2023 Shou Mei Dragon Pearls
2023 Shou Mei Dragon Pearls
Rich Later Season White Tea
Pressed in Single Session Pearls
A mix of larger flavorful leaves and tender buds makes a rich flavor profile that grows sweeter and more intense with age. Pressed into dragon pearls, with notes of sandalwood, plantain, lotus and brown sugar.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wuyangcun, Fujian
Crafted By the the Wu Family
The Wu Family is committed to biodiversity and stewardship on their pristine high elevation plot, picking rare old-growth wild-arbor tea bushes.
Mr. Wu practices zero-intervention finishing in the workshop, allowing their precious white tea to air dry without heat exposure for a crisp, sweet, and deeply-nuanced brew.
- DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2023
- WuyangcunXiapu, Fujian
- ELEVATION600 METERS
- Da BaiTea Varietal
The Wu Family’s Shou Mei is deep, rich and bold - a flavorful expression of white tea, picked from later season larger leaves that are packed with the complexity that a wild, biodiverse landscape brings to the Wu Family’s old-growth Da Bai varietal bushes. The Shou Mei grows even deeper, sweeter and darker with age like pu’er, and this year, the Wu Family pressed their Shou Mei in individual single session dragon pearls to protect them for transit and long term aging.
Tasting Profile
- spice - redwood, sandalwood
- savory - brown sugar
- floral - lotus
- fruit - plantain
- texture - sparkling, deep
the Wu Family recomends
Steeping Instructions
Western
5 g.6-8
oz.use 176° watersteep 40 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusionGongfu
5 g.6 ozuse 176° watersteep 10 seconds
add 3 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
5 g.12
oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
8 hoursadd ice & enjoy