White Peony White Tea

 (Bai Mu Dan)

Bai Mudan, known also as White Peony is a type of White tea made from plucks each with one leaf shoot and two immediate young leaves. Bai Mudan is sometimes preferred by white tea drinkers for its fuller flavor and greater potency than the other major type of white tea, Bai Hao Yinzhen. The latter is made purely with leaf shoots, and so it is comparatively softer and more subtle. The typical taste of Bai Mudan is a result of both the processing and the tea plant cultivars employed in the production.

Bai Mu Dan is the second finest White tea after Yin Zhen. Our Bai Mu Dan is made from carefully picked tea buds and leaves from the Da Bai (Big White) strain of tea trees, undergoing just steaming and drying to leave it close to its natural state. Like Yin Zhen, Bai Mu Dan is known to have anti-toxin and cooling properties to help to decrease body heat.

Weight:  50-250 grams

Taste:    The brew is a very pale green or golden color. You will notice a very mild peony aroma when brewing the tea and a floral aroma. The flavor is fruity; stronger than Silver Needle, yet not as strong as Shou Mei.

Preparation: Use 3g tea per 150ml of water. Heat water to 80-85℃ and steep for 1-3 minutes. For stronger flavor, use more.

The tea is best brewed with good mineral water.

Brewing vessel:  Glass, Porcelain Pot

Infusions:  At least 5 times

Shelf Life:  3 years or more

Origin:        Fujian, China