Silver Needles White tea of Feng Qing from Yunnan Sourcing

Silver Needles White tea of Feng Qing

Tea type
White Tea
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Flavors
Dry Grass, Floral, Fruity, Hot Hay, Melon, Mineral, Plants, Salt, Sweet, Tropical, Flowers, Pepper, Peppercorn, Spicy
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205 °F / 96 °C 1 min, 0 sec 7 g 5 oz / 160 ml

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  • “[Spring 2019 harvest] Even though I do enjoy Silver Needles on occasion, I find that I don’t go for them very often compared to other white teas and most of the time it’s just a casual brew while...” Read full tasting note
    74
  • “a lovely tea. little glass pitcher method (grandpa style): when I smell the leaves dry, they smell like flowers and ground pepper. when I smell the leaves wet, its the same but with a spicy...” Read full tasting note
    90
  • “L&C TTB Sweet light hay lovely mouthfeel gets really sweet when it cools off I really enjoyed this tea. I bet it would have lasted many more infusions, but I’m trying to get through as many...” Read full tasting note

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High quality hand-picked and processed silver needles (pure bud) white tea from Da Si village in Feng Qing county of Lincang.

Slight cinnamon spice aroma when brewed. Thick and sweet. Very lubricating mouth-feel that stays in the mouth after drinking.

Brewing tip: Use 90c water and keep infusion times short for the first 3 to 4 infusions. Can be infused 7 or 8 times!

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[Spring 2019 harvest]

Even though I do enjoy Silver Needles on occasion, I find that I don’t go for them very often compared to other white teas and most of the time it’s just a casual brew while working.

This one is one of the sweeter and simpler among the lot. Dry leaves’ smell is sweet with a strong note of hot hay. After the rinse, more fruity aromas emerge, such as those of papaya and watermelon, but also dry grass and salt.

The taste is very sweet and floral/grassy and the mouthfeel is soft and velvety. I haven’t got much else to say about it, it is inoffensive, but also not that interesting. Because of its forgiving nature though, it is very well suited to casual brewing.

Flavors: Dry Grass, Floral, Fruity, Hot Hay, Melon, Mineral, Plants, Salt, Sweet, Tropical

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 1 min, 0 sec 6 g 4 OZ / 130 ML
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673 tasting notes

a lovely tea.

little glass pitcher method (grandpa style):

when I smell the leaves dry, they smell like flowers and ground pepper.

when I smell the leaves wet, its the same but with a spicy smell.

when I smell the brewed tea, it smells like flowers and ground pepper.

when I taste the brewed tea, it tastes like flowers, ground pepper and some chalkiness.

I rate this tea a 90 because I don’t like the chalk taste

Flavors: Flowers, Pepper, Peppercorn, Spicy

Preparation
Boiling 8 g 6 OZ / 190 ML
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518 tasting notes

L&C TTB

Sweet
light
hay

lovely mouthfeel

gets really sweet when it cools off

I really enjoyed this tea. I bet it would have lasted many more infusions, but I’m trying to get through as many teas as I can before I have to send the box along.

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madametj
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Thanks for including the YS links!

Cheri
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This is the first that didn’t come up on the .us site. (I like the search there better.)

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