2017 Shou Mei
2017 Shou Mei
Sourced By the the Weng Family
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truevegetal85pine, bok choy, alfalfatruesavory60sweet bean, burdocktruefruit45lemon peel
Tasting Profile
- vegetal - pine, bok choy, alfalfa
- savory - sweet bean, burdock
- fruit - lemon peel
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- DATE OF
PICKINGSpring 2017
- Hulin Fuding
- ELEVATION520 METERS
- Da BaiTea
Varietal
While the Da Bai varietal is best known for its downy silver buds picked before Qing Ming festival, the plant continues to produce beautiful and flavorful leaves throughout the rest of spring. Shou Mei is a later season leaf-only picking with a crisp and vegetal flavor. It captures the taste of fresh leaves that the white tea finishing process locks in so perfectly. The 2017 harvest is full of crisp vegetals and sweet savory notes. A refreshing lemon peel finish boosts the intensity of the brew for a clean and refreshing cup.
- DATE OF
PICKINGSpring 2017
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'Instead of reverting to pesticides and fertilizers like larger factory farms, Weng Wenkan grows soybeans and canola around his crops. The insects prefer the beans and leave the tea mostly unharmed. Growing beans alongside tea reduces total yield per acre, but increases biodiversity and provides natural insect management. All of this makes his tea taste better'
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56-820525 seconds10662056 seconds3412room temp8 hours
Steeping Instructions
Western
5 g.6-8
oz.use 205° watersteep 25 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusionGongfu
6 g.6 ozuse 205° watersteep 6 seconds
add 3 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
4 g.12
oz. use room temp.° water refrigerate overnight
8 hours hours add ice & enjoy