Country of Origin: China  Grade: Pai Mu Tan (a.k.a. White Peony)

Altitude: 2000 – 4000 ft     Manufacture Type: White Tea - naturally withered

Information:  This Blueberry White tea is a combination of fresh blueberries and healthy Peony white tea. Blueberry white tea has sweet luscious notes of New England blueberry floating over the jammy character of the base tea – absolutely delicious. Like most fruit flavored tea, this healthy and delicious blueberry white tea is excellent hot or iced.

About Peony white tea (the base of this peach white tea) -- Peony white tea leaves are plucked from a special varietal tea bush called Narcissus or chaicha bushes. Secondly the leaves are not steamed or pan-fired (the process used in green teas). The leaves are naturally withered and dried in the sun. Thirdly only special ‘two leaves and a bud’ are selected. These leaves must show a very light green almost gray white color and be covered with velvet peach fuzz down. White teas that are withered in conditions that are too hot with become reddish and in conditions that are too cold they will become blackish.

Hot tea brewing method: Use water that is about 180’F or 80’C. Place 2 teaspoons of leaves in your cup and let the tea steep for 3 minutes. Once the water level is low - add more water, and so on - until the tea flavor is exhausted. Milk is not recommended.

Iced tea brewing method: Place 8-10 teaspoons of tea into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the tea. Steep for 5 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the tea into your serving pitcher straining the leaves. Add ice and top up the pitcher with cold water. Garnish and sweeten to taste.