2024 Yueguangbai White Tea from Wild Forest, stone-pressed cake
Harvest 2024 has the full fresh flavor of the spring season, with an initial sugary hue given by a very dry harvest, even dryer than the year 2023. This resulted in an even greater scarcity of young buds and leaves, which allowed us to produce and press a very limited number of cakes.
The enduring persistence of our wild forest tea trees gifted us a complex flavor, enriched by a fragrant floral bouquet and a unique mineral aftertaste, which complement the typical gentle mouthfeel and underforest hues of Nannuo local cultivar.
This intense sweetness will keep developing over the years to come, unfolding new unexpected notes of flavor as the chameleonic experience of white tea aging goes forward.
From leaf to teapot: farmed, harvested, processed, and distributed by Eastern Leaves.
Plantation altitude: 1800 meters
Origin: Southwest Yunnan, Nannuo Mountain
Flush: March 2024
Pressed: April 25th, 2024
Storage: the leaves can be stored in their original package or in ceramic vases. Avoid heat, light, and moisture.
Farmed and harvested by Eastern Leaves
Our tea production
This tea comes from the tea forest we own in Yunnan, in Nannuo and Lunan/Pasha mountain.
We take care of each leg of the production: from the care of the under-forest until package and distribution.
Generations of masters
Our production is entirely supervised by Yan Kunli, that was born and raised on Nannuo mountain, and in 2007 won the Pu'er Shengpu producer competition for the highest Shaqing skills, among all the Hani minority in Yunnan. He is the master in his craft, and we are proud to have him with us.