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2023 Shou Mei Dragon Pearls

2023 Shou Mei Dragon Pearls

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​​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
​​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
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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.

  • true
    80
    redwood, sandalwood
    true
    70
    brown sugar
    true
    65
    lotus
    true
    55
    plantain
    true
    sparkling, deep

    Tasting Profile

    • spice - redwood, sandalwood
    • savory - brown sugar
    • floral - lotus
    • fruit - plantain
    • texture - sparkling, deep


the Wu Family recomends

  • 'White tea is one of the easiest ways to discover the effect of buds in the taste of tea. Most teas on the market are made with leaves, which have amore robust intensity to them. Some teas are made entirely or partially from buds which have a very different flavor and texture to be aware of'

  • 5
    6-8
    176
    40 seconds
    10
    5
    6
    176
    10 seconds
    3
    5
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    5 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 176° watersteep 40 secondsresteep many times
    add 10 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    5 g.6 ozuse 176° watersteep 10 seconds
    add 3 sec. per steeping
    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

    5 g.12
    oz.
    use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
    8 hours
    add ice & enjoy

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