Silver Needle is China’s finest white tea. Its perfect, downy buds are picked and sun dried in April, in the mountains of China’s Fujian Province. In August, the tea is laid beneath a bed of fresh jasmine flowers for seven consecutive nights, marrying the sweet white tea with fresh, fragrant jasmine aroma.
Jasmine Silver Needle is a delicious to tea to relax and unwind with.
Infuse: 2 tsp to 1 tbs per cup; water temperature: 80°C, infuse 3 minutes
Appearance: Fine, pale, light downy tips
Infusion: Pale, silvery olive-green liquor
Aroma: Subtle, teasing jasmine over sof, sweet vanilla dusted white tea base with citrus zest freshness
Taste: Super-delicate flavours in which the light, understated orchard blossom sweetness combines with fragrant jasmine to soft, vanilla effect
Fujian Province, China
The Jasmine petals open at night, so it is then that they are picked and laid atop the dry tea leaves.