• HOME >
  • New Arrival at HOJO Online Shop

Yan Ming Shan White Tea

[2015.11.25] Posted By

HOJO Tea Newsletter No.31 – Yan Ming Shan White Tea –

岩鳴山古樹白茶

Yan Ming Shan white tea is our custom-made white tea in this year. We involved in selecting the material and designing the process. The fresh tea was collected from a small village in Lincang near the Myanmar country border. The altitude of the tea garden is around 2200-2300m and the tea tree is relatively old, mostly more than 100 years old. The main characteristic of this tea is outstandingly deep and long-lasting aftertaste, with a very distinctive floral flavor that reminded us of the high mountain Darjeeling tea. The body of this tea is not too strong. As a result, it gives clear and transparent taste sensation.

古樹白茶

古樹白茶

Longer withering contributes in floral flavor like Darjeeling tea.

The uniqueness of this Yan Ming Shan white tea in process is the extremely long withering process. It was withered for three days before the final drying process. The current trend of making a white tea, especially nowadays in Fujian province, the manufacturer tends to keep withering rather short in order to emphasize the greener appearance of tea leaves. However, the shorter withering tends to make tea a little too greenish or grassy note in flavor, or sometimes develops astringency on palate. Since this was our custom-made tea, we discussed with the manufacturer and decided to try the long withering process. In fact, long withered white tea is one of the traditional styles in making white tea in Fujian. Nowadays, it is rare since many customers do not like the darker beige appearance and manufacturer also does not want to spend too long time in withering. Shorter withering time means the white tea can be ready in less than two days and the mass production volume can be well-controlled.
The withering process means leaving the tea leaves in a well-ventilated place. Tea leaves are slowly loosing moisture. Dehydrating stress triggers the enzymatic oxidation known as fermentation. Due to the enzymatic oxidation, various kinds of conjugated polyphenol is formed, and at the same time terpenes that contributes in fruity or floral flavor is formed too. Thanks to the longer withering, Yan Ming Shan White Tea gives sweetness and more mellow drinking feeling. That is also the reason why some customers feel that the flavor of this tea is similar to Darjeeling tea. 古樹白茶

古樹白茶

Mao-cha of Yan Ming Shan white tea

古樹白茶

Brewed tea leaf of Mao Cha

Complete natural farming tea

Yan Ming Shan white tea is made of tea leaf grown in natural farming style. Tea garden is owned by the minority races and tea tree is grown independently. The garden is left with weeds. The farmer applied no fertilizer or pesticide and no pruning is carried out too. Honestly I do not know if I shall call these as agriculture or it’s part of the nature in the mountain. Due to no pruning or fertilizer, the number of tea leaves on each tree is lesser than 1/4 of normal tea garden. The minerals are highly concentrated, that reflected in its strong and long-lasting aftertaste. 自然栽培茶

自然栽培茶

The tea leaf made in natural farming is very small and yellowish because of extremely slow growing speed. Tea produces less chlorophyll since it does not have to conduct efficient photosynthesis.自然栽培茶

Enjoying aging process

We decided to compress Yan Ming Shan white tea in 200g cake since we wish to enjoy the changes of taste and flavor in aging process. Generally, white tea matures pretty well and its changes are faster than that of pu-erh tea. I have many collection of aged white tea. Relatively, white tea produces honey sweet and muscatel like flavor once it is well-aged. We recommend Yan Ming Shan white tea not only for drinking now, but also aging for a few more years to enjoy the changes.

古樹白茶

Yan Ming Shan white tea is available in our outlet. Please feel free to visit us for tasting.

Related Articles

How to get the latest update on HOJO Tea?

1. Follow Twitter, 2. Click "Like" on Facebook, and 3. Subscribe in newsletter. You can have the latest tea news from HOJO Tea.

