Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle, White Down”—is the quiet aristocrat of Chinese tea. While green tea commands the world’s attent...

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

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “Silver Needle White Down”—is the quiet aristocrat of Chinese white tea. While pu-erh commands auctio...

If green tea is the bright youth of Chinese tea culture and pu-erh its brooding philosopher, then white tea is the culture’s quie...

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 ...

White tea is the most lightly processed of all China’s six great tea families, and within that minimalist realm Bai Hao Yin Zhen—...

Imagine a tea so delicate that it is picked only during the first flush of early spring, before the village roosters have finishe...

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...

Introduction White tea, known for its minimal processing and subtle flavors, holds a revered place in the pantheon of Chinese tea...