Autumn Dew 2025 | White Dew White Tea
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$3.50
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Family-made
Wuyi Yancha is what our own family makes in Wuyishan, and it is the tea we work with most closely. We know the growing areas and tea plants firsthand, as well as the decisions that go into processing and roasting. For the small number of other teas we carry, we work with tea-making families we know personally and whose work we know well.
Single-origin
Wuyi Yancha carries the influence of where it is grown. Wuyishan has a particular growing environment shaped by its rocky terrain, soil, climate, sunlight, and moisture, and these conditions are an important part of what makes Wuyi Yancha what it is. Together with cultivar, processing, and roasting, they all play a part in the aroma, texture, and overall character of the finished tea.
Transparency
We try to keep the information about our teas simple and clear. We share where each tea comes from, what tea plant it is made from, and how it was processed and roasted, so you have a clear idea of what you're drinking.
- Name: Autumn Dew 2025 | White Dew White Tea - 2025年白露白茶
- Type: Shou Mei, Fuding White Tea
- Origin: Panxi, Fuding, Fujian
- Harvest Date: Autumn, 2025
- Press Date: Autumn, 2025
- Producer: Lin Family
- Tasting note: Dewy & refreshing sweetness, Lifted floral note, Vanilla, A whiff of pine forest, A herbal note of honeysuckle, Fresh corn
白露 (White Dew)
“White Dew" is the 15th of the 24 solar terms on the traditional Chinese calendar and the third of autumn. It falls each year around September 7-9 on the Gregorian calender and marks a clear rise in coolness in the natural world. During this period, the days can still feel warm under the sun, but temperatures drop quickly after dusk, the day-night temperature gap widens, and morning dew becomes more frequent.
白露茶 (White Dew Tea)
"White Dew Tea" refers to teas picked and processed from White Dew through the Autumn Equinox, and it shows the classic characteristics of autumn teas. After enduring the summer heat, tea plants enter an ideal growth phase around White Dew. Mid-autumn sunlight is bright bu no longer scorching, allowing photosynthesis to proceed effeciently and letting the leaves accumulate abundant compounds. At night, as temperatures quietly fall, plant respiration slows, so fewer of those compounds are consumed. The result is tea leaves richer in internal substances, with elevated sweetness and fuller, more expressive aromatics.
The Artwork: 群鸟养羞 (Flocks of Birds Storing Delicacies)
Name of the artwork ”群鸟养羞" literally means "flocks of birds storing delicacies". It reflects a classical Chinese habit of watching nature closely. Through observation, people in ancient China concluded that birds often store food for the coming winter around White Dew. Interestingly, as birds stock up for winter, people also begin the year's final tea-picking season at White Dew, almost like storing tea for winter too.
The cover artwork is designed by our incredibly talented and creative artist friend, Miron Milic. It shows two magnificent Chinese rosefinches at dawn, collecting millet on dew-laden leaves. They are storing up the fine food for the coming winter.
