Specification

Origin

The raw material of this Silver Needle is the tender buds of Dabai and Dahao tree plants, which is plucked in the spring of 2010 year, comes from the Panxi Town, which is located in the southwest of Fuding City, at 26 north latitude, at the west foot of Taimu Mountain, and 33 kilometers away from Fuding City.

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 were naturally withered and dried in the sun. The final finished Silver Needle are long and straight, covered by obviously and abundantly fine white fuzz. And this silver needle we offered is compressed into a cake, make it can be stored for a longer time and useful for aging.

The infusion of silver needle is a bright clear apricot color with a strong and fresh aromatic aroma that has delightful floral nuances. The taste is smooth and mellow with a lightly sweet floral aftertaste.

Aging

In China, there is a popular Chinese saying reflects the importance of the aging on the white tea. It is “一年茶，三年藏，七年宝”. That is, one year after white tea is made, it is just ordinary white tea; when it is more than three years old, it has good health care effects, suit for collection. The health care effects value and tea content of the tea leaves will gradually increase with a longer storage time. Once the white tea is seven years old or more, it is taken as a treasure.

Thanks to the medicinal and collection values of white tea, they make more and more people love to drink and collect white tea, and take it as a great and wonderful gift to their friends, family and clients.

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.

By Stewing---specially for the aged white tea over 3 years

1. Prepare a glass stewing teapot and an electronic heater;

2. Pour 5g~8g aged white tea with aged dried tangerine peel if you like;

3. Pour boiled water at 1/3 of the teapot;

4. Power on the heater to boil the water again;

5. The color of the tea soup changes from light yellow to orange, to dark red;

6. Turn down the power, pour out the tea soup to teacups and leave 1/3 of the soup;

7. Add some more boiled water for continue stewing;

White tea, especially the aged white tea can be brewed and stewed 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

300g/cake

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.