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I love teas that invite one to sip in silence and solitude :)
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Andrew got it from Wang Family Teas. It’s really refreshing for a white tea. I personally liked the Bai Mu Dan version a little more since it had this intensely pineapple like profile that you get in Shan Lin XI’s without spinachy veggie notes, but that silver needle is among some of the best I’ve had.
I just Wang Family Tea sold it with the other white as a mainstream tea on their website. I’m also behind on adding their notes on here….
*I just wish.
Ooh, this sounds lovely! I’m now looking wistfully at the 10 g you sent me. How did you steep it?
Was this a Derk question? Just for reference and comparison, I did mine western with 4 grams at 3 minutes for the needles. I’ve done it Gong Fu before, but longer steep times 30-45 worked better for 4.5 oz. These are extremely forgiving.
Daylon, I did initially intend my question for Derk, but I’m glad you chimed in with an answer. I want to get the most out of these buds!
Leafhopper, my favorite way was a good pinch straight in my 100mL teacup, refill as needed, 8-ish cups? I weighed the pinch once, came out to about 1.5g. Western is also great. Gongfu with short steeps didn’t do as much for me but it was still a viable method. Daylon’s right, these do best with longer steep times. And I’d say a little heavier on the leaf.
Derk, good to know. I haven’t done bowl steeping before, and this would be a bad tea to mess up. What was your water temperature?
Not sure. I’ll steep the last bit I have tomorrow morning with the variable temp kettle set at 85C and let you know how it turns out.
I had been using the stovetop kettle, so varied temps but not boiling.
Derk, it does sound like this tea is forgiving. Do let us know how it works out tomorrow.
I love teas that invite one to sip in silence and solitude :)
Ohh!
Andrew got it from Wang Family Teas. It’s really refreshing for a white tea. I personally liked the Bai Mu Dan version a little more since it had this intensely pineapple like profile that you get in Shan Lin XI’s without spinachy veggie notes, but that silver needle is among some of the best I’ve had.
I just Wang Family Tea sold it with the other white as a mainstream tea on their website. I’m also behind on adding their notes on here….
*I just wish.
Ooh, this sounds lovely! I’m now looking wistfully at the 10 g you sent me. How did you steep it?
Was this a Derk question? Just for reference and comparison, I did mine western with 4 grams at 3 minutes for the needles. I’ve done it Gong Fu before, but longer steep times 30-45 worked better for 4.5 oz. These are extremely forgiving.
Daylon, I did initially intend my question for Derk, but I’m glad you chimed in with an answer. I want to get the most out of these buds!
Leafhopper, my favorite way was a good pinch straight in my 100mL teacup, refill as needed, 8-ish cups? I weighed the pinch once, came out to about 1.5g. Western is also great. Gongfu with short steeps didn’t do as much for me but it was still a viable method. Daylon’s right, these do best with longer steep times. And I’d say a little heavier on the leaf.
Derk, good to know. I haven’t done bowl steeping before, and this would be a bad tea to mess up. What was your water temperature?
Not sure. I’ll steep the last bit I have tomorrow morning with the variable temp kettle set at 85C and let you know how it turns out.
I had been using the stovetop kettle, so varied temps but not boiling.
Derk, it does sound like this tea is forgiving. Do let us know how it works out tomorrow.