Yue Guang Bai1CYG Harvest: March 2022
Origin: China / Yunnan / Pu'er / Simao / Nanping / Zhengwan
Height: 1300 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Xue Ya 100 Hao
Yueguangbai or Moonlight White is a white tea from Yunnan that is produced from large leafed tea plants. The harvest is the same as for a Baimudan. During the prolonged withering, one side of the leaves turns black, the other side with the down keeps its shimmering white colour.
Category:
Bai Mu Dan Bai Mu Dan teas are white teas for which two leaves and a bud are harvested and processed, for better qualities only one leaf and the bud are plucked. The name literally means white peony. Classical Bai Mu Dan come from the villages of Fuding and Zhenghe in the province of Fujian, China, but today this kind of tea is also being produced in other regions as well. Bai Mu Dan teas are smoothly mellow in taste, light to the palate, yet comparatively strong.
Storage:
This tea undergoes a process of microbial fermentation while stored, during which it loses freshness and the typcal flavours of white teas, while gaining depth, sweetness and earthy notes.