Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least assertive yet the most haunting. Within that quiet clan, Bai...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White Hair Silver Needle”—is the quiet aristocrat of Chinese tea. To the uninitiated it looks like n...

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

White tea is the quietest child in the Chinese tea family, and within that hush White Hair Silver Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zhen—whisper...

If green tea is the youthful burst of a spring meadow and pu-erh the wise elder telling stories of centuries, then white tea—espe...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen, often translated as “Silver Needle,” is the most aristocratic expression of China’s white-tea family. To the u...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most elusive; it whispers rather than decl...

When Chinese tea lovers speak of “white tea,” they are not referring to a cup that lacks color; they are invoking a whole philoso...

Among the six major families of Chinese tea, white tea is the most quietly radiant, and within that family Silver Needle—Bai Hao ...

When the last winter chill loosens its grip on the coastal hills of northern Fujian, the tea gardens of Fuding and Zhenghe awaken...