Rainbow Peony

2 oz (57g) for $35.00, makes 60+ cups

Ingredients: Organic Loose Leaf White Tea Leaves
Name: Rainbow Peony (Bai Mu Dan) 正彩牡丹
Cultivar: Da Bai, Da Hao

Traditionally, white tea is hand-plucked in the early spring, withered and then sun-dried. This white tea, however, was hand-plucked in autumn and then processed. Specifically, this is our fall-harvested White Peony King White Tea blended with Silver Needles from the da bai and da hao tea cultivars. The plants during the autumn harvest have experienced the rains, bright sunshine, mist, and mountain dew of later spring and summer. They now contain what is called “Autumn Golden Sun Energy.” Teas picked during this time of year are known as Gao Xiang, or “High Fragrance” teas, because of their fragrant aroma after brewing. Our Rainbow Peony and our Wild White Tea are the only autumn harvested and sun-dried white teas that we have produced. We call it Rainbow Peony because of the color variety in the leaves, ranging from darker natural tones to brighter green. This tea was produced in 2011 and has been aging ever since.