2014 "Chen Nian Shou Mei" Aged White Tea Cake of Fuding from Yunnan Sourcing

2014 "Chen Nian Shou Mei" Aged White Tea Cake of Fuding

Tea type
White Tea
Ingredients
White Tea Leaves
Flavors
Citrus, Floral, Hay, Herbaceous, Honey, Juicy, Smoked, Spices, Sweet, Watermelon
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200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 30 sec 8 g 6 oz / 170 ml

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  • “Good daily drinker! I got this tea from my recent YS order, and it wasn’t anything special but overall was quite decent. Easily breakable cake with a good proportion of buds for a shou mei, rich...” Read full tasting note
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Shou Mei (寿眉) is a style of White Tea that is grown in the Fuding area of Fujian province of China. The tea is the same varietal that is used to make Bai Hao Yin Zhen (Silver Needles) and Bai Mu Dan (White Peony), but Shou Mei is (less tippy) a 2 or 3 leaf to 1 bud ratio. The processing style also allows for more oxidation through natural air drying.

This Shou Mei was aged as a loose leaf tea for 3 years in Fuding and then for 2 years in Kunming before being pressed into a cake. The result is a lightly aged, but very clean Shou Mei that brews up an incredibly rich orange hued tea soup. The taste is very sweet with notes of honey, and dried fruit. Incredibly viscous and smooth, with no real astringency at all (even at higher temperatures). This is a tea that can be enjoyed fully right now. Further aging would be beneficial but is not at all needed.

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Good daily drinker! I got this tea from my recent YS order, and it wasn’t anything special but overall was quite decent. Easily breakable cake with a good proportion of buds for a shou mei, rich wet leaf aroma and a wafty dry leaf nuanced aroma, liquor was vibrant. Flavour was decent, sweet but generally quite simple and uncomplex. Character was not that amazing as the session was pretty unidimensional. Finish & aftertaste was decent, good juicy finish with a mild, sweet aftertaste. Cha-qi was unnoticeable and steep longevity was pretty decent, possibly lasting up to steep 10+.

Overall, not a special special tea but a good one for the value and as a daily drinker.

Flavors: Citrus, Floral, Hay, Herbaceous, Honey, Juicy, Smoked, Spices, Sweet, Watermelon

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 30 sec 8 g 6 OZ / 170 ML
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