Close-up of Mutan White tea leaves with a cup of pale yellow tea above, showcasing its delicate appearance.
Black pouch of Harney & Sons Mutan White tea, featuring a gold label and 1 lb weight.
Harney & Sons Mutan White tea tin, black and gold design, featuring elegant branding and details.
Harney & Sons Mutan White tea packet, featuring a blue and gold design with "Tear Here" label.
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Mutan White

$ 72.00
$.48
PER CUP
Packaging Type:Loose
Unit:1 lb. Bag
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Description

On Mike Harney's various trips to China, he enjoys a multitude of teas. When he makes a visit to Fujian Province, he enjoys many white teas. He chose to offer this very special white tea: light and sweet with vegetal flavors. The blend comes from Fuan, in northern Fujian Province, China. 

Ingredients
White tea.

Mike's Rating
1 Briskness
1 Body
2 Aroma
 Details: Mutan White is made on the same hills that make Chinese Silver Needle, just outside of Fuan in northern Fujian Province. The tea is based on the same Da Bei, or Big White, cultivar. After enough tips (or buds) are gathered to make Chinese Silver Needle, the plants are allowed to grow some more. Then, when two immature leaves have grown, the whole set is harvested: two leaves and a bud (aka tip). The sets are dried in large barns, where the slow process allows a bit of oxidation to occur. This gives Mutan White some fruity and vegetal flavors.
 Dry Leaves: A mix of silver-green long tips (or buds) and forest green leaves. This tea is made after the harvest of the Chinese Silver Needle (aka YinZhen). The growers allow some leaves to mature, and then they harvest. Like with a silver needle, little is done other than to allow the tea to dry inside a barn. Although the leaves look green, this is a white tea because of the production method.
 Liquor: Mutan White has a yellow-green liquor and is the darkest of all white teas because the leaves are attached to the white tip.
 Aroma: This tea has a light vegetal aroma glazed with sugar, like the sweet, charred quality of roasted leeks.
 Flavors: The finest flavors (and that is what we offer) fill your mouth with the light, sweet vegetal flavors of steamed yellow squash or leeks.
 Caffeine Level: Caffeinated
 Body: Light-bodied. In the realm of white teas, this tea has the most body. This is because of the leaves, although it is still much lighter than most other teas.
 Brewing Time: 2 to 3 minutes
 Brewing Temp: 175º