Few teas ask so little and give so much. Fuding Silver Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zhen in the old romanization—stands at the apex of Chin...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most elusive, and within that quiet clan F...

When the first spring mists rise above the Taimu Mountains in northern Fujian, the tea gardens of Fuding look as though they have...

When Chinese tea scholars speak of “white tea,” they are not referring to a pale infusion alone, but to an entire philosophy of r...

When Chinese tea lovers speak of “white tea,” they are not referring to a colorless brew but to a whole family of minimally proce...

If green tea is the youthful burst of spring and pu-erh the wise elder of the tea world, then Fuding Silver Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zh...

Among the six major families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet most elusive. It is not rolled into tight spir...

If green tea is the bright youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh its brooding philosopher, then white tea is the whispered poem slipped...

If green tea is the exuberant youth of Chinese tea culture and pu-erh the venerable elder, then white tea—especially Fuding Silve...

If green tea is the youthful face of Chinese tea culture, then white tea is its quiet, contemplative elder—an elder whose whisper...