Posts under ‘White tea varieties’

Tribute Eyebrow, locally called Gong Mei, is processed more then Silver Needle and White Peony and is therefore cosidered a 3rd grade tea.
Eyebrow teas are named for the long, thin, crescent-shaped leaves. The leaves come from small tea trees named Xiao Bai. Tea consists of young leaves and no buds. Aged after oxidation, the Tribute [...]

While Silver Needle is the highest quality tea, made entirely from youngest, most delicate tea leaves, White Peony wears the crown of China’s second best White Tea.
White Peony is locally known as Pai Mu Tan or Bai Mudan, which literally means white peony blossom. But there is no Peony in this tea, just a delicate [...]

White Tea is said to be the subtlest of all varieties. When we choose Loose White Tea instead of tea bags, we get only the finest and youngest tea leaves from each tea plant that have been only minimally processed. Loose leaf white tea has a light and delicate taste with sweet and mild vegetal [...]

Silver Needle Tea, also named Silver Tip White Tea, is the most prized of all white teas and is grown in the Fujian Province of China. This highest quality of white tea is called Bai Hao Yin Zhen (White Hair Silver Needles) and is produced from large, unopened sun-dried tea buds, covered with white downy [...]