Yunnan white tea sources? Also storage advice.
I’m looking for sources to buy assamica white teas and other yunnan white made with pu’er varietals. Already have some examples from YS and W2T. I like cakes but can be loose leaf too. Hopefully some vendors that have some aged options.
Also would like to hear thoughts on storage. Mostly have heard that airtight is the way to go for teas like this.
Thanks
Except of the regular Da Bai Hao or Yue Guang Bai . I have sheng pu-erh made of white arbor tree variety ( I know sounds weird , I’m still looking for Latin or Eng. name for this tree ) . Foreigners are not aware of this type neither many CN tea drinkers, so it’s not a common on the market. Or there is also white tea made of wild tea tree , but just have a small sample from Big Snow mountain.
Those two Ive found very different form others.
Hard to say about storage because it’s individual. depends on tea leafs and place. In wet environment after 1y tea tastes aged but missing woody notes, just mushrooms. I guess after 6y ( if manage store it ) you can throw it out, it will be too wet. Dry stored I had only 4-6y approx old. Was good, but I guess if goes to 10y , it turns to the bitter CNT medicine coz it already had a bitter touch. There is not much genuine old white tea around ( most of it is made up by wet fast aging ) and since not many people have an experience with real old white tea ( means bought it personally 5-10y ago and store it till now to compare ) , many vendors get away with whatever numbers ( just for record ) . Guys on Jin Shi tea KM tea market buy from GZ 1-2y old white tea, press into the cakes and sell it as 4-8y old tea in their shop , depends how naive / inexperienced buyer looks like:-)
I’m planning the rest of the last years Da Bai Hao press into the dragon balls if not sell this year. But it still not going to have that aged taste for few years.
Anyway, for more questions in PM please.
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