If you purchase this product you will earn Tea Farm Location: Organic Tea Farm at Ma Guan Jian, Dian Tou Town, Fuding, Fujian Province, China
Harvest Time: Spring 2017
Weight per pack: 30g
Characteristics:
Tasting Notes: sweet, floral, fruity, mild sticky rice and jujube notes
Tea Liquor Colour: Bright and clear light orange
Dry Leave Appearance: Brown-yellow with white pekoe in between, tea leaves compressed into mini Tea brick with 6 little cubes (30g)
Wet Leaves: Brown
About the Tea:
This slightly aged organic White Tea is from an organic Tea Farm at Ma Guan Jian, Dian Tou Town, Fuding, Fujian Province, China. Shou Mei which means “Longevity Eyebrows”, its name resemble the long eyebrows of an old man, because of its thin and long leaves and stems.
History and Story of Fuding White Tea:
Fu Ding White Tea is originated from Tai Mu Shan in Fujian Province. The mythical story said that “Tai Mu Niang Niang” (a Chinese fairy means Great mother of Tai Mu Shan) use the White Tea harvested in Tai Mu Shan to curl the Measles and saved many local kids. In reality, White tea’s mother bush named as “Lu Xue Ya” is located in Tai Mu Shan in Fuding, with more than 170 years old. In 1857, a Tea merchant named Mr. Chen Huan discovered the Fuding Da Bai cultivar in Tai Mu Shan, and started to migrated tea trees from Tai Mu Mountain to Dian Tou Village in Fu Ding. Nowadays, Tai Mu Shan is only a scenic area and tourist attraction rather than a growing area of White Tea.
Making Process:
Plucking Tea Buds with 2-3 leaves. After plucking the tea leaves, it undergoes steps of withering, drying and picking.plucking the tea buds with 2-3 leaves. It is compressed into a small little brick (30g) , with 6 cube per piece.You can break one cube each time and brew it anywhere easily.
Although the process of making White Tea 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.