Subscribe the Newsletter to enjoy the privileges
You may receive a free sample upon purchase, or you may have the priority to purchase special products. So please remember to subscribe our newsletter as well as the social network.
HOJO TEA Malaysia online Shop

HOJO TEA Online Shop NEWSlist

Discover the long-lasting flavor profile of 2023 Shi Feng Long Jing
We have launched the 2023 harvest of Shi Feng Long Jing tea. Shi Feng Long Jing tea, also known as Shi Feng Dragon Well tea. It is one of the most famous and highly regarded teas in China.Shi Feng Long Jing tea is characterized by its flat, spear-shaped leaves that have a vibrant green colour. …
Rare Jasmine Tea Uniquely Crafted from Ripe Pu-erh
Instead of sourcing finished jasmine tea, we specialize in producing custom-made jasmine tea by bringing our carefully selected raw materials to jasmine factories. Over the years, we have created numerous unique jasmine tea varieties that are not available elsewhere, such as Pu-erh jasmine tea made from raw Pu-erh tea leaves, Jasmine Silver Needle made from …

NEW ARTICLES

Discover the long-lasting flavor profile of 2023 Shi Feng Long Jing
We have launched the 2023 harvest of Shi Feng Long Jing tea. Shi Feng Long Jing tea, also known as Shi Feng Dragon Well tea. It is one of the most famous and highly regarded teas in China.Shi Feng Long Jing tea is characterized by its flat, spear-shaped leaves that have a vibrant green colour. …
Rare Jasmine Tea Uniquely Crafted from Ripe Pu-erh
Instead of sourcing finished jasmine tea, we specialize in producing custom-made jasmine tea by bringing our carefully selected raw materials to jasmine factories. Over the years, we have created numerous unique jasmine tea varieties that are not available elsewhere, such as Pu-erh jasmine tea made from raw Pu-erh tea leaves, Jasmine Silver Needle made from …
Introducing 3 Varieties of Phoenix Dancong Oolong Tea
We have released new types of Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong Tea that are finished with more rounds of roasting with traditional charcoal fire by skilled tea master. In Phoenix, the locals called it Nong Xiang style, meaning that tea is giving more intense matured flavor. Nong Xiang tea refers to tea that has been roasted …
Exploring the Taste Diversity Within a Tea Tree: Apical Buds vs. Lateral Buds
Do you believe that all tea leaves have the same taste as long as they come from the same tree? I would like to explain that the taste of tea can vary significantly depending on the plucking position, even when harvested from the same tree. The Difference in Flavor Due to Different Harvesting Parts of …
Hidden Costs of High Valuations of Old Tea Trees
Over the past decade, tea enthusiasts in China have been captivated by teas harvested from Ancient Tea trees, particularly those from Yunnan province, Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong Tea and Wuyi Rock Tea. However, as Ancient Tea trees are rare, the prices of teas harvested from them have skyrocketed. As a result, some farmers who possess …
Discover the Unique Taste of Wu Jia Ping Zhang Ancient Tree Raw Pu-Erh Tea
We have released Wu Jia Ping Zhang ancient tree raw pu-erh tea for 2020 and 2021. This tea is grown in tea gardens located around 2100 meters above sea level in the southwestern part of Lincang City, Yunnan Province of China, just a few dozen kilometres from the Myanmar border. Single-origin tea Wu Jia Ping …
Introducing 3 High Grown Darjeeling First Flush Teas Produced Using Sustainable Methods
We have released three types of Darjeeling First Flush, all of which are grown sustainably. The tea gardens are maintained using natural farming methods, and the use of fertilizers is limited when growing the tea trees. As a result, the tea gardens closely resemble their natural state. Unlike common Darjeeling tea, these teas grow slowly, …
New Release of Tsuge Zairai Sencha from Sustainable Tea Garden
Tsuge Zairai Sencha 都祁在来煎茶 is made from “zairai” tea plucked in spring, from the naturally farmed tea garden located in Tsuge, Nara City, Nara Prefecture. The tea garden of Tsuge Zairai Sencha is maintained in sustainable manner applying neither pesticide nor fertilizer. Tsuge Zairai Sencha has a subtle and refreshing floral scent with a hint …
New Release of Da Xue Shan Wild White Tea Cake 2021
Da Xue Shan Wild White Tea 2021 is available now. This tea is always very popular in our shop. In Japan, we brought in loose tea this year, and for Malaysia we produced 200g cake. Mao cha before compressing into cake Very limited resources This tea is made from the wild tea, called Camelia taliensis. …
New Release of 2 Types of Darjeeling 1st Flush
We have released two types of Darjeeling 1st Flush Tea. The reason why the Darjeeling 1st Flush is greenish In Darjeeling tea, the 1st flush refers to the first-plucked spring tea. Usually, the Darjeeling 1st Flush tea is greenish. From the outlook, it looks like a green tea. Many people misunderstand that it is green …

PAGETOP