Moonlight Beauty.’
Effects
Cooling, reducing internal heat, clearing acne, regulating endocrine function, and promoting meridian circulation. In addition, this tea is particularly effective for beauty and skin care, as well as lowering fat and aiding weight loss. The tea contains polyphenolic compounds, polysaccharides, amino acids, and caffeine, which not only help reduce body weight but also decrease cholesterol and triglycerides! For a long time, extracts from tea have been used in beauty and skincare, which is an indisputable fact. Moonlight White contains AHAS (alcohol acids), which can remove dead skin cells, allowing new cells to reach the skin surface faster, thereby making the skin denser, reducing wrinkles, and leaving it white and flawless.
Characteristics
Shape: Unusual, with the upper leaves white and the lower leaves black, like bright moonlight shining on tea buds, extremely enticing to behold.
Brewed Color: Clear yellowish-green, turning yellow first, then red, then back to yellow; the longer it steeps, the more transparent and clear the tea becomes.
Taste: Rich and full-bodied, mellow and smooth. After drinking, it leaves a fragrant taste on the teeth and cheeks, with endless sweetness. It has the fresh aroma of oolong tea as well as the mellow depth of Pu-erh tea.
Aroma: Rich, lingering, refined, and ethereal. If you pay close attention, you may notice an interesting phenomenon—the initial brew gives off a faint, honey-like fragrance carried by the air, followed by a subtle fruity scent or delicate floral aroma… As the tea is brewed multiple times, the fragrance seems to undergo subtle changes.
Beautiful Legend
The Bulang people once had a beautiful legend related to this tea:
Nanfalai was the seventh princess summoned by King Tai of Jinghong to Mengmeng. She was beautiful, kind, diligent, and brave, embodying the beauty and wisdom of the Tai people in the valley. For the sake of peace and friendship between the Bulang and Tai tribes, she abandoned the heavenly life of the royal palace, went up the mountains, and joined the Bulang people at Bayaneleng, co-founding a new era for Bulang society. Nanfalai not only taught the Bulang people to dig terrace fields and grow rice, but also brought them the techniques for large-scale artificial tea cultivation, helping the Bulang move from living in bark shelters into a civilized society. Later tea culture was initially pioneered by the Bulang people. Nanfalai (the seventh princess) was honored by the Bulang as the ‘Mother of the Tribe,’ also called the ‘Mother of Tea.’ (Meanwhile, the Khmer people of Cambodia, another branch of the Bulang, also made significant contributions to world civilization—they created the world-famous Angkor culture.) ‘Moonlight White’ tea was selected by the Bulang from numerous teas to offer to royalty. It is praised among the people as sacred and noble, like the ‘Seventh Princess,’ embodying her beauty.
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