Heavy Roast Rare White

This white from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This unique white tea from Yunnan has been expertly pine-smoked in a traditional Lapsang Souchong smokehouse in Fujian. It offers an engaging profile of medicinal sweetness balanced by distinct charre. It sits in the "Smoky" and "Herbal" and "Sweet" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans smoky and herbal 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 Yunnan, China. This particular batch comes from the 2023 harvest. After picking, the leaves received a heavy roast, which shapes the final flavor.

Prices start at $11.75 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.40 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $2.40. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.