Silver Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zhen in Mandarin—occupies the summit of China’s white-tea pantheon. International drinkers often meet ...

Tucked into the northeastern corner of Fujian province, where the Min River meets the East China Sea, lies the small county of Fu...

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 quietest child, cherished for the way it whispers rather than shout...

If green tea is the youthful scholar of Chinese tea culture and pu-erh the venerable sage, then Bai Hao Yin Zhen—Silver Needle—mu...

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

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most elusive; it is oxidised by time rathe...

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

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle” in the West—has long been the quiet star of China’s white-tea galaxy. Unlike the roasted drama ...

Fuding White Tea, a sublime and ancient variety hailing from the picturesque hills of Fuding County in Zhejiang Province, China, s...