2018 Sun-Dried White Peony Fuding Compressed Biscuit

2018 Sun-Dried White Peony — Fuding Guanyang · Compressed Biscuit

This is a 2018 spring White Peony from Guanyang Town, one of the higher-elevation growing areas within Fuding — the heartland of Chinese white tea. The leaves are Fuding Dabai cultivar, processed the traditional way: spread outdoors under direct sun rather than dried indoors in a controlled environment.

Sun-drying runs warmer and faster than indoor withering. It pushes oxidation a little further, which tends to produce a thicker, darker, and sweeter cup than shade-withered white tea of the same age.

After six years of loose-leaf aging at the Yunwu Tea Factory, the material was compressed in 2023 into these small single-serving biscuits. By now the transformation is well along: the liquor pours a deep reddish amber, and the dominant note is a warm, dried-date sweetness with a clean, lingering finish. There's no bitterness, no astringency — just a mellow, full body that comes from time.

Each biscuit weighs around 4.2g and is sealed in its own wrapper. It fits in a pocket or a bag without any fuss, which makes it genuinely useful outside the house.

The tea meets Chinese national food safety standards (GB). There is no organic certification.

Packs

Available in 2, 5, 10, and 50 biscuits. The 50-pack is the most economical option and keeps well at room temperature in a dry, odor-free space.

A note on this style of tea: Sun-dried aged white tea is still a relatively small category outside China. If you're new to it, think of it as sitting between a lightly aged pu-erh and a classic Fuding white tea — the patience of one, the sweetness of the other.

Curious how the same harvest tastes with a different process? Our 2018 Indoor-Withered White Peony comes from the same Guanyang spring 2018 harvest, withered slowly indoors rather than under the sun — the result is brighter, more floral, and gentler than this sun-dried version.

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Session estimates use a fresh portion of dry tea each time. Each portion can be infused repeatedly.