Aged Yunnan White Tea

This white from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This aged white tea offers an intensely thick and smooth body that glides across the palate. It presents a distinct natural sweetness complemented by a captivating floral aroma, making it enjoyable no. It sits in the "Sweet" and "Floral" and "Thick" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans sweet and floral and thick.

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 Yunnan, China and is made from the Da Ye Zhong cultivar. This particular batch comes from the 2016 harvest.

Prices start at $8.80 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.32 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $1.92. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.