Specification

Origin

This first-grade Fuding White Peony(Bai Mudan) white tea is made from one bud and one leaf, or one bud and two leaves, from Dabai tea trees and Fuding Dahao tea trees, harvested in the spring of 2021. Produced in Panxi Town, Fuding City, the hometown of Chinese white tea, Panxi boasts a high altitude, ranging from 300 to 1,200 meters. Most of Panxi Town's tea plantations are located deep in the mountains. This remote location protects the tea trees from pollution. Furthermore, the high mountains are often foggy and cold, leading to slower tea growth. This promotes the accumulation of soluble and aromatic substances, resulting in higher-quality fresh leaves. Furthermore, the large temperature difference between day and night is beneficial for the growth of white tea and the accumulation of nutrients. For example, the glutamic acid and aspartic acid that contribute to white tea's umami flavor are higher at higher altitudes, and phenylalanine, which contributes to white tea's sweetness, also increases with increasing altitude.

Appearance & Taste

This White Peony White Tea, picked in the spring of 2021, has intertwined branches and buds, winding stems and leaves, dense hairs, rich aroma, full quality, and a strong aged fragrance.

After brewing, the tea soup is light yellow and translucent, soft and smooth, mellow and sweet; the aftertaste is sweet and refreshing, the flavor is long-lasting, the fragrance lingers on the teeth and cheeks, and the tea aroma is rich; the buds and leaves at the bottom of the tea are stretched, plump and full, even and durable, and the aftertaste is long-lasting.

Brewing Guide

By Gaiwan

1. Pour the boiled water into the Gaiwan, fair cup, teacups to warm them up;

2. After 10-20 seconds, pour off hot water when they are warmed up;

3. Place 5~8g White Tea into the Gaiwan;

4. Pour in about 90℃~100℃ hot water;

5. After 10 seconds, pour the tea soup into fair cup;

6. Average the tea soup from fair cup into each teacup;

7. Enjoy your tea.

By Stewing---specially for the aged white tea over 3 years

1. Prepare a glass stewing teapot and an electronic heater;

2. Pour 5g~8g aged white tea with aged dried tangerine peel if you like;

3. Pour boiled water at 1/3 of the teapot;

4. Power on the heater to boil the water again;

5. During the stewing, you will find the color of the tea soup changes from light yellow to orange, to dark red;

6. Turn down the power supply, pour out the tea soup to fair cup or teacup, and leave 1/3 of the soup;

7. Add some more boiled water for continue stewing;

White tea, especially the aged white tea can be brewed and stewed for many times till it is tasteless.

Taste your tea after the recommended steeping time and then decide if you’d like it to steep a little longer.

Your own preference is the standard only.

Package

6g/box, 32bags/box, 192g/box

Storage

1. Keep out of the Sun

If white tea is directly exposed to sunlight, the substances contained in the leaves will start to decompose, reducing the nutritional value and affecting the taste of the tea.

2. Keep dry and tightly sealed

If to let the white tea under a wet environment for a long time, it will easy to get mold and develop a so-called "plum aroma." To prevent the tea turning bad or going mouldy, humidity should be avoided. Therefore, use containers with good breathability, such as sand pots. Ceramic pots, which can absorb water vapour in the air, should be avoided. In order to avoid the effects of wet weather, it is recommended not to stack containers up against walls or directly on the ground.

3. Store at room temperature.

As a slight-fermented tea, white tea is sensitive to the temperature. Too cold will affect the enzyme activity and make the aging slow down. Thus, white tea does not need to be refrigerated –the temperature can range from 0 to 30°C. However, significant changes in temperature should be avoided too.

4. Avoid storing it among things with mussy odours.

Tea can absorb different sorts of odour extremely easily; therefore, it should not be stored alongside anything strong-smelling.

5. Store different types of teas separately.

Such as white tea should be stored separately with pu’er tea.