If you purchase this product you will earn Award-Winning Gong Mei White Tea from Fuding, Fujian
This newly harvested Gong Mei is an award-winning Tea, received the champion at the 2021 “Zhang Tian Fu Cup” award. It fully represent the freshness and elegant taste of the White Tea, it is very soft, smooth and refreshing, slightly grassy but flowery with lingering aroma and sweetness. Dry leaves are using tea leaves with 1 bud and 2-3 leaves, it looks green with some downy pekoe in between.
Weight: 25g
Tea Farm Location: Organic Tea Farm at Ma Guan Jian, Dian Tou Town, Fuding, Fujian Province, China
Harvest Time: Spring 2021
Tasting Notes: Crisp, Refreshing, slightly grassy with long-lasting floral notes.
Tea Liquor Colour: Bright and clear light yellow colour
Dry Leaves Appearance: 1 bud and 2-3 leaves; green with some downy pekoe in between.
Brewing Method in Gong Fu Style: 5g Tea| 150ml water (90-95°c) |1-3 infusion : 10’s, After : Add 5’s each
New vs Aged White Tea – What is so special about aged White Tea?
When talking about Fuding White Tea, people always mention about the aged White Tea and how to age it. In Fuding, there is a saying about the aged white tea going like this ” One year Tea, three year medicine, seven year treasure”. (In Chinese：一年茶，三年藥，七年寳). There is some researches found that Fuding White Tea is special in its medicinal value, the more year it was aged, the more medicinal benefit it can bring. As a Tea sommelier, despite all that findings about the medicinal value of aged white tea, it is more about the taste dimension to us. So, Let’s talk about the transformation of the aging white tea! You can try our Master Tasting Collection Box #21 – New VS Aged White Tea to know more!
Dry Leaves Appearance of New and Aged White Tea
The longer it was stored, the darker it will get. The newly harvested Tea is bright green in colour; and Tea stored for 2-3 years is still very green, but slightly become darker; and aged Tea with more than 10 years, will basically turn into brown but still with some green colour tones.
The Colour of Liquor of New and Aged White Tea
Similar to the transformation of dry leaves, the liquor will also get darker when it was aged. The newly harvested Tea is light yellow in colour, and Tea stored for 2-3 years is still yellow, but slightly become darker into light golden yellow; and aged Tea with more than 10 years, will basically turn into orange.
Taste and Mouthfeel of New and Aged White Tea
For almost every aged Tea, there is a saying “the aged the better in taste”. For us, both new and aged white tea include different unique taste characteristics we can appreciate. For new Tea, it is relatively lighter and soft, smooth and refreshing, slightly grassy but flowery with lingering aroma and sweetness. And for aged white tea, It become rich and full in its mouthfeel, the more age it get, the sweeter it become. Aged White Tea is usually having layered sweetness, mixed with honey, jujube, woodsy and sometimes even herbaceous or Chinese medicine notes.
How to store and age the White Tea?
- Temperature: no need to store in the fridge, just store it in a ventilated room with room temperature, remember to avoid the high heat from the room heater in Winter.
- Sun-shine: avoid direct sunshine
- Container: White Tea need to be stored in a relatively more air-tight container, you can store it in a sealed bag/jar/ bottle/pot/ aluminum foil bag
- Odorless: Avoid getting in touch with any Odor, as the Tea may absorb any unfavorable odor in the environment around them
- Humidity: Keep it in a dry environment, beware of the level of humidity (Level of humidity in the storing environment is recommended to be less than 70%)
How many grades are there for Fuding White Tea?
Fuding White Tea are classified into four grades according to the picking grades, including the first grade “Silver Needle”, second grade “White Peony”, third grade “Gong Mei” and fourth grade “Shou Mei”. You can learn more about the four grades of Fuding White Tea in our Master Tasting Collection Box #7: Four Grades of Fuding White Tea
What is the making process of Fuding White Tea?
The making process of White Tea is simple, only requires withering and drying after picking the tea leaves. We took the below picture in the organic tea farm in Panxi last year. Although the process is simple, skills is still very important, like time controlling, humidity controlling, change the angle for placing the tea leaves for sun-drying… all make it the best way to show the simple beauty and natural taste from the Fuding White Tea.
