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“One Year Tea, Three Year Medicine, Seven Year Treasure” – Why is Aged White Tea such a treasure?
Shou Mei, a famous kind of Fuding White Tea from Fuding, Fujian. Shou Mei is made of mature tea leaves, plucking the tea buds with 2-3 leaves. As the leaves is more mature, it contains high level of nutrients and other chemical component. Among all kinds of Fuding White Tea, its transformation is the most apparent, especially in its taste aroma. Stored for more than six years, this Shou Mei become high in sweetness. It is rich and smooth in its mouthfeel, and mixed with honey, jujube, and woodsy notes.
Why is Aged White Tea such a treasure?
Aged White Tea is one of the most popular aged tea getting known by more people nowadays, popularity is just similar to the aged Pu’erh tea. “One Year Tea, Three Year Medicine, Seven Year Treasure” – a popular Chinese saying about the aged white tea you may have heard already. The Aged white tea has long be known as a treasure and having different medicinal properties and health benefits. But what is the reasons for that saying?
Health benefits
Due to its minimal processing method, it only requires withering and drying after the tea leaves being plucked, which preserved many of its natural phytochemical compounds, such as the enzymes, amino acid and polyphenols. These un-killed active compounds allow the white tea continue to ferment and transform after processed, even after years of storage and aging. During years of storage and chemical transition, the high amount of polyphenols will transform into different beneficial nutrition, including catechins and flavonoid, which is proved to presents potent antioxidant properties and associated with different health benefits, including anti-oxidation, anti-inflammation, lower the blood and cholesterol levels, help to ease the metabolic syndrome and diabetes, etc. Thus, the consumption of aged white tea is considered as having positive effects on human’s health.
Better Flavor profile
After years of storage, the aroma substance of white tea will be transformed. The change in tasting profile usually become apparent after 3 years of storage. Although aged white tea is being described as “Medicine”, and it is usually associated with the “Medicinal/ Chinese Herbal aroma”, its tasting note is way more diverse and delicious. In fact, aged white tea can be very diverse in its aroma , including the notes of jujube, honey, fruity, dried bamboo leaves, herbs, and it is apparent in its mellowness.
Weight per pack: 25g
Tea Farm Location: Panxi, Fuding, Fujian Province, China
Harvest Time: Spring 2015
Tasting Notes: rich and smooth mouthfeel, sweet, fruity, jujube, hint of herbs and woody notes
Dry Leaves Appearance: yellowish brown loose leaves with some pekoe in between
Tea Liquor Colour: Bright and clear orange
