Silver Needle

This white from Yunnan, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This raw Pu-erh offers a delightful sweetness and a remarkably thick body. You'll discover flavors of dense fruits, balanced by a heavier-than-average astringency that provides structure. A strong, ev. It sits in the "Fruity" and "Sweet" and "Astringent" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans fruity and sweet and astringent.

Aim for water around 75–85 °C (167–185 °F). Western style: steep for 3–5 minutes in a mug or teapot. Gongfu style: use 4–5 g per 100 ml, 20–40 s infusions for multiple short steeps — this way you can taste how the flavor evolves. White tea is forgiving. If you overshoot the steep time a little, it rarely turns bitter.

This white is grown in Yunnan, China. This particular batch comes from the 2016 harvest.

Prices start at $22.00 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.88 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $5.28. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.