Bai Hao Yin Zhen White Silver Needle

Silver Needle or Bai Hao Yin Zhen or usually just Yin Zhen is the Chinese type of white tea, amongst white teas, this is the most expensive variety and the most prized, as only top buds (leaf shoots) of the camellia sinensis plant are used to produce the tea. Jasmine silver needle produced from silver tip white tea, which is composed of the first downy buds and tips of the tea plant harvested early in the spring, the tea is then lightly scented with jasmine blossoms, giving it a delicate floral flavor. The highest quality jasmine teas are scented by laying a tray of jasmine blossoms underneath a tray of tea leaves overnight, when the jasmine blossoms are at their most fragrant, the blossoms will often be replaced several times over the course of the scenting process.

Bai Hao Yin Zhen , referred to as silver needle, also known as bai hao, belongs to the white tea category. It is known as the "beauty" of tea and the "king of tea".Silver Needle is not fermented, it is a natural tea that retains the natural substances in the fresh leaves and is rich in amino acids, tea polyphenols, vitamins and many other beneficial ingredients. It can remove the cholesterol accumulated on the walls of blood vessels, remove turbidity and greasiness, prevent the accumulation of fat in the body, and also promote the secretion of gastric juice to help digestion, thus achieving a better slimming effect。

As the raw material of fresh leaves are all tea buds, white hairs silver needle made into finished tea, the shape is like needles, white hairs are densely covered, the color is white as silver, so named white hairs silver needle. Its needle-shaped finished tea, three centimeters long, the entire tea buds for white hairs covered, silver, glittering, pleasing to the eye. After brewing, the aroma is fresh, the taste is mellow, and the landscape in the cup also makes people interesting. Tea brewing in the cup, that is, there are white clouds of suspicious light flash, full of floating flower milk, buds stand up, a marvel.

White tea ｜Fujian ｜ Semi-fermentation ｜ Spring and Summer