Heavy Roast White Tea Blends

This white from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This distinctive white tea offers a rich, complex character, beautifully integrating the aromatics of fragrant bamboo with a pronounced, heavy roast. Expect a deep sweetness and remarkable smoothness,. It sits in the "Roasted" and "Sweet" and "Smooth" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans roasted and sweet and smooth.

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. This particular batch comes from the 2020 harvest. After picking, the leaves received a heavy roast, which shapes the final flavor.

Prices start at $5.50 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.17 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $1.02. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.