Bai Hao Yin Zhen, literally “Silver Needle White Down,” is the most aristocratic expression of China’s white-tea family. To the ...

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...

When Chinese tea lovers speak of “white tea,” they are not referring to a pale infusion, but to a whole family of leaves whose si...

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

If green tea is the youthful burst of spring and pu-erh the wise elder of the tea world, then Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White H...

Among the six major families of Chinese tea, white tea is the most understated, yet within its quiet spectrum one cultivar glows ...

White tea is the most minimally handled of all China’s six great tea families, yet within its apparent simplicity lies a universe...

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

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White Hair Silver Needle”—is the most aristocratic member of the Chinese white-tea family. To the un...

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