Pai Mu Tan White

Profile : Pai Mu Tan CUP CHARACTERISTICS: Clear slightly pale cup with a fresh aroma and a smooth velvety flavor. Delicate jammy notes reminiscent of Keemun or a mild Bordeaux. Ingredients: White tea. INGREDIENTS FROM: China REGION(S): Fujian Province GRADE(S): Spring Grade #1 MANUFACTURE TYPE(S): Non fermented, Traditional process, Naturally withered and dried, Small batch crafted, Hand sorted. INFUSION: Pale yellow INFORMATION: This is the highest grade of white tea available before one enters the stratosphere in pricing for white teas such as Peony White Needle Tea. Pai Mu Tan leaves are plucked from a special varietal tea bush called Narcissus or chaicha bushes. Secondly the leaves are not steamed or pan-fired (the process used in green teas). The leaves are naturally withered and dried in the sun. If mechanical drying is required it is a baking process at temperatures less that 40?C. Thirdly only special 'two leaves and a bud' are selected. These leav