White Tea

White teas have a sweet flavour and soft texture without the vegetal quality of green tea.  They are refreshing, thirst-quenching and easy-going on the palate. 

Silver Needle (Yin Zhen) is considered the rarest and most famous Chinese white tea, composed entirely of individual buds, picked in early Spring; it is also fantastic when scented with fresh jasmine flowers. White Peony has a stronger flavour, being composed of buds and leaves. Indian white teas have hints of malty Assam and Darjeeling muscatel, the well known flavours of these regions.  Their taste embodies the untouched and unspoilt mountains where they are picked and slowly dried in the mountain air.