This white tea produces an amber brew, and has a jammy / malty taste closer to medium black tea than green tea. This tea is very popular and we have received many rave reviews from customers. It has converted many tea drinkers from long time favorites like English Breakfast and Earl Grey. With a great taste and 3 times more antioxidants compared to black or green tea, this tea is really worth a try! After only three months this is our best selling tea, and our white tea sales are doubling every month!

This tea is made from Pai Mu Tan white tea, which is the highest grade of white tea available before one enters the stratosphere in pricing for white teas such as Peony White Needle Tea. Pai Mu Tan leaves are plucked from a special tea bush called Narcissus or chaicha bushes. The leaves are not steamed or pan-fired (the process used in green teas). The leaves are naturally withered and dried in the sun. Only special leaves are selected, the ideal is two leaves wrapped around a new shoot. These leaves must show a very light green almost gray white color and be covered with velvet peach fuzz down.

White tea has three times as many antioxidant polyphenols as green or black tea and has been shown to be 100% more effective in mopping up free radicals that cause aging effects such as skin to sag. Some of the world’s top cosmetic companies now using white tea for skin creams.