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Fuding White Tea

$25.00

Aged white tea pressed into single-session mini cakes.

O R I G I N — Fuding, Fujian
T Y P E — White tea, pressed mini cakes
A G E D — Aged 7 years
C A F F E I N E — Low
S I Z E — 7 mini cakes per bag

Minimally processed, then rested for seven years in a dry, ventilated store. Age turns the delicate florals toward honey and dried fruit, with none of the sharpness of young tea. From gardens around 600 meters and trees fifteen to thirty years old.

A R O M A — Honey and dried fruit over soft florals
T A S T E — Gentle and mellow with a sweet, rounded finish

Aged white tea pressed into single-session mini cakes.

O R I G I N — Fuding, Fujian
T Y P E — White tea, pressed mini cakes
A G E D — Aged 7 years
C A F F E I N E — Low
S I Z E — 7 mini cakes per bag

Minimally processed, then rested for seven years in a dry, ventilated store. Age turns the delicate florals toward honey and dried fruit, with none of the sharpness of young tea. From gardens around 600 meters and trees fifteen to thirty years old.

A R O M A — Honey and dried fruit over soft florals
T A S T E — Gentle and mellow with a sweet, rounded finish

How to brew

Aged white tea gives more to a slow simmer than to a steep — deeper, rounder, almost like dried fruit. This is how we pour it at the tasting.

Tea2 pieces
Watera full kettle · about [1.8 L / 60 oz]
  1. 1Bring the water to a boil, then drop in the tea.
  2. 2Turn down to a low simmer. Leave it about 20 minutes, until the color is deep amber.
  3. 3Ladle out and drink. Keep it on low heat between cups.
  4. 4When it runs low, top up with hot water and keep simmering. The same leaf goes all afternoon.

Any kettle or pot that can hold a simmer works — a stovetop pot is fine.

Teahalf a piece
Water4 oz pot · boiling, 212°F
  1. 1Warm the pot with hot water and pour it out.
  2. 2Break off half a piece and add it. Rinse once and discard — this loosens the pressed leaf.
  3. 3Steep 40–50 seconds, pour it all into the pitcher.
  4. 4Add a little time each round. Good for 8 or more.

Steeped, it's lighter and more floral than simmered. Both are right — simmering is just rounder.

Teahalf a piece
Water500 ml thermos · boiling, 212°F
  1. 1Break off half a piece, drop it in, fill with boiling water, close the lid.
  2. 2Wait 10 minutes, then drink.
  3. 3Refill with hot water as you go. The leaf keeps giving all day.

The one tea we'd always take out the door in a thermos.