Pai Mu Tan

Country of Origin: China
Region: Fujian Province
Grade: Pai Mu Tan Grade #1 (a.k.a. White Peony)
Altitude: 2000 – 4000 ft above sea level
Manufacture Type: White Tea – naturally withered
Cup Characteristics: Clear slightly pale cup with a fresh aroma and a smooth velvety flavor. Delicate jammy notes
reminiscent of Keemun or a mild Bordeaux
Infusion: Pale yellow
Ingredients: Luxury white tea

This is the highest grade of white tea available before one enters the stratosphere in pricing for white teas such as Peony White Needle
Tea. Pai Mu Tan leaves are plucked from a special varietal tea bush called Narcissus or chaicha bushes. Secondly the leaves are not
steamed or pan-fired (the process used in green teas). The leaves are naturally withered and dried in the sun. If mechanical drying is
required it is a baking process at temperatures less that 40˚C. Thirdly only special ‘two leaves and a bud’ are selected. These leaves must
show a very light green almost gray white color and be covered with velvet peach fuzz down. White teas that are withered in conditions
that are too hot with become reddish and in conditions that are too cold they will become blackish. You will see on this Pai Mu Tan that
the tea maker struck the perfect balance between solar and indoor withering resulting in a perfect white tea.