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Yue Guang Mei Ren
$38
Product Details
- Category
- white
- Status
- available
Yue Guang Mei Ren (月光美人, “Moonlight Beauty”) is a Yunnan white tea picked from large-leaf cultivars and dried under cool conditions. The result is a leaf with a distinctive silver-and-dark contrast — pale buds against darker leaves — said to recall moonlight on water.
Yunnan whites have a rounder, more honeyed character than the Fujian whites they’re sometimes compared to. The liquor is pale gold, the fragrance gentle, the finish long.
Brewing. 90°C is plenty. Use a generous pinch of leaf in a gaiwan or simple glass; rinse briefly, then steep for around 20 seconds, extending with each subsequent infusion.
Provenance. Fengqing County, Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan — one of the recognised heartlands of Yunnan tea.
After it arrives
Store sealed tins away from direct sunlight and strong odours. Once opened, keep them sealed between sessions. Compressed cake is best kept loosely wrapped in a clean, ventilated spot.
About the practice →How It's Brewed
Gaiwan, near-boiling water, short steeps repeated across a session — the notes on this tea page assume that approach. A larger pot works too; adjust the leaf ratio and extend the steep time.
About the practice →