Silver Needle

This white from China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This elegant white tea blend offers a smooth, fragrant sweetness with a delightful creamy texture. It unfolds with a complex floral base that evolves gracefully through each infusion, revealing nuance. It sits in the "Floral" and "Creamy" and "Sweet" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans floral and creamy and sweet.

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 China. This particular batch comes from the 2018 harvest.

Prices start at $6.60 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.21 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $1.26. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.