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

Tucked into the subtropical hills of Fujian’s northeastern coast, the small counties of Fuding and Zhenghe guard a tea so delicat...

White tea is the most minimally treated of all China’s six great tea families, and within that serene category Fuding Silver Need...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle” in the West, “White Hair Silver Tip” in its homeland—occupies the highest rung of the white-tea ...

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...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White Hair Silver Needle”—is the quiet aristocrat of Chinese tea. To the uninitiated it looks like a...

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

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...

Tucked into the northeastern corner of Fujian Province, where the Wuyi Mountains exhale cool mist over terraced groves of Camelli...