The invention relates to a making method of Xinyang white tea, and a making method of white tea cakes, and belongs to the technical field of processing of white tea. The making method comprises the following steps of performing picking, performing withering, performing rolling, performing primary drying, performing picking for removal, pressing cakes, and performing redrying so as to obtain finished products. The raw materials of the Xinyang white tea are one or more of Fuding dabaicha, Xinyang species, C.sinensis cv.Baihaozao, Fuyun No.6, C.sinensis cv.Bixiangzao, Wuniuzao, Pingyangtezao, and Xinyang No.10. The processing technology is unique, the made white tea is good in quality, plump and hard in shape, much in tea leaf grading, grayish green and bright in color, and fragrant in flesh flowers and rich in honey fragrance, orange and bright in soup, mellow, fresh, and sweet in taste, and tender in leaf base. Loose and crispy white tea is pressed to obtain tea cakes, so that the size is reduced the shape is beautiful, and the made white tea is convenient to store and carry. In a storage process, a slight enzymatic reaction is also generated, so that the made white tea is thick, mellow and rich in fragrance, and sweet in aftertaste, and the made white tea is well loved by consumers. The making method disclosed by the invention has remarkable economic benefits.