General Aged White Tea

This white from Fujian, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This particular aged Gongmei offers a delightful complexity, beginning with a thick body that carries a pronounced sweetness. Expect a captivating medley of floral and fruity fragrances, making for a . It sits in the "Floral" and "Fruity" and "Sweet" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans floral and fruity and sweet.

Aim for water around 75–85 °C (167–185 °F). Western style: steep for 3–5 minutes in a mug or teapot. Gongfu style: use 4–5 g per 100 ml, 20–40 s infusions for multiple short steeps — this way you can taste how the flavor evolves. White tea is forgiving. If you overshoot the steep time a little, it rarely turns bitter.

This white is grown in Fujian, China. This particular batch comes from the 2014 harvest.

Prices start at $7.90 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.30 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $1.80. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.