Baimudan tea

Bai Mu Dan tea
TypeWhite

Other namesMudan White tea
Mutan White tea
White Peony tea
Pai Mu Tan
Origin Fujian Province, China

Quick descriptionA fruity tea, similar to Yinzhen but fuller in body and more floral in aroma,
yet not as astringent as Shou Mei.

A map of China with Fujian province highlighted
Baimudan tea is grown in Fujian province, China.

Bai Mudan (Chinese: ; pinyin: bái mǔdān; Wade–Giles: pai2 mu3-tan1; lit. 'white peony') is a type of white tea made from plucks each with one leaf shoot and two immediate young leaves (one bud two leaf ratio) of the Camellia sinensis plant.[1] Bai Mudan is sometimes preferred by white tea drinkers for its fuller flavor and greater potency than the other major type of white tea, Bai Hao Yinzhen. The latter is made purely with leaf shoots, and so it is comparatively softer and more subtle. The typical taste of Bai Mudan is a result of both the processing and the tea plant cultivars employed in the production.

  1. ^ 陳宗懋, 中國茶經, pp 236 上海文化出版社 ISBN 7-80511-499-4