• A round cake of Moonlight White Tea (Yunnan 2024) displayed on a black stand, with a small dish of loose dried tea leaves and a cup of brewed tea in front, set against a clean white background.
  • A close-up of a compressed tea cake, showing the textured, fibrous surface of the dried tea leaves and leaves, on a plain white background.
  • A top-down view of a white teacup filled with amber tea and a leaf-shaped dish holding dark compressed tea blocks, set on a white surface with a green patterned cloth.
  • A close-up of a compressed cake of loose-leaf tea, showing mottled dark brown, tan, and off-white dried leaves and bark pieces, photographed on a white background.
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Bana Tea Company

Moonlight White

Moonlight White

$60.00 USD
$60.00 USD
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Size

Vintage: 2024
Weight: 200 grams 
Type: White Tea
Production Area: Yunnan Province, China

Moonlight White tea was invented by Yi Luo of the Bulang tribe. She famously harvests leaves on specific phases of the moon to create her tea. Our version comes from Master Chan, who presses his leaves into 200 gram cakes, scored to easily break a "square" of tea for brewing. Because the cake is tightly pressed, we recommend a longer rinse than usual on this tea.

Moonlight White is famous for having leaves that are black on one side and white on the other. The flavor has the mildness of a Fuding white tea, but the long lasting sweetness of a Yunnan Pu-erh.

Brewing guide

Use 1 "square" (~4 grams) of tea in 6 oz pot or cup. Brew with 195 F degree water (90 C).
RINSE: 30 second
1st BREW: 30 seconds
2nd BREW: 30 seconds
3rd BREW: 30 seconds
4th BREW: 1 minute
5th BREW: 2 minutes

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