During the last Teavivre sale, which is always the best time to load up on daily drinkers, I decided to cash in a bunch of points and buy old daily drinker favorites as well as some interesting white teas. One of these teas is Teavivre’s Fuding Shou Mei White Tea Mini Cakes. The site says they are 2018 material, pressed into little squares in 2020.
Leaf and Steeping Method
I find these mini square teas so much fun! Each one is 5 grams. The square has a lemon and fresh linen scent.
I went with 1 gram of leaf per 20ml vessel size, so 100ml, gong fu style in boiling water. After an infusion, the leaves smell of citrus and baby powder.
Tasting of Teavivre’s Fuding Shou Mei White Tea Mini Cakes
First, Second, and Third Infusion: Fuding Shou Mei White Tea Mini Cakes is creamy and light, with a milky tulip flavor and salivation effect – simple, sweet, and effective! Each steeping develops a lemon drop note in addition to the milky floral.
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Infusion: I over steeped the fourth infusion as I got really into knitting my sweater. However, at this point, the tea brews up a lovely orange.
These infusions are powdery dark caramel, perked up with a lemon drop finish. Each steeping gets a bit more woody, with the lemon drop note refusing to leave.
Seven Infusion: I steeped this final infusion for 20 mins and it got dark! Fuding Shou Mei White Tea Mini Cakes is cherry wood, creamy, and a hint of woodsy bitter medicinal. Quite good!
Comments
Teavivre’s Fuding Shou Mei White Tea Mini Cakes are excellent daily drinkers and packaged nicely for travel. They are pretty good and on their way to having an aged flavor.
I am happy to purchase and would purchase again. I must admit there was some drama with this purchase as I got 100 grams as package weight instead of tea weight (and these squares have a lot of packing). Teavivre was prompt in fixing the mistake, but that said, always check your tea weight on all your purchases!
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