Bai Mao Cha1CBM Harvest: 23.03.2023
Origin: China / Fujian / Fuding / Bailin / Tangyuan
Height: 300 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Fu Ding Da Bai Cha
A white tea made from the old, original sort of the variety Fu Ding Da Bai, which has become very rare and can only be found growing in very few abandoned gardens. Contemporary white teas from bred types have a very regular leaf and are very downy. This Baimaocha from the old variety have a smaller, irregular leaves. The taste is more mellow, deeper, lasting and more oily.
Category:
Bai Mu Dan Bai Mu Dan teas are white teas for which two leaves and a bud are harvested and processed, for better qualities only one leaf and the bud are plucked. The name literally means white peony. Classical Bai Mu Dan come from the villages of Fuding and Zhenghe in the province of Fujian, China, but today this kind of tea is also being produced in other regions as well. Bai Mu Dan teas are smoothly mellow in taste, light to the palate, yet comparatively strong.
Storage:
This tea undergoes a process of microbial fermentation while stored, during which it loses freshness and the typcal flavours of white teas, while gaining depth, sweetness and earthy notes.
