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our white collection

teanamu white tea collection - smooth, delicate, clean, soft and fresh

White tea rejoices in simplicity, with light coloured infusions of sweet subtlety and flavours gently resonant of honey, chestnut and peaches. It is different from green tea, even less processed (there is no de-enzyming but there is slight oxidation, whereas with green tea there is enzyming but no oxidation). Traditionally, white tea is dried naturally in a shaded pavilion with good air circulation, to facilitate the slight oxidation. It does not have the grassy undertones of green tea.

White tea is a gourmet treat that is very affordable when you look at the per-cup cost. It can seem expensive because, according to the strictest authorities, authentic white tea grows in only three specific parts of Fujian and consists of only the tender, unopened buds of particular, native tea bushes (mostly of the Da Hao, Big Sprout, variety).

Shaded for the last 3 weeks before harvesting, the buds are plucked in the early spring, over 10,000 per kilo for certain tea varieties. It is said that, once upon a time, only virgins in white silk gloves could pick the buds. Certainly, conditions have to be immaculate, with perfectly dry and mild weather, the buds being neither too long nor too thin but exactly right for the exacting standards of the tea maker. That is why production in many years is very small and prices quite high.

Some white tea now comes from other sources, such as Anhui province. And there is even a version of white tea which uses the leaves instead of the buds. After processing the leaves reveal a unique covering of fine, downy white hair.

Over time, we shall be growing our white tea range extensively, and we have started off our collection with one of the most beautiful, creamy, floral varieties, Phoenix Eye Jasmine.

phoenix eye jasmine
White tea with creamy richness, elegant floral fragrance. Savour a magical experience.

£5.50

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