About 2012 Fuding Aged White Peony Tea Cake 350g

This white tea cake is using White Peony as raw material, produced from the Tailao Mountain, in Fu Ding City, Fujian province, the hometown of Chinese white tea.
As almost ten years passed, this wild aged white tea has developed rich aroma. You will feel the freshness of the white tea with the first sip. After that, your will feel the gentle, smooth & floral sweetness with a ‘Chen’ fragrance and a long-lasting natural herbal aftertaste. It also has a very special medicinal aroma, mixed with a floral fragrance of white tea. After 8 to 9 times of brewing, the taste will become fresh & sweet.

Appearance & Taste

2012 Fuding Aged White Peony Tea Cake 350g

This white tea cake is in a round shape, covered by cotton paper. The raw material, white peony, has corrugated tea leaves with slightly jagged edges. The other side of the leaves is covered by white fuzz, which can produce aromatic substances and may contain high levels of free amino acids and coarse fibre. This white peony tea cake has much more tender tea buds when compared to the tea cakes made of Shou Mei or Gong Mei.

As almost ten years passed, this wild aged white tea has developed a rich aroma. You will feel the freshness of the white tea with the first sip. After that, you will feel the gentle, smooth & floral sweetness with a ‘Chen’ fragrance and a long-lasting natural herbal aftertaste. It also has a very special medicinal aroma, mixed with a floral fragrance of white tea. After 8 to 9 times of brewing, the taste will become fresh & sweet.

Taste: Floral, Herbal, Sweet

Brewing Guide

Tea Cup

2 teaspoon(s)

100°C (125ml)

5-6 mins

Enjoy!

Glass

4 tsp

100°C (250ml)

5-6 mins

Enjoy!

Teapot

8 tsp

100°C (500ml)

5-6 mins

Enjoy!

Kongfu Style

Using Teapot to Boil the tea (Recommend using clay teapot):

Add 5g-8g tea leaves (adjust by personal taste) into the clay teapot.
Fill the teapot with cold water.
Keep brewing for 1 min after the water is boiling and try the first round of the tea. For further brews, extend the boiling time to around 2-3 minutes.
After the tea is boiled, simmer on the charcoal fire to get a better taste
Can be re-brewed for around 5 times

Origin

This white tea cake is using White Peony as raw material, produced from Tai Lao Mountain, Fu Ding City, Fujian province. Tai Lao Mountain has four distinctive seasons with an oceanic monsoon climate. The average annual sunshine hours are between 1700 to 1900 hours. In winter, the average temperature is below 10 ℃; and over 22 ℃ during summer.

The climate is humid and the rainfall there is abundant. The average annual rainfall increases gradually from the coast to the Tai Lao Mountain area, which is about 1600mm to 2000mm. Because the southeast of Tai Lao Mountain is facing to the sea, the average annual relative humidity can reach above 78%.

The Tai Lao Mountain tea plantations are located at an altitude of 764 of Tai Lao Mountain which only has less than 60 ‘mu’ of land. The weather there is foggy and cloddy with short sunlight, producing bitter compounds such as EGCG inside tea leaves and it’s relatively low compared to other aged white teas produced outside the Tai Lao Mountain. As the cold and humid climate extends the growth cycle of white tea, the tea leaves are developing with more theanine and aromatic substances, enriching a more mellow taste with long-lasting sweetness, combined with a rich and complex aroma.

Origin: Fujian

Picking & Production

Raw Material

The raw material for making this special white tea cake is White Peony. It’s from buds only with two tea leaves plucked from tea trees in the ‘Tai Lao’ Mountain during Spring. It aged for over nine years, it has developed rich tea polyphenols and flavonoids.

The Nutrients & Medicinal Benefits

Tea Polyphenol

Tea polyphenol is a natural antioxidant that can eliminate excessive free radicals in our body. Overmuch free radicals can cause disorder of the body cells, damage DNA & protein, and even can cause cancer. Aged white tea has plenty of tea polyphenol which may maintain our body in a relatively stable state.

Meanwhile, tea polyphenol may also help relieve cardiovascular disease. Tea polyphenol helps our body to absorb vitamin C which can reduce the viscosity of the blood and promote the normal flow of blood in the vessels reduce the chance of clogging.

Tea Polyphenol may also have the effects of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory. Drink aged white tea daily will keep your oral healthier.

Amino Acid

The most amino acid of the aged white tea is contained inside the white fuzzy of the tea buds. The more amount of white fuzz on the white tea buds, the higher the amino acid content. Our aged white obviously has plenty of white fuzz which may be seen by naked eyes easily. The amino acid can promote the internal circulation of our body and maintain the normal operation of our body’s physiological functions, which means amino acids can keep and improve the immunity of our body.

Besides, it not only may help us enhance memory ability but also may help for preventing the diseases such as cerebral stroke, cerebral embolism, cerebral ischemia, cerebral hemorrhage and Alzheimer’s disease.

Flavonoids

The content of flavonoids inside aged white tea will gradually increase as time goes by. The technology of making aged white tea retains quercetin substance inside flavonoids, and quercetin is the main content of vitamin P. Vitamin P has a significant effect on reducing the level of blood fat, keep the balance of blood sugar, and lower blood pressure. Hence, drinking aged white tea has all the positive effects as listed before.

*Please note aged white tea cannot be used as medicine to treat any disease, for treatment or any medical advice, please contact your doctor.

2 reviews for 2012 Fuding Aged White Peony Tea Cake 350g

Rated 5 out of 5
louisliuau – 08/03/2023
这款白茶使我喝过口感最好，开始可以冲泡喝豪香和蜜韵。3泡以后可以多泡一会，茶里的内含物质就会析出。过了6-7泡以后可以用焖壶。第二天早上起来再喝。真的是人生一大乐事。
Rated 5 out of 5
Georgia – 14/03/2021
I was ordering a few teas, and this one didn’t have any reviews yet, but given the description, I thought I’d take a chance. I’m so glad I did! The white tea makes this delicate, but the age and care they have taken layer it with a smooth, sweet aftertaste that I just loved. What a pleasant surprise!