Loose leaf organic white tea, known as Monkey-Picked, highlighting delicate taste and high-quality selection for tea enthusiasts.
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Organic White Peony Tea Steeped

Monkey-Picked White, Organic

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These pure white tea leaves from Guangxi, China, steep into a light-yellow, smooth liquor and impart only the lightest buttery sweetness with a slight apricot fragrance. Buyer beware: You may find yourself in a zen state of wakeful relaxation after just one cup.

Flavor: 

Light and buttery, with a sweet finish

Health Benefits: 

Antioxidant Rich: White tea is high in polyphenols, antioxidants that help fight oxidative stress in the body, promoting overall cellular health.*

Heart Health: Regularly drinking white tea may improve heart health by reducing cholesterol and blood pressure.*

Weight Management: Believed to boost metabolism, white tea can be a helpful addition to weight management strategies.*

Stress Relief: The mild caffeine content, paired with L-Theanine, produces a calm and focused state, aiding in stress reduction.*

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Always consult with your healthcare practitioner before adding new products to your diet, especially if you have any existing health conditions or are taking medication.

Our tea sachets are made from Soilon, a biodegradable mesh derived from renewable plant sources—completely compostable, non-toxic, and free from microplastics. Sip with confidence knowing your tea is as pure as it should be!

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Returns Policy:

  • Tea Products: Tea cannot be returned as it is a food product. We recommend trying smaller sample sizes to ensure satisfaction before committing to larger bulk sizes.
  • Steepware Returns: For unopened/unused Steepware, we offer store credit (minus the cost of return shipping) within 30 days of your delivery date.
  • Incorrect or Damaged Items: If you received an incorrect or damaged item, please contact us via call or email within 30 days of your delivery date, and we will rectify the problem immediately!
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Steeping Guide
1 tsp
175°
3-6 min
per 8 oz. water
10% of profits donated, 100% plastic-free sachets, free shipping on orders $60+

100% Organic White Tea

Tasting Notes:

Indulge in the taste and smooth texture of this delicate white tea, which steeps into a light-yellow liquor and delivers a light buttery sweetness with a subtle apricot fragrance. According to legend, Buddhist monks once trained monkeys to harvest the leaves from the top of wild tea trees. Today, "Monkey-Picked" refers to the highest quality "top shelf" tea. Elevate your tea-drinking experience with our premium white tea leaves, perfect for any time of day. Shop now and experience the finest white tea leaves available.

Features:

  • 100% Organic White Tea
  • Single-estate premium white tea
  • Origin: China, Guangxi Region
  • Same white tea in Natural Glow tea
  • Sample ~ 5 servings
  • 1.2 oz ~ 16 servings
  • 1/2 LB ~ 110 servings
  • Lifestyle-Friendly: Vegan, Paleo, Keto, Organic, Kosher Certified
  • Caffeine: Medium

Ingredients: organic white tea

Customer Reviews

Based on 71 reviews
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Nancy D.
Monkey-picked no flavor

Disappointed - like drinking hot water. I now mix it with sencha, or gyruko or peach mango.

Thank you for taking the time to review our Monkey Picked White tea. We're sorry that you did not enjoy this tea. The flavor is mild with subtle apricot notes to add depth. Using a bit more tea per serving with a longer steeping time may bring out more flavor. With white tea, use water that has cooled for 3 mins after boiling. Thank you for trying this tea!

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Grant
Strong apricot, a little citrus

The apricot flavor comes through pretty strong for me. There's also a note of citrus--maybe tangerine?

This was my second white tea from The Tea Spot, the first being the silver needle. Compared to silver needle, this is a bit livelier, less floral, and not quite as sweet. It's impossible to say which I like better. Both are amazing.

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Krista L.
Favorite Morning tea!

Monkey Picked White is my favorite tea. It's light and fragrant with a flowery taste!

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JW
Quality Issue

I've purchased quite a bit of this tea as a less expensive alternative to the white tea that is flower tips only. It was always a good mixture of tips and leaves. This last batch was almost 100% leaves.

Thank you for your feedback regarding your most recent batch of Monkey Picked White tea. Customer service will be in contact to offer assistance.

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Vitaliy K.
Pretty good, one of the better ones.

Good quality white tea, it definitely has a fine taste to it, like almost green tea but not quite. The People on here that are complaining that it tastes like "nothing" are doing it wrong. White tea is delicate, too low temperature won't steep it properly, too high temp will burn the tea leaves making it either watery or very astringent. They probably don't add enough leaves either since it's light, it's very confusing to measure it out.

My methods? Which I actually found out online. You can't use a teaspoon for the leaves, you need to weigh it out. I don't have a scale for food/drink items, so I used two single- hand scoops of this white tea for 32fl oz of tea. Or roughly 7-8 grams. I steeped/brewed it for 3 minutes at 173-175 degrees F. water and mixed it around the glass pitcher with a spoon. This extracted much of the flavor. Plus an additional bonus is when you add more, you get more flavor.

I like it so far, but I don't know about next time I order. For the 1/2 variety.

The color did come out good and smell was good and very woody/floral flavor.

Definitely much better than Boulder blues.

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