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Moonlight Organic

Name: Yunnan Moonlight Silver Needle Organic
SKU: 7836-bio
Price: 14.90 EUR
Availability: InStock

Super Premium 96 P.

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7836-bio

Top quality Silver Needle White Tea from Yunnan, cultivated at over 1600m on an organic-certified farm, with sweet notes of peach and jasmine. Excellent to enjoy as a cold brew, this silver needle made from a Moonlight cultivar is particularly full-bodied and intense thanks to a special withering process.

Character	Sweet, aromatic, peach, jasmine, creamy, liqueur, light fruit acid
Tea Farm	A leading organic tea farm in Yunnan
Terroir	Lincang, Yunnan, China
Harvest	Spring, mid-March 2023
Cultivar	Xiang Gui
Plucking	Two leaves and a bud
Altitude	1600–1800m
Processing	Handpicked, withered indoors & outdoors, oven-dried (85–110°C)
Oxidation	20%
Cultivation	EU Organic certified since 2011
Grade	96/100 P. (White Tea category) – Super Premium

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The tea farm is located in the highlands of Lincang province, southwestern Yunnan, and has been EU Organic certified since 2011. It is the first tea farm in China to be a member of the Rainforest Alliance, an international organisation committed to protecting biodiversity and promoting sustainable farming practices around the world. The garden is home to a notably large number of old trees, which have been carefully tended to by local tea farmers for several decades.

Flavour

This first-class Silver Needle tea from Yunnan opens with a succulent aroma of white peach that continues onto the palate with a fine acidity, sweetness and creamy texture that lasts across many infusions. As a tea from Yunnan it also shares a likeness to Pu Erh, further conveyed by this white tea's higher degree of oxidation.

Leaf

Fine, ivory buds

Cup

Light, clear

Primarily produced in China's Fujian province, white tea is the least processed type of tea, with the lowest degree of oxidation. It is simply withered, traditionally outdoors, in a careful, gradual process. The resulting tea is elegant, delicate and subtly sweet, often with nuances of vanilla and a velvety texture. Markers of quality include a high proportion of buds and a lightly coloured cup.

Moonlight White, or Yue Guang Bai (月光白), is a special type of white tea from Yunnan province that may have got its name from being plucked at night, withered in the moonlight, or from its black and silver leaves which resemble moonlight in the dark of night.

We go to great lengths to identify the finest organic tea farms across the world’s most celebrated terroirs. All our teas are sourced directly from the farmer and, with a few exceptions, are certified organic or come from pesticide-free farms. Each batch of tea for every harvest is tested for pesticides and other pollutants in an independent German lab to ensure they meet our strict quality standards as well as HACCP food safety requirements.

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Cultivation & Processing

The highlands of Yunnan have a mild, subtropical climate even at high altitudes. The slopes are mostly south-facing, and are therefore more heavily influenced by the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Traditionally, various large-leaf cultivars are grown in Yunnan, some of which go back to very old tea plants

Home to more than 160 000 trees, the tea garden is located at over 1500m in the Lincang region of southwestern Yunnan, far from any major cities or industry. The mountainous, wooded area in which the tea garden is embedded is so idyllic that it has been designated a tourist recreation zone. Furthermore, the tea garden was the very first of its kind in China to be accepted as a member of the Rainforest Alliance, which is committed to the sustainable protection of forests and biodiversity.

Only the best young buds and first two leaves are selected for this tea, resulting in only a few kilos produced each year. The buds are first pre-wilted indoors using a secret process and then sun-dried the traditional way.

Single Origin

This tea is sourced directly from one tea farm in Lincang, Yunnan.

Preparation

Brewing Guide

Steep 4g (2 tsp) in 150–200ml water at 75°C for two minutes. Suitable for several infusions.

To prepare as a cold brew: put approx. 15g (5–7 tsp) in a cold brew flask, pour over 1 litre of cold water and place in the refrigerator overnight.

Recommended Teapot

Brew in a Yixing teapot or a Tokoname Kyusu for a particularly aromatic infusion. Alternatively, steep in a glass teapot with ample room for the leaves to unfurl.

Packaging & Storage

Packed in a high-quality, airtight, resealable standing zipper pouch with nine protective layers to preserve flavour and prevent oxidation. After opening, press out as much air as possible when snapping shut. Alternatively place tea leaves in a stylish tea caddy.

Test results

We find it very important that our teas are pure and produced in a way that respects the environment. For this reason, each one of our teas is tested for pesticide residues by an independent laboratory, the results of which can be found here. Some of our teas are also tested for specific nutritional compounds, in which case the test results are also published here.

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