Question about brewing a blended tea

There is definitely a standard for what White tea is. It is processed differently than any other tea and is distinct. It is usually a somewhat more delicate tea and thus needs lower temperatures to brew with.

There is no official industry standard on what is a white tea. Yes, I would normally treat a white tea to a lower temperature of 140 to 180F depending on the tea.

There are industry standards for a number of types of white tea. You do not know what you are talking about.

Seriously? There is absolutely a standard. White tea is processed differently than green tea. White Tea is only withered and dried, while Green Tea goes through a process called shaqing or kill green.

There is an industry standard on how to make a white tea. Black and oolongs come out various colours, that does not make them not standardized.

I also boil my white teas, they are not delicate teas. If I was OP, I’d just boil it.

Thanks Oolong Owl. When I get it in my possession, I’ll try boiling it and see how I like it. :)

Not to try to settle you guys disputing as some voice of authority (which I’m not) but this is an interesting point. My understanding is that there is definitely a set process for making white teas but variations within that processing range (how the steps are conducted, related to timing and temperature, and whatever else) can lead to a wide variety of resulting oxidation levels in white tea, and really does in practice, and this factor would probably shift what parameters one would prefer and use for brewing. Also per my own experience brewing different white teas at different temperatures does give different results, not that I’ve made it a point to map that to oxidation level, or accurately could. It seems obvious enough that darker looking leaves are more oxidized (not so easy to spot in buds only teas). At a guess-getting a bit outside my range here—the brewed leaves color tells more of that story than the dried version. Or maybe all that’s wrong; what do you think?

good point john.. and then you could dry the spent leaves and take another look, and so on- see how they fare. its probably important to remember that these are leaves we’re dealing with and could be burnt and frozen and i may be getting off track- but the point is, white tea is most un tampered with, leaving the leaf to have all the natural properties. so i guess mother nature stumps us again, unless we do some tests.