2024
2024 Fuding Bai Mu Dan (White Peony) White Tea
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Bai Mu Dan combines one bud and two young leaves, giving it a fuller body and a richer flavor than bud-only white teas, while keeping the characteristic gentleness of the style. This 2024 spring harvest cake captures the tea at its most vivid: light floral notes, natural sweetness, and a clean, refreshing finish.
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Small lots, single origin
Every tea is named by its village, farmer, and harvest year. Never a warehouse blend.
What is Fuding Bai Mu Dan?
Bai Mu Dan uses one bud and two young leaves together, which gives it a distinct character compared to bud-only styles like Silver Needle: a fuller body and a richer, more layered flavor, while still keeping the characteristic gentleness of white tea.
This version is pressed into a cake from the 2024 spring harvest, when the buds are at their most tender and the flavors at their most vivid. Fresh Bai Mu Dan has a clean, bright character that aged versions simply cannot replicate: light floral notes, a natural sweetness, and a delicate vegetal freshness that fades with time.
In the cup, the liquor is pale and clear, with a soft sweetness, gentle floral aroma, and a clean, refreshing finish. No bitterness, no astringency.
Well-suited for gongfu brewing, with multiple steeps that remain consistent and bright throughout.
Tasting Notes
Light and fresh, with soft floral notes, a gentle natural sweetness and a clean, bright finish.
Oxidation
Stimulation
Fermentation
Body
Brewing Instructions
- Amount
- 1 packper 200 ml
- Temperature
- 90–99°C194–210°F
- Infusion Time
- 15 sec+5 sec each steep
- Infusions
- Up to 15
Rinse the leaves once with hot water before the first steep.
Aging & Storage
Store in a cool, dry, airtight container away from light and strong smells.
Origin
Origin
Fuding, Fujian
Cultivar
Da Bai
Elevation
500 meters
Fuding in Fujian Province is widely considered the birthplace of Chinese white tea, and the region where the style’s defining standards were established. The area has a mild, humid climate with abundant rainfall and frequent mist, conditions that slow the development of the tea leaf and allow its natural flavors to concentrate gradually. Fuding is home to two native cultivars, Da Bai and Da Hao, which have been cultivated here for generations and are the foundation of all authentic Fuding white tea. The best leaves are harvested by hand in early spring, when the buds are at their most tender.
