2024 Qianjiazhai Wild Yue Guang Bai
2024 Qianjiazhai Wild Yue Guang Bai
from the world's oldest tea forest
Crafted by the Dongsa Cooperative
The Dongsa Cooperative was founded to promote responsible stewardship of these tea forests and pass on old-school pu’er hand-crafting techniques that yield incredibly complex tea.
- DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2024
- QianjiazhaiMt. Ailao, Yunnan
- ELEVATION2140 m
- Qianjiazhai AssamicaTea Varietal
This is the Dongsa Cooperative's second year finishing thier wild-picked ancient tree tea as a white tea! Inspired by the famous Yunnan Yue Guang Bai or Moonlight White style white tea, this mix of buds and leaves is dried without heat in bamboo baskets outdoors on breezy days fro quickly lock in teh deep complexity of the tea as it tastes picked fresh from the tree. This year's Yue Guang Bai was rested for a half year before gentle steaming and pressing into 100g cakes.
- DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2024
Tasting Profile
- floral - jasmine
- fruit - pear crumble
- spice - mulling spice
- vegetal - clover
- savory - meringue
- texture - fluffy
Master Zhou also recommends:
Steeping Instructions
Western
5 g.6-8
oz.use 212° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusionGongfu
5 g.6 ozuse 212° watersteep 10 seconds
add 2 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
5 g.12
oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
8 hoursadd ice & enjoy