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Tea Drunk Everyday: Bai Mu Dan 白牡丹 loose leaf white tea

$109.00

This tea belongs to the White Tea tradition.

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Bai Mu Dan, or White Peony, is a traditional white-tea picking grade composed of one substantial bud and two leaves. Crafted with sun and wind in Fu Ding, it is one of white tea’s most dynamic expressions: floral and herbaceous when young, with fruit, mead-like richness and deeper woody tones emerging through age.

The Three Pillars · 白牡丹

Place · terroir

Dian Tou, Fu Ding, Fu Jian Province, China (~500m elevation)

Plant · cultivar

Da Hao

Craft · type

White Tea

In the cup

This vintage

Dian Tou - Mid Spring 2022

Floral and creamy, with cornflower notes and a sweet finish.

The outspoken floral aroma of this tea will transport you to a field filled with wildflowers basking in the sun. Its viscid texture, golden color, and long-lasting sweet finish remind us of honey. A creamy cornflower note joins the wildflower aroma and honeyed, sweet finish.

The making

Bai Mu Dan is a traditional white-tea picking grade composed of one substantial bud and two leaves. This batch was harvested in mid-Spring from Da Hao (Hua Chao Er Hao, also known as China Tea #2). The finest Bai Mu Dan can be harvested during the same period as Yin Zhen; the distinction may reflect whether the maker removes the leaves to sort for bud-only Yin Zhen rather than a simple hierarchy of quality. Bai Mu Dan production continues after the Yin Zhen season ends. As the season advances toward summer, the buds become slimmer and the leaves grow larger.