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Our Gong Mei is produced in Pan Xi Town, Fu Ding City, Fujian province in China. Gong Mei sometimes is also called Shou Mei because it is a more premium version of Shou Mei, made of better raw material. Gong Mei is more tender than Shou Mei, since its picking time is earlier (but both are later than White Peony).
The dry Gong Mei tea leaves are pretty similar to Shou Mei – a bunch of scattered dead leaves. However, as an opposite of its unimpressive appearance, the taste of the tea is very pleasant as it has a mellow and fresh floral aroma and a long-lasting sweet aftertaste with unique white tea flavour. Our 2015 Gong Mei has been aged for several years, and as a result, it also contains a jujube and lotus aroma. The colour of the tea soup is in clear bright orange/yellow without any impurities.
3 teaspoon(s)
100°C (125ml)
5-6 mins
Enjoy!
6 tsp
100°C (250ml)
5-6 mins
Enjoy!
12 tsp
100°C (500ml)
5-6 mins
Enjoy!
The origin of this Gong Mei is Pan Xi Town, Fu Ding City, Fujian province in China. 90% of the area in Pan Xi town belongs to high mountain area, with an overall elevation of around 600-1200 metres. The forest coverage rate of this town is over 88% while the greening rate is over 96%. Its primitive environment manages to preserve many ancient trees, with 318 registered well-known ancient trees in the area.
In the morning and evening, the mountains are surrounded by clouds, fogs and mists, so the rainfall there is abundant. Despite the high elevation of the entire town, there is still plenty of sunlight for better growth of the tea trees, which is conducive to the synthesis of amino acids and nitrogen-containing aromatics inside teas. The quality of the white tea produced from Pan Xi town is always at the top grades.
Raw Material:
Gong Mei’s picking standard is of “one tea bud with two or three leaves”, which is very similar with White Peony. However, normally the raw material of Gong Mei is Xiao Cai Cha which is a group species mixed cultivar widely planted in the northern Fujian for thousands of years. In compare, Sliver Needle and White Peony is using Fu Ding Da Bai or Zheng He Da Bai tea leaves as raw material. The tea leaves of Xiao Cai Cha are smaller than Da Bai tea leaves, and because of this, Going Mei was also called ‘Xiao Cai Cha’ in the past. It was used as tribute in the Qing dynasty. In Chinese, a tribute is pronounced as ‘Gong’, so this particular white tea is so called ‘Gong Mei’.
However, due to the low yield of Xiao Cai Cha nowadays, our Gong Mei was made by Fu Ding Da Bai leaves instead of Xiao Cai Cha.
Origin: Fujian
White Peony is one of the most famous Chinese white teas. It is mainly produced in Fujian province and is made using a single bud and two leaves. Picking time is around Pure Brightness. It is less scarce and expensive than White Needle.
The tea leaves are corrugated, the edges slightly jagged. The backs of the leaves are covered with white fuzz. During brewing, the green leaves open up to reveal the delicate buds like blooming peonies.
White Peony tastes sweet and mellow, with a very sweet aftertaste. It brings a distinctly refreshing sensation. Along with floral and grassy flavor.
Out of StockOur Shou Mei is produced in Pan Xi Town, Fu Ding City, Fujian province in China. Within the white tea family, this tea is a relatively aged one because it contains a large amount of mature tea leaves. It is plucked after the pick of White Peony tea and the White Hair Silver Needle tea. Its material is Da Bai Large white tea leaves, Shui Xian tea leaves or the group-species Xiao Cai Cha tea tree leaves as the raw materials. It normally uses the picking standard of “one bud with two or three mature tea leaves”. However, due to the low yield of Xiao Cai Cha nowadays, our 2016 Fu Ding Shou Mei is using Fu Ding Da Bai tea leaves as its raw material.
If White Hair Sliver Needle tea is like a beautiful young girl, our Shou Mei is like a mature and wise lady or like ripe grapes, which have a mellow and strong taste.
Out of StockAlmost all the Chinese white tea comes from Fuding in Fujian province. Fuding, in other words, is the hometown of Chinese white tea. This white tea cake is plucked Going Mei as raw material, produced from Tailao Mountain, in Fu Ding City, Fujian province.
With time goes by, our wild aged white tea develops rich complex aroma. With the first sip, your mouth will be full of gentle smooth sweet lotus taste combined with the ‘Chen’ fragrance with a long-lasting pleasant luscious finish. After the third and fourth brewing, the Chen Fragrance will gradually fade, the aroma will turn into sweet jujube flavor. After the 8-9th brewing, the mellow taste will change into fresh clean sweet.
Silver Needle White Tea is a well-known Chinese white tea, but very expensive due to a very small yield. It is produced in Fujian province in China, using the most delicate buds picked when the very first tea leaves are appearing in the spring. Only the buds are used – no leaves or stem at all.
The Silver Needle White Tea bud is large，strong and fat. It is long and straight and covered in a pale, silvery-white fuzz resembling a white coat. The tea tastes very fresh and light, with a hint of fresh smoke and fruit and an aroma of wildflowers combined with a hint of honey. It has a long-lasting, sweet aftertaste.
Picking methods are complex, even for an extremely experienced tea worker. A day’s yield will not exceed 50kg.
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Nerida –
I’ve been buying this for a while now , it’s such good value for its age ,?I have it everyday , it has a lovely sweetness about it , I’ve tried so many , ones with a bit more age than this one and I’ve gone back to this one , I love it ❤️
Kate –
A really mellow example of a fantastic white tea. The sweet aftertaste is incredibly moore-ish!
Ali –
This tea has a nice clarity when brewed and the flavour is very more-ish. A real palate cleanser.
Jesse C. –
I bought a whole lot of this white tea from different sites and this was by far the best one. As a lifelong tea drinker and white tea connoisseur, I can happily say this is very, very good tea.