Yunnan Silver Needle White Tea

This Silver Needle white tea is made from an unusual shrub variety, Camellia Taliensis. This tea was dried for a short time (light oxidation) and then dried quickly with hot air.

It is a meditation tea: given its delicacy, in fact, it is difficult to pair it with food. For lovers of white gem tea, it is an elegant tea with a fresh scent and sweet taste, which at times recalls the woody essence of a forest after the spring rain.

Tasting – Sight and smell

The buds of which Silver Needle white tea is made are large and silvery in color, covered with a soft down (bai hao) that makes them shine like velvet. When infused, the buds have floral, sweet aromas, with a herbaceous and fresh hay tip. In the cup the tea is clear, pale yellow with pink reflections. The body is light and silky: even if left to infuse for long times, this tea will never produce astringency or bitterness.

Tasting Notes

GONG FU CHA
The first infusion of Silver Needle white tea gives an extremely sweet and delicate liquor, with fresh floral notes and a light hint of hay. With the second infusion, the sweet notes take on a more defined taste reminiscent of honey from sulla. The herbaceous scent is always present but never turns into astringency, indeed it gives freshness and fragrance to the liquor. With the third infusion emerge notes of dried flowers and fruity hints of dehydrated apricot.

WESTERN

A first sip of Silver Needle white tea offers the palate an extremely delicate and floral sensation: it is reminiscent of wildflowers and dried flowers. The tea then takes on the sweet taste of acacia honey and hints of freshness also given by a very light herbaceous note of hay. Then there are fruity notes of melon and apricot, which fade into a sugary finish: the persistence is in fact sweet and resumes the notes of honey that we have already perceived previously.

Place of origin

Tang Te village, Jinggu county, Puer (Simao), Yunnan province, China.

Production

The best productions come from the first harvests, which generally take place between the end of March and the beginning of April: for the production of Silver Needle white tea only the leaf and sprouts are harvested. The ideal time is a sunny morning, when the sun is high enough to have dried the residual humidity on the buds.

How to brew Silver Needle white tea

To fully appreciate the exquisite shape of Silver Needle white tea the ideal is tu use trasparent glass teaware.

Heat the teapot first with boiling water and then pour 200 ml of water (80°C) over about 3 grams of tea. Tea buds will begin to float on top of the teapot. After 5 minutes, some buds will sink to the bottom of the teapot while others will remain at the top.

All the gems will then rise vertically performing a magical dance. An enchanting spectacle to enjoy before drinking tea!

Storage: it is recommended to store Silver Needle white tea in a cool, dry and dark place.

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