Hairy vs non Hairy

[Fatman2]

Don't get me wrong. I am not talking about the hirsute thingee.


For pu, I wonder why is it that at times I see lots of white fur on the tippy leaves and at times I don't see any at all. Anybody can share why?

[kymidwife]

When I saw the topic header, I thought.... hmmm, should this have been an option on today's TeaDay poll? Words to describe your tea, that you might usually use to describe your woman?

[Trioxin]

I'm guessing it just gets to be a pain in the ass for those that have to shave the tea.

Yeah,.. I have no idea

[Salsero]

Great question.

[shogun89]

I dont know but here a wild guess. More harsh processing techniques cause the hair to fall off where gentle and careful processing leaves it on.
The baby leaves on my camellias haves lots of fur on them, not that that matters but though you just might want to hear.

[Fatman2]

Anybody else knows?

[puerhking]

I prefer my women to be hair...um oh hold on......okay.....wrong post. Never mind.

[Fatman2]

Good try. Are there any botanist in our midst? Or tea plant researcher? Anyone?

[puerhking]

perhaps it is a function of the age of the leaf. new buds are enveloped by hairs and as it opens it retains them and slowly loses them as it ages?

[shogun89]

I prefer my women to be hair...um oh hold on......okay.....wrong post. Never mind.

hahahaha

[hop_goblin]

Well, as the converstion usually goes, hair can be an indication of "wildness", in that wild leaves can have and generally do have more hair. Some say hat Plantation leaves have less hair. And then you have to throw in the idea that Broad leaves generally have more hair than smaller leaves which come from bushes. Also, some cheaper pu is made up or a mixture of 'green tea' and not actually tea tree broad leaf material which can account for some of the lack of hair. Here is the kicker, none of the above mentioned should ever be taken as a sign of determining whether a pu is made of wild tea tree as it is very difficult to tell by simply looking at it.

[shogun89]

Good try. Are there any botanist in our midst? Or tea plant researcher? Anyone?

I own teaplants if that helps. . . . .

[beecrofter]

My understanding of yin hao or pubescent leaf is that is it just younger and the leaf overall contains the same number of hairs but that when mature they are spread over a larger surface.

[Fatman2]

Good try. Are there any botanist in our midst? Or tea plant researcher? Anyone?

I own teaplants if that helps. . . . .

OK. Looks like you have an opportunity for research. Can you monitor over the next few years and let us know.

[Fatman2]

Well, as the converstion usually goes, hair can be an indication of "wildness", in that wild leaves can have and generally do have more hair. Some say hat Plantation leaves have less hair. And then you have to throw in the idea that Broad leaves generally have more hair than smaller leaves which come from bushes. Also, some cheaper pu is made up or a mixture of 'green tea' and not actually tea tree broad leaf material which can account for some of the lack of hair. Here is the kicker, none of the above mentioned should ever be taken as a sign of determining whether a pu is made of wild tea tree as it is very difficult to tell by simply looking at it.

Sounds interesting. Anyone with a second opinion?