Zhejiang Anji

China

Anji County in northern Zhejiang is famous for Anji Bai Cha, a green tea made from a unique albino cultivar whose leaves turn pale white-green in early spring when temperatures are cool. Despite its name suggesting white tea, Anji Bai Cha is processed as a green tea. The bamboo-forested mountains provide nitrogen-rich soil and natural shade, producing leaves exceptionally high in amino acids and L-theanine. The resulting tea has a distinctively sweet, umami-rich flavor with very low astringency, making it one of China's most prized modern green teas.