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Imperial Grade Silver Needle White Tea of Jinggu | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

Imperial Grade Silver Needle White Tea of Jinggu

by Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
$9.00 - $112.00
$9.00
$9.00 - $112.00
$9.00

 

Our first flush of spring Imperial Grade Silver Needle White Tea was picked in the first week of March from the tender buds of Jinggu area "Da Bai Hao" varietal tea trees.  

The "Da Bai Hao" varietal is a natural hybrid of Assamica that is unique to the Jinggu area of Simao (in Yunnan).  

Silver Needles White Tea (aka Bai Hao Yin Zhen) is a special tea where only the tender shoots (the bud) are picked, lightly wilted, pan-fried briefly at low temperature and then allowed to dry naturally (sometimes with the help of fans).  This relatively unadulterated style of processing lends the Silver Needle tea a fruity and sweet taste and aroma that even with a year or two of age will still taste thick, viscous and full in the mouth.

Harvested in March

 

Overall rating: 4.8208957 / 5 from 67 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Imperial Grade Silver Needle White Tea from Jinggu offers a fruity and sweet taste with a thick, viscous mouthfeel. Customers appreciate its delightful aroma and taste, and the tender, plump buds. Many plan to buy in bulk due to its quality.

Summary topics

  • Aroma: 11%
  • Taste: 35%
  • Bulk Order Intention: 14%
  • Bud Quality: 14%
  • Sweetness: 11%

Review topics: ["taste","quality","gift","order","aroma","sweetness","texture","tea","smell","bitterness","aftertaste","silver needles","honey","buds","mouthfeel","notes","brew","leaves"].

Review highlights

  • "The Silver needle tea had a wonderful fresh taste to it with a surprising sweetness as well." — Matthew E.
  • "The Sikver Needle tea is of an amazing texture, thick, gentle flavour, amazing quality!" — Sofiia T.
  • "Very tasty tea, light but flavorful, absolutely no bitterness, high quality buds, and it goes a long way." — Eloy G.

Reviews

Soy milk

"Vegetal, savory, sweet, meadow. It tastes like Chinese soy milk."

— Barman e. (5/5)

Everything was High Quality! Light

"Everything was High Quality! Light sweetness with tender buds. Love Silver Needle! -Joe R"

— Joseph R. (5/5)

Very delicate bud tea

"This Imperial Grade Jinggu Silver Needle is superb. The aroma is soft and floral, the texture is thick and silky, and the taste carries subtle notes of honey, hay and fresh spring flowers. One of the most elegant white teas I’ve had."

— Demetriusz J. (5/5)

Beautiful value

"Very tasty, sweet, fresh, floral. Absolutely worth it."

— Vlad (5/5)

Sweet and floral

"A wonderful tea to sip all afternoon. It's sweet and floral. And very forgiving of brew style; in fact it seems to work best just grandpa brewed with hot water topped up at random internals."

— Ari (4/5)

My new tea source

"I was so happy to find Yunnan Sourcing! Huge variety of teas and great quality! The Silver Needle is my every day tea. Slight floral sent with. a light even taste."

— Ken G. (5/5)

Nice

"Nice"

— Daniel C. (5/5)

Delicious.

"This tea is superb. I would rate it a 4. 5/5, very, very good."

— Alexander (5/5)

Makes a great gift for others!

"The tea was a gift for my brother and he LOVES both tea I got from here. It is all reasonably priced as well- definitely a good gift option."

— Gillian I. (5/5)

Excellent quality, timely delivery, easy

"Excellent quality, timely delivery, easy to navigate website"

— Walker H. (5/5)

Q&A

How do you advise storing loose leaf white tea for aging? Is it fine to keep the tea in the Yunnan Sourcing bag, as long as the bag is in a room of appropriate temperature and humidity? Also, are there any optimal ranges for room temperature and humidity? Thank you.
Keep it sealed. Once sealed ambient humidity will not be a factor. Store 20-28C.
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