Sister Ai’s 2014/15 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, blended her 2014 and 2015 crops together and pressed them into these amazing tea cakes!
Yunnan white teas include both leaf and bud, meaning a mix of fragrance and flavor with each cup. Towards the first few steeps, this tea has a fruity scent and bright flavor, and as it progresses into the middle steeps, it deepens into a clean herbal flavor.
Throughout, the tea has a crisp mouth feel and bright, clean color.
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
After my first trip to Sister Ai’s tea mountain in 2023, my only regret was not getting any of her white teas to share with everyone. This last time I went back, I tried her older crops and was blown away by how sweet and fruity aged white tea can be.
Aged white tea is harder and harder to find in China, since so much of it has already drunk up. Being able to get this tea right from the source is a big win for the teahouse and I am super excited to share it with everyone!
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.