Aged Yunnan White Tea

This white from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This unique white tea, crafted from old arbor leaves typically reserved for Pu-erh, presents a wonderfully complex and entrancing profile. Expect a naturally sweet and supple brew with intricate aroma. It sits in the "Sweet" and "Complex" and "Supple" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans sweet and complex and supple.

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.

Prices start at $11.60 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.39 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $2.34. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.