Gong Mei

This Gongmei white tea presents a warm and comforting profile, offering notes of dried dates and sweet hay. Its smooth body carries a gentle, lingering sweetness, making for a mellow and approachable . It leans dates, hay and smooth.

Water around 75–85 °C (167–185 °F). In a mug, steep 3–5 min. For gongfu, use 4–5 g per 100 ml, 20–40 s steeps. You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. Pretty forgiving. Oversteeping by a bit won't ruin it the way it would with a green.

Grown in Fujian, China from the Fuding Dabaicha cultivar.

Starts at $32.95 from Jesse's Teahouse, or about $0.32/g. A 84g package gets you around 14 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.92 per session. Explore more white teas on Teadar.