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Silver Buds Yabao

Silver Buds Yabao

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Wild late winter buds with
iconic spice and sweetness
These compact buds are sun-dried like fine white tea and allowed to age slowly for incredible depth and complexity. Notes of honeysuckle, nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom and sweetgrass.
February 2015 ♦ Yunnan Province
Wild late winter buds with
iconic spice and sweetness
These compact buds are sun-dried like fine white tea and allowed to age slowly for incredible depth and complexity. Notes of honeysuckle, nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom and sweetgrass.
February 2015 ♦ Yunnan Province
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Sourced by Wang Yanxin

Small farmers and micro-workshops across Yunnan are often denied the chance to show off their incredible work, overshadowed by big labels. Wang Yanxin believes in small producers, helping them reach a wide audience without big brand labels.
 
The result is pristine, hand-finished tea, aged offerings and regional collaborations that inspire new styles. Wang Yanxin has devoted her career and formidable palate to these collaborations, searching far and wide for the very best.
    • DATE OF PICKINGFebruary 2015
    • Lincang RegionYunnan Province
    • ELEVATION2000 METERS
    • Mengku Da YeTea Varietal

    Yabao is picked from compact winter buds, and sun dried for a unique and genre-challenging flavor between white tea and pu'er. It takes established trees and very early picking to capture these multi-layered buds that are full of sweetness & intriguing spice. While yabao matures with age, it does not develop earthy flavors like traditional pu'er.

  • true
    80
    nutmeg, cinnamon
    true
    70
    honeysuckle, vanilla
    true
    25
    sweetgrass, cardamom

    Tasting Profile

    • spice - nutmeg, cinnamon
    • floral - honeysuckle, vanilla
    • vegetal - sweetgrass, cardamom

Wang Yanxin also recommends:


  • 'yabao is picked from the larger tea trees in late winter and early spring. New growth on the tree starts as a well-protected bud with harder casing to ward off the cold (and animals) before opening up as the weather warms and sprouting into new branches and leaves. These buds have to be picked sparingly and respectfully to ensure that the tree continues to thrive.'

  • 7
    6-8
    208
    30 seconds
    15-30
    7
    6
    208
    10 seconds
    10
    4
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    7 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 208° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
    add 15-30 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    7 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 10 seconds
    add 10 sec. per steeping
    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

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

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