Fuding "Shou Mei Dragon Balls" White Tea

Name: Fuding "Shou Mei Dragon Balls" White Tea
Price: 7.0 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (9 reviews)

by Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

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These little dragon balls are hand-rolled Shou Mei White Tea from Fuding in Fujian. Each dragon ball is roughly 5.5 grams (+/- 0.5 grams) and is just perfect for a 1 or 2 person tea session. Brew gong fu style, western style or "grandpa" style with good results! These single serving packets are super convenient, just tear open and brew!

Shou Mei is considered to be 4th grade Fuding White Tea, sharing character with both Bai Mu Dan and Gong Mei.

Fuding Bai Cha In order of tippiest to coarsest:

1st Grade - Bai Hao Yin Zhen (Silver Needles)

2nd Grade - Bai Mu Dan

3rd Grade - Gong Mei

4th grade - Shou Mei

Varietal: Fuding Da Hao

Harvest: Autumn 2017

5.5 grams of tea per ball ( +/- 0.5 grams)

**These are sold by weight and include the (negligible) weight of the paper wrapper!

5.0 9 Reviews, 1 Q&As

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03/02/25

Ivan V.

12/02/23

Great white tea

I'm a bit new to tea but this white tea is the second one I've tried. It has a very pleasant light color that darkens slightly as the steep times increases. Mainly whole leaves that are rolled pretty tight. After the wash it takes atleast 2 steeps fo [...]

David M.

05/19/23

Amazing floral scent with a

Amazing floral scent with a good ammount of full leaves once the ball opens up. Good color and flavor.

Ethan

02/01/22

Interesting Smell

So I am new to dragon balls and took a gong fu style to brewing them. It had a very soft taste to it with slightly floral and sweet taste from what I got. The smell of the wet leaf and the soup to me looked and smelled a lot like a whitish wine taste. The smell of the wet leaf was my favorite part, it had what I would call a very sweet and alcohol...Read More

ic or like fermented smell to the leaves. This didn't translate as much to the taste but it was such a treat to smell the leaves alone. I got 50 grams of this and tried it in 2022. I can say this was a pleasant tea to drink, I am going to extend the brew time tho to hopefully draw a little more flavor into the tea it''ll be fun to experiment with them! Read Less

Pablo M.

12/11/21

Light and calming.

I'm used to a strong flavor when it comes to shou mei, so it was a pleasant surprise to find out how soft this one is despite of its thick and slightly oily texture.

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Veronica H.

11/16/21

very tastea. Perfect for sipping

very tastea. Perfect for sipping grandpa style in the office. Quite sweet.

03/21/21

Q: How would you recommend brewing this?

Store Owner

03/21/21

A: Check out our brewing guide here:
yunnansourcing.com/pages/brewing-guide-for-green-black-oolong-and-pu-erh-teas

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