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Fuding Gong Mei White Tea Cake 2017
Sweet & smooth, great for future storage
Sweet & smooth, great for future storage
Origin: |
Bailin Town, Fuding City, Ningde City, Fujian Province, China |
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Harvest Date: |
April 26, 2017 |
Production Date: |
May 22, 2017 |
Net Weight: |
350g |
Dry Leaf: |
Evenly compressed into a spherical cake shape, in green and brown color with noticeable white hairs |
Aroma: |
Pekoe aroma with a hint of jujube and flowery flavor |
Liquor: |
Bright yellow |
Taste: |
It tastes smooth, soft and sweet that is spreading quickly through the mouth, producing saliva and leading to sweet aftertaste |
Tea Bush: |
Fuding Dabaihao |
Tea Garden: |
Chaitou Shan Tea Garden |
Caffeine: |
Low caffeine (less than 10% of a cup of coffee) |
Storage: |
Store in cool, dry place away from sunlight; keep ventilated |
Shelf Life: |
The aged the better |
Angel's Comment:
Prominent pekoe aroma with a hint of jujube and flowery flavor.
This white tea cake was picked in 2017, and is as such a relatively young white cake. The liquor brews a light, bright yellow with a sweet jujube fragrance, and a smooth taste. The scent grows with later infusions, and the floral flavor begins to come out beneath the pekoe aroma. This tea also retains a bit of a grassy taste due to its short aging time. It is perfect for a cold winter day, bringing you a warm comfort.
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Cup Method |
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Chinese Gongfu Method |
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Teacup: 12oz / 355ml | ![]() |
Gaiwan: 3.8oz / 110ml |
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203℉ / 95℃ | ![]() |
203℉ / 95℃ |
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5g Tea | ![]() |
5g Tea |
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Brewing time: 3 - 5 mins | ![]() |
7 steeps: rinse, 25s, 35s, 45s, 60s, 80s, 100s, 140s |
Rinse time is around 5 seconds |
Chaitou Shan Tea Garden is located in Fuding, which is known as the hometown of white tea. The plantation is almost always blanketed with fog, providing the perfect conditions for the tea bushes to accumulate a wide variety of microminerals and nutrients. The soil here is rich red and yellow in color, signifying an abundance of important organic material. The tea species mainly grown here is the Fuding Dabaihao variety.

This gong mei cake was produced in Fuding, a famous center of tea production located in northeastern Fujian Province. This area is of the subtropical monsoon climate characteristic of coastal areas, with an average annual temperature of 18.5C and rainfall of around 1661mm.
This cake is made of the leaves of the Fuding Dabaihao plant, called Dahao for short. It is a small tree that propagates asexually.
In 1985, Dahao was certified as a national variety of tea plant. It grows up to 2.8m tall with a thick trunk. The tea from the spring leaves of the bush contains 1.8% amino acids and 28.2% tea polyphenols, which marks it as a high-quality base for making white tea in particular.
Tea has been grown in Fujian for centuries as an ever-important staple of commerce and trade throughout ancient China. Originally, the process of drying the leaves was followed by a variation of hot-air drying and sun-drying, a meticulous step intended to remove excess water from the leaves to ease the preservation process and preserve the tea for sale.