Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle” in English—has long been the quiet luminary of China’s white-tea sky. To the uninitiated it may...

If green tea is the exuberant youth of Chinese tea culture and pu-erh its contemplative elder, then white tea—especially the lumi...

If green tea is the exuberant youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh the wise elder, then Fuding White Needle (Bai Hao Yin Zhen) is the ...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle of White Down”—is the most aristocratic expression of China’s white-tea family. While casual dri...

If green tea is the exuberance of spring and pu-erh the wisdom of autumn, then White-Hair Silver Needle (Bai Hao Yin Zhen) is the...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle, White Down”—is the quiet aristocrat of Chinese tea. While pu-erh courts collectors with age and...

Among the six major families of Chinese tea, white tea is the most whispered about, often overshadowed by the dramatic roasting o...

When early March fog still clings to the coastal mountains of northern Fujian, tea pickers climb the granite ridges of Taimu Moun...

When Chinese tea lovers speak of “white tea,” they are not referring to a pale infusion alone, but to an entire philosophy of res...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical: no tossing in hot woks, no rolling drums, no char...