Purple Varietal "Yue Guang Bai" White Tea of Dehong

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84 / 100

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Tea type
White Tea
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Ingredients
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Flavors
Leather, Peach, Tannin, Bittersweet, Burnt Sugar, Caramel, Egg, Fruity, Grapes, Herbal, Juicy, Plum, Red Fruits, Smooth, Spearmint, Umami, Chicken Soup, Dill, Floral, Marine, Pungent, Seaweed, Strawberry, Sweet, Thyme, Vegetal
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Caffeine
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Typical Preparation
Use 55 oz / 1622 ml of water
Set water temperature to 200 °F / 93 °C
Use 5 g of tea
Steep for 1 min, 0 sec
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3 Tasting Notes View all

“Spring 2023: Very similar in taste to the Wild Tree Purple Moonlight White Tea from Jinggu, but I find less of the cannabis notes here. Both are incredible teas. Here you have apricot/grape and...” Read full tasting note
“A definite contender for the title of my favorite tea. Brewed gong-fu style in a 100ml gaiwan; 15 seconds on the first steep, then increased the time by about 5 seconds from steep to steep. This...” Read full tasting note
“This is a great tea that is pungent, balanced and lasts long. It reminds me of the Wild tree purple white tea from Jinggu that YS sells, but this one is even more savoury and full of umami...” Read full tasting note

Description

This is a unique tea to be sure. It’s made from Wild Tree Purple varietal tea (ye sheng cha) growing in Mangshi County of Dehong. The tea grows wild and is only harvested in March. The tea was processed using the same technique used for Yue Guang Bai, the tea wilts briefly before being put into a long wind tunnel tube, where the action of air movement gradually halts the oxidation of the tea.

The taste is something unique too. There is alot of complexity, with notes of fruit, flower, sugarcane, and a kind of bitterness that fades quickly. With even a few months of age the bitterness will transform into fruit sweetness with a long lasting after-taste. The tea soup is yellow, and is thick and soupy.

April Harvest (90 kilograms in total)

1 Leaf to 1 Bud pluck

Varietal: Camellia Assamica Dehongensis

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