Zimbabwe White Tea (high polyphenol)

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75 / 100

Calculated from 4 Ratings
Tea type
White Tea
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Typical Preparation
Use 12 oz / 354 ml of water
Set water temperature to 175 °F / 79 °C
Steep for 3 min, 15 sec
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4 Tasting Notes View all

“From KittyLovesTea´s european travelling box, and this is a really intriguing tea. Whole, but small, copper leaves, full of unfurled tiny leaves. (you bet it will be high on polyphenol and a bunch...” Read full tasting note
“Thank you Kittylovestea for this sample. 8g / 400ml glaspot 3m @ 80C This tea does not look like a white. the tealeaves are dark. Almost like they dried in the sun for to long. The tea itself is...” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown 157/397 I brewed this sample from the EU TTB Western style, as I do almost all of my teas, but I can’t help but wish now that I’m sipping on it that I’d tried it gongfu. It is a very...” Read full tasting note
“I had no idea how to brew this, so I checked the other (two) reviews for pointers and went with 3 minutes at 80C. I barely ever read individual tasting notes right before trying a new tea, though,...” Read full tasting note

Description

A rather special hand-made Pai Mu Tan style white tea made this year at the Tanganda Tea Company by our roving teaman

An African clone normally destined for common black tea was fine plucked then given a 60 hour shade wither with final drying under tropical sun

The cultivar used has been analysed and found to be naturally very high in AOX catechins – up to three times as high as some Chinese white teas

Despite being made from a cultivar normally destined for common black tea the aroma and taste of this Zimbabwe white tea is unquestionably superb

Tanganda Tea Company is diversifying away from commodity teas into speciality teas to remain competitive – if this tea is typical they will do well.

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