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Translation
weidiao (Wei3 Diao1) = (萎凋) withering, the first stage of converting
Cha Qing
to finished
oolong
,
hongcha
,
baicha
, or
huangcha
, but by most accounts not
lücha
or
pu’ercha
, in which the leaves both become flaccid and start to change chemically, generating aromatic volatiles, sometimes misspelled (萎调 or 萎調)
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