2018 Pesticide-Free Water Immortal White ~ Shuixian Bai

Less tart and up-front than the 2019 in its aroma, this tea has a sweet fragrance that opens up more gently than the 2019 harvest.  While it is still a subtle tea, this Shuixian Bai has a far fuller body than the 2019 harvest, with a rounded earthy body that is rich without being heavy.   Pesticide-free and naturally grown in Jianyang, south of the Wuyi Mountains, by teamasters Wu Hua and Hu Ailan.  This tea is a mixture of fuzz-covered inner bud leaves and outer leaves, making it a type of Bai Mudan (White Peony). What makes it particularly unique is the bushes from which it is made. Shuixian, or Water Immortal in English, is sometimes translated as narcissus tea due to the fact that Shuixian (Water Immortal) is the Chinese name of this flower. The story of the name that I was taught is that the original Shuixian bushes grew outside of a cave where locals paid respect to the local water spirit. Shuixian is semi-arboral, meaning that, given time, its bushes will grow into small trees w