2022 Shou Mei Mini Cakes
2022 Shou Mei Mini Cakes
Rich Later Season White Tea
Pressed into Wafers
Pressed into Wafers
A mix of larger flavorful leaves and tender buds makes a rich flavor profile that grows sweeter and more intense with age. Pressed into wafer mini-cakes, with notes of gardenia, apple, sandalwood and bay leaf.
Spring 2022 ♦ Wuyangcun, Fujian
Crafted By 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 2022
- WuyangcunFujian Province
- ELEVATION600 METERS
- Da BaiTea Varietal
Shou Mei is the biggest, boldest, most flavorful expression of White Tea, picked from late season larger leaves that are packed with the flavor and 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 mini wafer cakes to protect them for transit and long term aging.
Tasting Profile
- vegetal - bay leaf
- fruit - green apple
- spice - red sandalwood
- floral - gardenia
- texture - mouth-watering sweetness
the Wu Family also recommends:
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