Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle of White Down”—is the most aristocratic member of China’s white-tea family, a style so delicate t...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most haunting. It does not roll, it does ...

When Chinese tea lovers speak of “white tea,” they are not referring to a pale infusion in your cup; they are invoking an entire ...

If green tea is the fresh-faced youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh the venerable sage, then Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White Hair S...

If green tea is the exuberant youth of Chinese tea culture and pu-erh its contemplative elder, then Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “W...

If green tea is the exuberant youth of Chinese tea culture and pu-erh its venerable elder, then Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White...

When the first spring mists rise above the granite outcrops of northern Fujian, the tea gardens of Fuding and Zhenghe enter a sea...

In the hushed hour before sunrise, when the Wuyi foothills are still lacquered with night dew, tea pickers climb the granite terr...

When most tea lovers outside China hear “white tea” they picture a pale liquor and a delicate flavour, yet few realise that the s...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most elusive; it is the scent of a breeze ...