Rare White

This white from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This distinctive Yunnan white tea from old trees offers a delightful richness and candy-like sweetness. It presents a bright clarity on the palate, carrying lovely sugarcane aromas that linger long af. It sits in the "Sweet" and "Candied" and "Bright" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans sweet and candied and bright.

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 Assamica cultivar. This particular batch comes from the 2021 harvest.

Prices start at $2.45 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.35 per gram. A 7g package gives you roughly 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $2.10. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.