Organic Bai Mudan White Tea by LeafSpa Organic Tea

Organic Bai Mudan White

This is a Competition Grade Bai Mudan white tea from the Fujian province of China. The dry leaf and infusion is a medley of colors and textures producing extraordinary perfumed liquor suggesting lilacs and apricots. Bai Mudan (tr. White Peony) tea is picked as two leaves wrapped around a bud shoot. The tea has many long silver leaf buds with variegated bright green to silvery brown leaves. It offers a rich taste, more robust than most white teas but with a slight sweetness underneath.

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This is another sample from my friend Lucy’s daughter’s shop. Again, rather than adding an identical tea under her name, I’m reviewing under this, since the ingredients/description are identical. Hopefully Judith will tell me her source.

Again, I can’t believe how much a difference actually temping the water makes (yes, I know, I should have known, but thought eyeballing the water was good enough). The first time I brewed this, I didn’t like it at all. It was bitter and weedy, and didn’t taste “right”.

This time, I brewed it for 2 minutes at 185 F. The color is that of a pale champagne. The taste reminds me of honey: that floral, slight hint of pollen that’s similar to chamomile, but sweeter. I’m not sure I’d actually purchase this one, but will certainly be a smidge sad when this sample is gone.

2010-09-09 07:30:01 -0400

185 °F / 85 °C

2 min 0 sec

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