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White · Taimu Mountain, Fuding, Fujian
Silver Needle
Bai Hao Yin Zhen · Fuding
4.9 · 44 reviews
CAD 38.00$
Nothing but down-covered spring buds, withered in air. Hay, honey and melon — and it keeps improving for years.
Fresh hayWildflower honeyWhite melonCucumberApricot (when aged)
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Silver Needle is the purest expression of white tea: only the unopened bud, still wrapped in silver down, picked in the first ten days of the spring flush and then left alone. No rolling, no firing, no shaping — just a slow wither and a low, patient dry.
The liquor is so pale it looks like water, and then the aroma arrives: fresh hay, cucumber skin, wildflower honey, white melon. It is nearly impossible to make bitter. Buy two tins: one to drink now, one to forget in a cupboard for three years, when it turns to apricot and dried herb.
- 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.
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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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