If green tea is the youthful murmur of a mountain stream and pu-erh the gravelly voice of an old monk, then Bai Hao Yin Zhen—lite...

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

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least interventionist, and within that minimalist lineage Bai Hao Y...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most haunting: it is picked, withered, and...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the quietest child, cherished for the way it whispers rather than shout...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most elusive; it is oxidised by nothing mo...

When Chinese tea lovers speak of “white tea,” they are not referring to a cup that is merely pale in color; they are invoking an ...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White Hair Silver Needle”—is the quiet aristocrat of Chinese tea. To the uninitiated it may look lik...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle” in the West, “White Hair Silver Tip” in its homeland—occupies the apex of China’s white-tea hier...

When early March dew still clings to the granite soils of northern Fujian, tea gardens above the towns of Fuding and Zhenghe ente...