Sister Ai’s 2008 Ancient Tree White Tea Cake
What is White Tea?
White tea is young tea that is harvested, sun-dried, and minimally processed.
White tea ages naturally, adding depth and flavor. It pairs a light, easy-drinking sweetness with herbal undertones, creating a rich experience enjoyable all year round.
THE TEA
Sister Ai, our tea farmer partner in Yunnan, has given us the rest of her stock of her oldest remaining white tea stores: her 2008 Ancient Tree white tea!
This long-aged white tea has deep herbal flavor, a cooling mouth feel, and still retains light, fruity sweetness.
Throughout, the tea has a crisp mouth feel and bright, clean color, with floral fragrance towards the beginning and fruity, juicy notes in the middle steeps.
If you’re a fan of white tea, especially aged white tea, this is a go-to tea worth stocking up on.
JESSE'S REVIEW
When I tried this tea on Qianjiazhai mountain with Sister Ai, our tea farmer partner, I was so excited that I instantly said we wanted to stock these.
Unfortunately, I got a bad shock a few weeks later when Sister Ai went into her stores and found she only had 130 cakes left.
I kept 10 cakes back for myself to age - tea guy privilege! - and the rest of them are here on the shop. When they’re gone, they’re gone!
VALUE AND QUALITY
Jesse's Teahouse started because Jesse realized the quality and value of the tea directly from the Beijing Tea Market was so much higher than what could be easily found in the States -- and around the world.
Nowadays, Jesse also works directly with farmers as well. Jesse contacted his tea friends, they shipped their best teas to him, and he sends them to you. That's it!
These teas are high quality and can be re-steeped multiple times! Each serving makes between 4-8 cups of tea, so at around $.50 a cup, you get top quality Chinese teas at a price that you can enjoy every day.
NOT JUST TEA, TEA CULTURE
Jesse believes the key to making good tea is to help his Chinese tea friends share not just their best teas, but the best ways to make the teas.
That's why each box comes also comes with an info card that tells you:
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Tea Origin
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Steep Temperature
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Steep Time
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Directions for both teapot steeping and gaiwan steeping
All Jesse’s Teahouse Tea Friends (that’s you now!) also get access to private YouTube videos where Jesse and his Chinese tea friends show you how to make the teas and explain the tea-making process.
The links are on QR codes on the back of the info card included in the tea box.
Don't Forget Your Tea Pets!
In Chinese Gongfu Tea Tradition, Tea Pets accompany you at teatime and you "raise" them by feeding them tea! Check out the tea pets at the bottom of this page.