Specification

Origin

This Silver Needle is using only the tender buds of wilderness Dabai and Dahao tree plants picked in the spring of 2022 year as raw material, comes from the Panxi Town, Fuding City, Fujian province, the hometown of Chinese White Tea.

Panxi is regarded as an ecological town due to its 88% forest coverage rate and 96% greening rate. It has a mild climate and abundant rainfall. The soil is mainly yellow-red gravel soil with high organic matter and mineral content, which is very suitable for the growth of tea trees.

What is more, the significant temperature difference between day and night here also be very beneficial to the growth and the accumulation of nutrients of white tea. For example, Glutamic acid and aspartic acid, which make up the fresh flavor of white tea, are found to be higher in high altitude areas, and Phenylalanine, which imparts white tea’s sweetness, also be increases with altitude.

Appearance & Taste

The buds of this Silver Needle neither have been dried in special ovens, nor have been subjected to heat treatment. Instead, they were naturally withered and dried in the sun.

The final finished Silver Needle white tea are long and straight, covered by obvious and abundant fine silvery-white hairs, looks like wearing a white coat.

This silver needle is so minimally processed that much less oxidation occurs. It makes this silver needle has soft and delicate flavor with a fresh and strong fruity and floral aroma. The tea soup is light yellow, elegant and refreshing, be identified as superfine among white teas, is very valuable for collection.

Brewing Guide 

By Gaiwan

1. Pour the boiled water into the Gaiwan, fair cup, teacups to warm them up;

2. After 10-20 seconds, pour off hot water when they are warmed up;

3. Place 5~8g White Tea into the Gaiwan;

4. Pour in about 90℃～100℃ hot water;

5. After 10 seconds, pour the tea soup into fair cup;

6. Average the tea soup from fair cup into each teacup;

7. Enjoy your tea.

White tea, especially the aged white tea can be brewed for many times till it is tasteless.

Taste your tea after the recommended steeping time and then decide if you’d like it to steep a little longer.

Your own preference is the standard only.

Package

150g/bag, 2bags/gift box, 300g/giftbox

Storage

1. Keep out of the Sun

If white tea is directly exposed to sunlight, the substances contained in the leaves will start to decompose, reducing the nutritional value and affecting the taste of the tea.

2. Keep dry and tightly sealed

If to let the white tea under a wet environment for a long time, it will easy to get mold and develop a so-called "plum aroma." To prevent the tea turning bad or going mouldy, humidity should be avoided. Therefore, use containers with good breathability, such as sand pots. Ceramic pots, which can absorb water vapour in the air, should be avoided. In order to avoid the effects of wet weather, it is recommended not to stack containers up against walls or directly on the ground.

3. Store at room temperature.

As a slight-fermented tea, white tea is sensitive to the temperature. Too cold will affect the enzyme activity and make the aging slow down. Thus, white tea does not need to be refrigerated –the temperature can range from 0 to 30°C. However, significant changes in temperature should be avoided.

4. Avoid storing it among things with mussy odours.

Tea can absorb different sorts of odour extremely easily; therefore, it should not be stored alongside anything strong-smelling.

5. Store different types of teas separately.

Such as white tea should be stored separately with Pu'er tea.