storage forms, and produces a much richer,
stronger aroma (more than 600 volatiles have
been identified in black tea).
Some Prized and Unusual Teas
Here are a number of teas made in unusual
ways, with unusual qualities:
White tea: a Chinese green tea made
almost exclusively from buds whose
hairs make them look white, withered for
two to three days, sometimes steamed,
then dried without rolling.
Pu-erh: a Chinese green tea that is made
in the usual way, then moistened and
fermented in heaps for some time by a
variety of microbes. All of its phenolic
contents are converted into nonastringent
thearubigens and brown complexes, and
it develops a complex, spicy, clove
aroma.
Lapsang souchong: a Chinese black tea,