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White · Taimu Mountain, Fuding, Fujian
Silver Needle — Aged 2018
Dry-stored · matured in the leaf
4.6 · 18 reviews
CAD 38.00$
Left unfired, white tea keeps maturing in the tin — this lot has already turned from hay and melon into honey and dried apricot.
HoneyedDried apricotAges in the tinDry-stored
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White tea is the one tea category that improves with age, because it is never fired: the enzymes stay alive and the leaf keeps working in storage. Over years the fresh hay and melon of a new tea turns into honey, dried apricot, medicinal herbs and a sweetness that coats the throat. We store ours dry and dark in Fujian and re-test each lot annually, so what you buy has been tasted recently rather than assumed.
Silver Needle itself comes from Taimu Mountain, Fuding, Fujian, grown as fuding da bai (great white), at 600 m. This lot is that same tea, handled and graded as described above — the leaf, the mountain and the maker do not change, only the picking window and the price.
- Gaiwan
- 4 g · 150 ml · 85 °C · 60 s, then +20 s per infusion · 6+ infusions
- Western
- 3 g per 250 ml · 85 °C · 3 min
- Vessel
- Gaiwan; white tea rewards patience and heat
We dispatch within 48 hours of your order, from our warehouse in China, with tracking on every parcel.
We do not quote a delivery date. Once a parcel leaves us it is carried by an international courier and cleared by customs in your country, and a date we cannot control is a date we will not promise. The tracking number, which you get when the label is created, shows every scan to your door.
Shipping is complimentary on orders over CAD 79.00$; below that a flat CAD 9.50$ applies. HST (13%) is calculated at checkout. Duties and import taxes are the recipient's responsibility.
Unopened tins can be returned within 30 days for a full refund. If a tea is not to your taste, tell us — we would rather send you something you like than keep the money.
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