Specification

Origin

This white tea cake is using 1st grade Gongmei plucked in 2011 year as raw material, comes from the Panxi Town, which is located in the southwest of Fuding City, at the west foot of Taimu Mountain, and 33 kilometers away from Fuding City.

Panxi is regarded as an ecological town due to its 88% forest coverage rate and 96% greening rate. It has a mild climate and abundant rainfall. The soil is mainly yellow-red gravel soil with high organic matter and mineral content, which is very suitable for the growth of tea trees.

Panxi, the overall altitude is between 300 to 1200 meters. The mountains are rolling here, most of the tea gardens in Panxi are located in the deep mountains, which keeps the tea trees away from pollution. At the same time, the high mountains are cloudy and foggy, and the temperature on the high mountains is low, so the growth of tea is relatively slow, which is conducive to the accumulation of soluble substances and aroma substances in tea, and the quality of fresh leaves is relatively much better.

Appearance & Taste

Gongmei white tea is plucked later than White Peony (Bai Mudan), the tender tea leaves with stem after picked are withered naturally by sun for several days, and get a little fermenting, have a brown tint, giving the tea a delicate and persistent pleasant aroma.

The tea soup of fresh Gongmei tea shows apricot and the flavor is fresh, pleasant and mild. By the aging time growth, the tea infusion turns into orange or dark yellow, the smooth and mellow taste accompanied with a strong jujube flavor and a sweet aftertaste.

As this white tea has already aged more than 10 years, we highly recommended to enjoy it by cooking or steaming. After cooked, the tea nutrients and flavors be released maximumly, you will not only enjoy a mellow sweet white tea with jujube aroma, but also have a health and relax tea life.

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. When the water is boiled, 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 cooking;

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

350g/cake, 5 cakes/gift box, 4 giftboxes/carton

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.