Endorsed by doctors and TV personalities, white tea, like green tea, is a beneficial source of healthy ingredients.
White tea leaves are not steamed or pan-fired. The leaves are naturally withered and dried in the sun. The result is a tea that is full of the original healthy ingredients.
The unprocessed teas offer a pale yellow color and a sweet vegetal scent. It is said in China that White Teas are like young people, the younger the better.
Remember however that these teas have a short shelf life - so don't be fooled with supermarket white teas that may have been months in transit and warehouse.
Silver Needles (Bai Hao Yin Zhen)
Superior White Tea - one of the ten famous teas of China
Delicate aroma/flavor, with very pale yellow liquor. Silver buds plucked at dawn in Fujian Province during just a couple of days per year make this special selection an excellent choice for those that want the health benefits and the delicate, refreshing taste of White Tea.
100 Monkeys
100 Monkeys, a rare White Mao Feng tea from Hunan is no exception. In certain villages of that province, a pot of this tea is purported to ward off evil spirits.
The name comes from an old legend of a farmer who got rid of monkeys stealing his tea crop by preparing a 100 lbs of this recipe given to him by a shaman and offering it to the monkeys.
Pai Mu Tan or White Peony
A grade down from Silver Needles. This tea has a delicate flavor and is best enjoyed without milk.
Pai Mu Tan leaves are plucked from a special varietal tea bush called Narcissus or chaicha bushes. Secondly the leaves are not steamed or pan-fired (the process used in green teas). The leaves are naturally withered and dried in the sun. Best steeped at about 80-85C for 3-4 mins
