2024 Sun-Dried Shou Mei & Chen Pi Fuding Waffle Cake

"2024 Sun-Dried Shou Mei & Chen Pi — Fuding Guanyang · Waffle Cake"

This is the first product in our range that blends two ingredients, and it's a pairing with a long history in Chinese tea culture: white tea and dried tangerine peel, known as Chen Pi (陈皮).

The tea is a 2024 spring Shou Mei from Guanyang Town in Fuding, made from Fuding Dahao cultivar and withered outdoors under direct sun. The Chen Pi is also from 2024, dried and cut into fine strips before being blended with the tea leaf. Both are from the same year — this is a young tea, not an aged one, and it's worth being upfront about that: the character here comes from the process and the pairing, not from years of storage.

Sun-dried Shou Mei already leans toward the fuller, sweeter end of the white tea spectrum. The sun exposure during withering drives a deeper initial oxidation, producing a thick, dark liquor and a warmth that shade-withered teas of the same grade don't quite match. Chen Pi adds another layer on top of that: a dry, citrusy brightness that cuts through the sweetness, a mild bitterness that gives the cup some structure, and a distinctive aroma that lingers after the sip. The two complement each other more than they compete — the tea provides body and sweetness, the peel provides lift and complexity.

The shape is worth a mention. Each 30g piece is pressed into a waffle form — scored into six equal sections, each around 5g.

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

Packs

Available in 1, 5, 10, and 50 cakes. The 50-pack is the most economical option and stores well at room temperature in a dry, odor-free space.

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