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Tea: Smugglers Cove 2021 Wild Harvest Shoumei Type: Yesheng Shoumei (荒野寿眉) Harvest: Spring 2021Press Date: August 2025Region: Diantou, Fuding, ChinaProducer: QiuTasting Notes: Honey melon, brown sugar, toasted coconut, dates, vanilla As the common adage goes when talking about aging white teas: the first year its tea, by the third year it’s medicine, by the seventh year it's a treasure.  This wild shoumei is well on its way to becoming a treasure, and is flying through the medicinal transformations.  It has lost most of its vegetal freshness and is already turning darker, with more complex flavors. When the dry leaves are placed in the warmed gaiwan, we get fragrances of stewed dates and honey melons with some brown sugar hiding in the background.  When infused with hot water, the leaves begin to transition into their more earthy side, giving off notes of toasted coconut and hints at the vanilla with will surely become much more prevalent as this tea ages through the years. Since this