When Chinese tea lovers speak of “white tea,” they are not referring to a pale infusion in your cup; they are invoking an entire ...

If green tea is the fresh-faced youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh the venerable sage, then Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White Hair S...

If green tea is the exuberant youth of Chinese tea culture and pu-erh its contemplative elder, then Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “W...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle, White Down”—is the quiet aristocrat of Chinese tea. While green tea commands the world’s loudes...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White Hair Silver Needle”—is the most aristocratic expression of China’s white-tea family. To interna...

Among the six major classes of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most elusive; it is oxidised by air, not fi...

High on the northern horn of Fujian province, where the Wuyi Mountains soften into the East China Sea, March mornings arrive wrap...

If green tea is the exuberant youth of Chinese tea culture and pu-erh its venerable elder, then Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White...

When the first spring mists rise above the granite outcrops of northern Fujian, the tea gardens of Fuding and Zhenghe enter a sea...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle” in English—looks almost too delicate to be real. When you first lift a handful, the buds resembl...