Fuding Shou Mei White Tea Cake 2021

This Shou Mei cake tea comes from Panxi Town, Fuding, and was harvested in the spring of 2021. Panxi's white tea is known for its high sweetness, excellent ecology, purity, and aromatic qualities. Although this tea is not very aged, with the dry leaves being primarily dark green, it has a distinct floral and pekoe aroma. The tea liquid is sweet, refreshing, and full-bodied. If you prefer white tea with a floral note, this one is well worth trying. We also look forward to witnessing and appreciating the transformation of this tea cake over time, as experiencing its evolution can be a pleasure in itself.

	Cup Method		Chinese Gongfu Method
	Teacup: 12oz / 355ml		Gaiwan: 3.8oz / 110ml
	203℉ / 95℃		203℉ / 95℃
	5g Tea		5g Tea
	Brewing time: 3 - 5 mins		9 steeps: rinse, 15s, 15s, 20s, 25s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 70s, 90s
			Rinse time is around 5 seconds

The Nanguang Tea Garden is located west of Taimu Mountain at an elevation of between 600 and 900 meters, and is 80% covered by natural forests. The weather here is warm and humid with abundant rainfall, and the tea plantation itself is always surrounded by a thin fog, which together create the perfect conditions for tea bushes to accumulate a wide array of microminerals and other organic nutrients. The tea plants growing here are mainly of the Fuding Dabaihao variety.

Nanguang Tea Garden in Panxi, Fujian

This Shou Mei cake tea comes from Panxi Town, Fuding, and was harvested in the spring of 2021. Panxi's white tea is known for its high sweetness, excellent ecology, purity, and aromatic qualities. Although this tea is not very aged, with the dry leaves being primarily dark green, it has a distinct floral and pekoe aroma. The tea liquid is sweet, refreshing, and full-bodied. If you prefer white tea with a floral note, this one is well worth trying. We also look forward to witnessing and appreciating the transformation of this tea cake over time, as experiencing its evolution can be a pleasure in itself.

As we all know, the world’s white tea is in China, and Chinese white tea is in Fuding. Mr. Chen was born in Fuding, Fujian Province. He has been influenced by tea since he was a child. It seems that he came with the mission of inheriting white tea culture from the moment he was born. He has been engaged in tea cultivation and production for more than 30 years, and has always adhered to the principle of "quality first" for many years. He is not only a successful tea industry operator, but also an excellent inheritor of white tea culture, allowing more people to taste and understand Fuding white tea.

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.