Silver Needle — Autumn Pick
Autumn flush · floral, lighter than spring
Autumn leaf: more perfume, less sweetness, and the one green tea that will not turn bitter if you forget it.
Autumn leaf is a different animal from spring leaf: less amino acid, more aroma compound, so the cup is more perfumed and less sweet, with a thinner body. It is prized by drinkers who find spring green tea too soft, and it is the pick that survives a long steep without turning bitter.
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
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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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