Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White Hair Silver Needle”—is the quiet aristocrat of Chinese tea. While green tea commands the world...

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

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

White tea is the least disturbed of all China’s six great tea families, and within that quiet realm Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “W...

White tea is the most minimally handled of all China’s six major tea families, and within that quiet realm Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Whit...

When the first spring mists rise over northern Fujian’s coastal hills, the tea gardens of Fuding and Zhenghe enter a brief, almos...

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

White tea is the quietest chapter in the long epic of Chinese tea, and within that chapter the brightest line is White Hair Silve...

White tea is the most minimally handled of all China’s six great tea families, and within that quiet realm Bai Hao Yin Zhen—liter...

If green tea is the exuberant youth of Chinese camellia sinensis and pu-erh its contemplative elder, white tea is the whispered s...