Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most elusive; it is oxidised by air, not f...

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

If green tea is spring’s first cry and pu-erh an autumn meditation, then Fuding Silver Needle (Bai Hao Yin Zhen) is the hush of a...

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

Among the six classical families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most elusive; it is oxidised by time a...

White tea is the most minimally processed of all China’s six great tea families, and within that quiet realm Fuding Silver Needle...

If green tea is spring’s first cry and pu-erh an autumn philosopher, then Fuding White Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zhen in Chinese—is moon...

If green tea is spring’s first cry and pu-erh an autumn meditation, then Fuding Silver Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zhen in Mandarin—must b...

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

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