Yue Guang Bai White Tea is a very peculiar tea. Harvested early on in April, the tea undergoes minimal processing — typical of a white tea. A legend goes that the beautiful girls of Yunnan come out at night, under a full moon, to pick the tea leaves. Hence the tea has two names, "Yue Guang Bai" Yue Guang Bai "(月光白 – white moon).
One striking thing about this Yunnan tea is that some tea enthusiasts compare it to a Raw Pu-erh. Farmers make this tea from the same tea bushes that they make pu-erh and after they initially process the tea leaves, they either leave them in loose leaf tea form or compress them into tea cakes and let them age.
Our White Moonlight tea can easily withhold ten Gong Fu Cha brews without losing its characteristic flavor. We recommend the tea drinker not to be shy and experiment with this refreshing tea. Try out various brewing vessels, water temperatures, and steep times. Furthermore, it's highly delicious and refreshing as a cold brew tea. Perhaps you wish to age it? Go ahead! The taste will transform into something new and inspiring, never losing its edge.
• Place of origin: Zhengwan Village, Pu'er, Simao, Yunnan, China
• Altitude: 1300m
• Harvest time: March 15, 2023
• Picking Standard: One bud with one leaf
• Dry Leaf:
• Aroma: honey and apricots
• Taste: Light, sweet and mellow taste with apricot notes
• Tea Tree: Camellia sinensis var. assamica (Da Ye Zhong / 大叶种)
• Cultivar: Xue Ya #100