Golden Dragon

Downy silver-green buds of Silver Needle white tea, heaped in a white porcelain dish on pale linen.

White · Fujian, China

Early spring buds · Minimal processing

Silver Needle White Tea

Made only from newly sprouted buds covered in silvery down. Minimal processing preserves a creamy texture and quiet, honeyed clarity.

Tasting notes

  • Honey
  • Floral orchid
  • Cream
  • Delicate clarity

Origin

Fujian, China

$20

$20 / oz

Weight

Brew in brief

Mug
167°F / 75°C · 3 g per 8 oz · 3 min
Gongfu
167°F / 75°C · 5 g per 100 ml30 · 45 · 60 · 90 · 120 s
How to brew this tea
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Leaf and liquor

Six downy Silver Needle buds on linen, close up
The down on each bud is the baihao, and it gives the tea its name.
Silver Needle liquor in a plain white cup, seen from above
In a white cup, the colour of rice straw.
Steeped Silver Needle buds, soft and olive, on a leaf-shaped white dish.
After the water, the buds soften and go olive. The down lies flat.
A white cup of pale Silver Needle liquor on linen, with white orchids, a dish of honeycomb and loose buds.
Honey and orchid set beside the cup, for the notes it carries. The leaf itself is buds alone.