Tucked high on the forested ridges of Yunnan’s Simao and Lincang prefectures, where the Mekong carves silver ribbons through morn...

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

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

Among the six classical families of Chinese tea, white tea is the most whispered about: it is praised for its restraint, its refu...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most elusive. It is not rolled, not roast...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle”—is the whispered secret of Chinese white tea, a style so refined that for centuries it was reser...

White Hair Silver Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zhen in Mandarin—is the most aristocratic expression of Chinese white tea. To the uninitiat...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least assertive yet the most elusive, and within that family Fuding...

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

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...