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Actually turned up this sample bag of One River Tea 2018 Shoumei Fuding white tea in a weird corner while I was cleaning in my office. I thought I had drunk all of my stock of this tea. Not sure how it got to where it was, but finding a very nice aged white tea is always a pleasure. My wife called the flavor, "grandma's closet".

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Last dose, thank goodness!

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2019 Arbor White from White2Tea is a sun dried Yunnan white tea made from large leaf varietals. Similar to Yunnan moonlight white tea, but unlike Yue Guang Bai, made from spring material intended for puerh production and sun dried, rather than shade dried. Well on its way to being aged white tea, good body in the soup, slight medicinal character in later steeps, and calming energy.

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2019 Arbor White is not super bud heavy.
White tea in a bowl.
Spent white tea leaves.

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Is there any better tea than well aged gongmei/shoumei white tea? Maybe, but I just enjoy everything about well aged white tea. This is a 2013 Fuding Shoumei that Yunnan Sourcing sold a while back. One of the first teas I ordered from them.

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A ball of white tea.
White tea in a bowl, check the color.
Nicely darkened leaves.

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