Vanilla white tea

The vanilla-flavoured white tea provides refined and seductive aromas, ideal for enjoying this drink during a relaxing or meditative break. With its delicate flavours and its aura of well-being, it is a tea that helps you find your inner balance in the tea ritual.
This sophisticated blend combines the essence of vanilla with an extraordinary Pai Mu Tan white tea, also known as "White Peony". A variety of Chinese white tea that is also elegant in shape. The large, full-bodied leaf, picked at the height of flowering, provides shades of green, silvery-white tips that release a clear, brilliant liquid.
Its slightly spicy and sweet aromatic qualities reveal themselves to be complex with floral, fruity and honey notes. A perfect bouquet when paired with vanilla, creating a seductive and invigorating sensory experience.
The soft, refreshing and relaxing taste of this white tea also provides vegetal nuances and can balance another component, Chun Mee green tea. Soft and rounded, it has a refreshing and fruity aftertaste, generally more acidic and less sweet than other green teas. Its light and pungent freshness is ideal for perfectly balancing Pai Mu Tan. A hint of vanilla accompanies its aristocratic character, increasing the symphony of floral notes, the velvety and sugary taste.
In short, what does vanilla white tea taste like? Unique and soft, with a sweetness dotted with bitterish tips, which envelops the palate in a surprising way with every sip.

Vanilla white tea properties and benefits

Both teas in the blend work together to provide various beneficial antioxidants. Pai Mu Tan white tea, like Chun Mee green tea and vanilla, make various antioxidant polyphenols available to our body. These compounds help fight free radicals, which can cause damage to cells and increase the aging process. The high antioxidant content of vanilla white tea strengthens the immune system and promotes energy, with its natural properties of caffeine (theine) that stimulates attention and concentration. All this happens in a not excessively exciting way, since white and green tea contains theanine. This is an amino acid known for its properties that facilitate relaxation and stress reduction. Benefits that make this tea a perfect choice for moments of tranquility. This tea can also be an aid for digestion, promoting normal intestinal function, and for weight management - increasing metabolism and promoting healthy digestion. It also helps the drainage of body fluids, through the diuretic and detox effect that combats water retention and eliminates toxins. Vanilla provides its benefits, including digestive, anti-stress, anti-aging (antioxidant) effects. It is known for the beneficial effect of its aroma on good mood; in aromatherapy the scent of vanilla is famous for its calming effect that facilitates rest. For this reason, by combining with aromatic white tea, it facilitates the feeling of relaxation. The white tea and vanilla blend has components such as B vitamins, enzymes, minerals (fluoride, calcium, zinc, magnesium and potassium). In addition to tannins, alkaloids that include caffeine (theine) and theophylline, and the polyphenols that are components of vanilla, vanillin and vanillic acid.

White Tea with vanilla: buy it in our online shop

Compared to other types of tea, white tea is less easy to find in normal supermarkets or grocery stores. You can find it conveniently in our online shop Natura d'Oriente, full of teas and spices from all over the world. You will find exceptional loose leaf white teas, selected from the best qualities, both pure and mixed with aromatic ingredients. Like vanilla white tea, available in 25 g, 50 g, 100 g, 150 g freshness-saving packs.

How to drink vanilla white tea?

This traditional Chinese tea must be carefully prepared at the ideal temperature. It is recommended to add about 3-5 grams of this blend to a cup (250 ml). Heat the water to 70 °C and then pour it into the cup. The infusion can last from 2 to 3 minutes at most. It is not recommended to prolong the steeping, because the green tea leaves could release a slightly bitter taste.

Where vanilla white tea comes from

The Pai Mu Tan tea used in this blend is from the coastal province of Fujian, in China, like most white teas. It has a thousand-year history, and is one of the oldest varieties of tea in existence. Grown in the traditional tea-growing regions of Fuding and Zhenghe, Pai Mu Tan is the fruit of centuries-old Chinese expertise in this field. Its name means“White Peony” due to the appearance of the leaves, which resemble the delicate petals of the peony flower. Pai Mu Tan tea is made from the young, tender buds and first two leaves of the tea plant; a combination of silvery buds and green leaves. Hand-picking takes place in early spring, usually in March or April, and is done selectively to ensure the highest quality of tea leaves. After picking, the white tea leaves undergo minimal oxidation (compared to black tea or other fermented teas). They are laid out to dry naturally in the sun or in certain indoor environments with controlled light and air parameters. This process allows the leaves to lose moisture, develop a characteristic aroma and preserve the delicate flavor. Finally, the leaves are dried to stop oxidation, maintaining the typical freshness of white tea. The other ingredient, Chun Mee green tea, is processed differently. Also known as “Precious Eyebrow Tea” due to the shape of its leaves once hand-rolled. It traditionally comes from Jiangxi province although it is now grown throughout China. To make this type of tea, the leaves of Camellia sinensis are not fermented, and are cooked in a pan rather than exposed to steam. Chun Mee is a green tea of ​​everyday use among the Chinese, appreciated for its slightly sour sweetness and rounded aftertaste.
Vanilla is the fragrant element par excellence of this tea, and comes from the pods of the Vanilla planifolia plant, a species of orchid native to Central America. The dried pods can be opened to scrape out the tiny black seeds inside, obtaining the famous aroma.
The combination with chocolate has been usual in Central American culture for centuries, while the combination with sweets and tea dates back to a more modern era. Only at the beginning of the eighteenth century in France and England did blends of tea and vanilla, imported from Madagascar, begin to create a sweet and relaxing drink. With the increasingly popular use of tea, especially in the 19th century, vanilla tea gained popularity and spread to many parts of the world.

White tea side effects

In addition to the many benefits that white tea offers, it is necessary to evaluate the potential side effects, which appear with excessive consumption of this tea, due to its caffeine content. Excessive consumption of this white vanilla tea can cause agitation, difficulty sleeping, accelerated heartbeat, diarrhea, headache, acidity and gastric reflux. The presence of tannins can also promote stomach ache and irritation of the gastric mucosa, which is why it is advisable to maintain moderate tea consumption (1-2 cups a day).