Wonderfully fragrant and soft White tea from Yunnan. Brimming with Gardenia and Orange Blossom florals, sponge cake sweetness, sticky dates and a fascinating kumquat zestiness.
While Fujian is revered as the birthplace of White Tea, other provinces are making their own White tea expressions of their unique land and tea trees.
Yunnan makes incredibly aromatic Silver Needle with more of the tropical climate bringing extra soft fruits and zesty florals to the tea.
Made only from tender and fat new buds that are picked only 2 days a year in early Spring and processed entirely by hand.
This batch has a wonderful kumquat or orange zestiness hiding amongst the spongecake, creams and lotus flower.
You can also pick up a dried date and baked orange carameled sweetness on the nose which gives extra depth and maturity to the tea.
To taste a Fuding Fujian tea then check out our Heirloom Silver Needle.
ABOUT SILVER NEEDLE
Commonly referred to as the champagne of White tea, Silver Needle (Bai Hao Yin Zhen) is sold across China and the World but as always, there are wildly varying grades.
The process to make the tea sounds incredibly simple - pluck the buds and lay them out to wither and slightly oxidise until dry. But this simplicity means that there is no place for the farmers to hide and the tiniest factors can reduce the quality of the tea. In this video, I discuss these factors so that you can find out what we search for when choosing our Silver Needle.
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