Watermelon White

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This white tastes like watermelon.

This is a old tree shou mei from Zhe Rong at about 700m. Some how these factors come together to create a white tea that tastes like watermelon. The beginning has a red flavor that is soft and juicy, followed up by a green finish all put together with an oily body. Its like eating a water melon.

Due to its size, this tea can only be sold by the oz.

Jess G.

Really loved this one. Sometimes when tea companies say, “fruit aroma” it’s extremely slight or doesn’t really even taste or smell like said aroma. This one though? Really does live up to WATERMELON Shou Mei. The first time I drank it, I was impressed and tasted a hint of watermelon but certainly enough for me to go wide eyed and say, “wow!”. It shines as a cold brew, I’d put a bunch in a thermos right before work and would run cold water through, it wouldn’t take long for it to taste like slight watermelon juice!

Pol L.

Spectacular tea. Pictures are 3g of dry leaf, the leaves really are massive (that's a 500ml cup). The wet aroma is amazing, the melon is not subtle, but also not syrupy or cloying. It's like that scent you get when you cut into a fresh watermelon, it's as much the rind as it is the fruit. It just smells awesome. There are some background vanilla and marigold (very lightly vegetal), and later on some subtle citrus, cucumber and delightful astringency (very very smooth). Oh, and the mouthfeel is velvety and rich and yet paradoxically refreshing. I put 1.5 liters of boiling water through these 3g of leaf (that is the last pour shown in the pic next to the thermos)! The last 300ml was only a shadow of the original, but it was definitely still cooking. For a white tea the staying power is admirable. A totally unique and delightful experience. I haven't found anything like it.

Angel G.

Absolutely delicious tea! That watermelon flavor is really there! Leans more like sweet watermelon rind. Haven’t had a white taste this way. Grabbed a good amount to enjoy now and to save for later years. Very much interested to see how this transforms. Thank you for finding this and offering it to us! Absolute joy to drink.

Leonard A.

It's pretty engaging to brew with leaves this size. The watermelon note actually being there is interesting as I was sceptical of that. Good tea.

Peter M.

What a tea! I’ve got a literal crate of it and couldn’t be happier. This is a hardy tea that needs plenty of heat and steep time at first to get going but wow, the crispness, the juiciness, the sweetness… Makes wildly delicious cold brew too but definitely needs to be steeped hot a bit first to break down the leaves.

Erik s.

Really an excellent white tea.