New Release of Da Xue Shan Wild White Tea 2020

We have launched Da Xue Shan Wild White Tea 2020, in loose tea. For Malaysia, we release the 200g cake version.

This year, we have made major improvements in the raw material, producer, and production method, resulting in a very satisfying quality.

Wild tea from the native mountain

Wild tea is literally found in the mountains, and not grown by human, regardless of the age of tea tree.
In recent years, some people use the name of wild teas for the tea trees that have been left unattended and become huge in size. But to be precise, these are old tree teas or ancient tea trees (Gushu Cha or Lao Shu Cha or Ye Fang Cha). Specifically, wild tea refers the tea tree grows naturally in the mountains.

There are several types of wild tea in Yunnan, and Da Xue Shan Wild White Tea is made from tea called Camellia taliensis.

What makes us so crazy about Wild tea

Some people may wonder what is good about wild tea?
Wild tea has an overwhelmingly strong aftertaste. Even if tea is brew into a thick liquor, it is not pungent, bitter or astringent, but it is rich and sweet. It has the similarity in taste as wild herbs, wild mushrooms, wild fish, and edible wild plants. Most significantly, this level of aftertaste cannot be reached with cultivated tea.

When I first drank this tea, it was like a thick soup. Particularly, I enjoyed a strong return scent reminiscent of flowers, grapes and fresh raw herbs.

I feel this tea becomes even more gorgeous in floral scent after it is opened and exposed to the air for a few days.

Change the origin of wild tea

Last year, when we were staying in Yunnan, we explored several villages to look for the new source of fresh tea leaves of wild tea. Following the introduction of my friend and manufacturer, we went to various areas to meet the people living in the deep mountain and hear stories from their acquaintances.

In fact, as we found out in many villages, in reality, in many areas, tea trees planted at the border between villages and mountains were often called wild tea. In commercial tea market, it is getting very common that these teas are named as wild tea in the trend of increasing demand of wild tea.

For more information on how we actually procure the right wild tea, please see the following page of Da Xue Shan Wild Pu-erh Tea below. Both Pu-erh tea and white tea are procured from the same production area.

New production equipment and facility

After the end of last year’s spring tea season, we upgraded their production facilities. As the demand of white tea has increased, it is necessary to build a more full-scale production facility.

It was a good opportunity, so by repeating various experiments and optimizing the production conditions, we designed more ideal equipment and facility. My past profession in designing the manufacturing process of food industry was obviously helpful in optimizing the white tea production.

Thanks to the new production facility, I think that withering process has become quite ideal in this year’s white tea production. The outcome is reflected on the product itself: the Da Xue Shan wild white tea gives a multi-layer of complex flavor with a soft taste.

However, this year was the first year for them to process wild tea into white tea, so to be conservative, we made it with reduced production. As a result, we were able to produce very good quality tea, but due to the above reason, the production volume is extremely limited.

200g (50g x 4 Bags) JPY7600

For more on how white tea is made, its types, and how to brew and age it, see What Is White Tea?.