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

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

by Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
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$13.25 - $13.25
$13.25
$13.25 - $13.25
$13.25

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.

100 Grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)

May 2014 Harvest, July 15 2019 pressing

We also have some Aged Fuding Shou Mei White Tea Dragon Balls

Scott and "The Oolong Drunk" enjoy the 2013 version (now sold out) of this tea in the video below!

Overall rating: 4.9 / 5 from 20 reviews.

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Beautifully packaged, the perfect size

"Beautifully packaged, the perfect size to gift."

— P M. (5/5)

Good tea.

"Good tea."

— Jutamas S. (5/5)

One of my favorites

"This is one of my favorite Shou Mei cakes. It goes the distant and gives a lot of sugary and honey sweetness. When you boil the spent leaves it produces a wonderful orange tea liquor that is deep in taste and texture."

— Daniel K. (5/5)

All in all this is a nice tea

"All in all this is a nice tea! A piece of 3x2 cm board got into the tea cake I ordered. This is a very interesting souvenir! And at the same time I would have liked it more if instead of looking at a piece of board I could continue enjoying the tea."

— Andriy (4/5)

Awesome! Rich honey!

"Awesome! Rich honey!"

— Tae-oh L. (5/5)

Sweet, mildly aged taste. Quality

"Sweet, mildly aged taste. Quality is top as always 😀"

— Dénes S. (5/5)

Incredible!

"Incredible!"

— Daniel T. (5/5)

So smooth and flavorful. Highly

"So smooth and flavorful. Highly recommend!!"

— Marwan H. (5/5)

Delicious!

"I boiled this tea and it turned out excellent. Pulled it off when it hit a rolling boil. The clarity was clear, not cloudy. Taste was light and crisp. Mouthfeel was smooth, not gritty. Good quality. Will probably buy again"

— Michael D. (5/5)

From someone who is not usually a fan of white teas - this is delicious!

"I am not usually a fan of white teas. I find the fresh kind to lack flavour and just be a little boring. This, however, is really something special. Has opened my eyes to aged white teas. It has a taste reminiscent of dried fruits (apricot if I had to choose), with a great sweetness and an underlying woody aged character. Really nice, sort of like a sweeter lightly oxidised black tea but with some aged notes that come through."

— BCM (5/5)

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