White Peony
A smooth and delicate white tea that is a perfect introduction to the wonderful world of white tea.
TASTE & APPEARANCE
Delicately fragrant
Clear pale yellow
TIME OF DAY & CAFFEINE LEVEL
Any
Low
ORIGIN
Fuding, Fujian
China
BREWING
3-4g in a teapot, use boiled water cooled to 80°C. Infuse for 2-3 minutes
More info
From Fuding in Fujian, the birth place of white tea, this White Peony (also known as Pai Mu Tan or Bai Mu Dan) is made up of whole leaves and buds of different colours from russet & green to silver, covered with tiny hairs. The dry tea has the aroma of a crisp autumn day.
Being a white tea it has the simplest of production methods: Plucking - Withering - Drying - Packing. And it is produced from the Fuding Da Bai Hao cultivar.
It brews to a clear pale yellowy apricot colour, and has a tastes crisp, smooth and fragrant, with just a hint of nut.