Silver Tip White Tea

Name: Silver Tip White Tea
Brand: Rare Tea Company
Price: 0.99 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (21 reviews)

£0.99

(33p per cup)

Style

3g Sachet

25g Pouch

25g Tin

Quantity

The most delicate of all tea, unprocessed and crafted entirely from tender spring buds, high in the remote mountains of Fujian. Picked for only five days of the year, just before the buds unfurl to the first new leaves.

Also known as White Silver Needle and Baihao Yinzhen.

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4.9 Based on 21 Reviews

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13 October 2021

Gemma C.

United Kingdom

Every bit as wonderful as Henrietta promises

Light, delicious, refreshing, sweet. Just pure delight to drink.

19 September 2021

Paola G.

United Kingdom

Silver white tea

This tea is so good that I don’t need any milk, sugar or lemon.

09 September 2021

Georgie

United Kingdom

A joy to drink

This is an incredibly delicate tea with a beautiful gentle taste. I have found it perfect for that mid afternoon slump, very restorative.

14 July 2021

Sebastian C.

United Kingdom

Supreme Tea

Both the tea and the packaging I love .. The tea is very delicate with a touch of sweetness and depth of flavour.... Along with re useable tin's to keep the tea in, I highly recommend this tea.

01 July 2021

Alexis C.

United Kingdom

Silver tip white tea

Lovely delicate brew. Really enjoyed using it in my new glass tea pot.

Tasting Notes

Remarkably delicate, with the sweetness of spring long stored over winter.

Quantity

Use 2g of tea per 150ml of water.

Temperature

For the optimum infusion use 70°C (158°F) water.

Time

Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.

Infusions

You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.

Cost Per Cup

33p per cup based on 2g of tea per 150ml of water and 2 infusions.

Delicate buds

Exceptionally pure

The most prized of all white China tea, silver tips are delicate leaf-buds at the point of unfurling. Exceptionally pure and natural, white silver tips undergo the least processing retaining higher levels of antioxidants than other teas.

This is not mass produced tea from large industrial gardens but lovingly crafted and you can taste the difference.

China

Fuding, Fujian

Our white silver tip is sourced from a farm high in the Fujian mountains near the village of Fuding. This is the 'champagne' of white tea regions. Everything from picking to sorting is done by hand to exacting traditional methods. Tea may have the same name and come from the same area, but like wine, not all tea is equal.

DRIED

The taste of spring

The finest silver tips can only be plucked for a few weeks in late March/early April and only on days when there is no rain or cloud so that they can be carefully dried in the high mountain sunshine. Hand processing allows the tips to retain their exquisitely delicate flavour.

When infused white silver tip tea brews to a pale golden cup.