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

When most tea lovers picture Chinese white tea, the image that drifts into mind is almost always the same: slender, silvery buds ...

To most Western drinkers “white tea” is a color-coded mystery, a pale cup that tastes like scented water. Yet within China’s pan...