Yin Zhen Bai Hao (Silver Needle White Tea) Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Apicsilverneedle. ...

Processing: Naturally withered. The very best Yinzhen are picked between March 15 and April 10 when it is not raining and only using undamaged and unopened buds.

'Regions: Fujian Province (almost exclusively), Zheng He and Fuding counties, China.

Popularity: Amongst white teas this is the most expensive variety and the most prized as only top buds are used to produce the tea. Yinzhen tea is considered to be good for health, as it is extremely low in caffeine.

Flavor/Aroma: The highest grade of the finished Silver Needle (Yin Zhen Bai Hao) White Tea should be fleshy, bright colored and covered with tiny white hairs. The shape should be very uniform, with no stems or leaves. The flavor and fragrance should be delicate, light, fresh, and slightly sweet. The liquor should be a glittering pale yellow color with evidence of floating white hairs that reflect light. produces a slightly viscous light pale green or yellow liquor that has a very slight but powerful aroma of freshness. There are few parallels to be drawn as the taste is not similar to any other teas but Bai Mu Dan.

Tasting and brewing

This tea is best prepared with below boiling water (at about 75 degrees Celsius) and produces a slightly viscous light pale green or yellow liquor that has a very slight but powerful aroma of freshness. Steeping should be for slightly longer than other white teas, up to 5 minutes, and the amount of tea to be used is usually higher. There are few parallels to be drawn as the taste is not similar to any other teas but Bai Mu Dan. The degree Celsius (°C or ℃ (Unicode 0x2103)) is a unit of temperature named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed a similar system in 1742. ... Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to deformation under shear stress. ... Bai Mu Dan is a White tea that is a cheaper version of Yinzhen with less buds and more leaf; it is produced in the spring and is usually covered in white downy. ...

See also

• Bai Mu Dan tea
• Jushan Yinzhen tea
• Ceylon tea (white)
• Darjeeling tea (white)

Bai Mu Dan is a White tea that is a cheaper version of Yinzhen with less buds and more leaf; it is produced in the spring and is usually covered in white downy. ... Junshan Yinzhen is a Yellow tea from Hunan Province in China, it is one of Chinese Famous Teas. ... Ceylon White tea is grown on the island of Sri Lanka and is highly prized, mentioned in a recent BBC article, is grown and harvested by hand. ...

References

• From Greentealovers (2005): White Tea types and their proper preparation
• Tea Review, Yinzhen Bianzhen
• Culinary Teas, Product page on Bai Hao Yinzhen
• Linus Pauling Institute on white tea