1.Rare raw material

The picking standard of Silver Needle is bud only by hand, no leaves or stem. Only fat, straight and health tender buds are adopted.

2.Strict standard of manual picking

There are ten rules for picking white tea. 

  1.no picking before the dew dries in the morning, 

  2.no picking in rainy days, 

  3.no purple buds, 

  4.no thin buds, 

  5.no wind-injured buds, 

  6.no already opened buds, 

  7.no man-made damaged buds

  8.no moth-eaten buds 

  9.no hollow buds

  10.no diseased and bent buds

3.Short picking time

The unfurled buds are only harvested in spring, around the mid-March, and must be picked in 10 days.

4.Low yield

About 30,000 buds can only made out 0.5kg finished qualified silver needle. The yield is very small.

5. High collection value

The collection value of white tea comes from the transformation of tea buds. High-quality raw materials, excellent production process, and proper storage are all essential. 

During the storage of white tea, the Polyphenol substances are transformed, which promotes the form of flavonoids. So for white tea, more longer stored, more flavonoids, more obvious health-care effect to human body. 

Thus, the high-quality raw materials of white tea undoubtedly lay a solid foundation for the transformation of white tea later, and at the same time ensure the collection value.