Specification

Origin

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

Panxi, the overall altitude is between 300 to 1200 meters. The mountains are rolling here, most of the tea gardens in Panxi are located in the remote mountains, which keeps the tea trees away from pollution. At the same time, the high mountains are cloudy and foggy, and the temperature on the high mountains is low, so the growth of tea is relatively slow, which is conducive to the accumulation of soluble substances and aroma substances in tea, and the quality of fresh leaves is relatively much better.

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

This Silver Needle is produced only from the newly-sprouted buds of the tea plant. The young buds are best in spring, they are long and straight, have obviously and abundantly soft, silvery-white down fuzz that makes them look whiter in appearance.

High-quality Silver Needle is using large, fat, healthy tea buds, and the infusion of this silver needle tea is a bright clear apricot color with a strong fresh and aromatic aroma that has delightful floral nuances. The flavor is smooth and mellow with a lightly sweet floral aftertaste.

Test Report

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

300g/bag, 1bags/box, 300g/box

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.