Silver Needle

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I’m so glad to get rid of this tea. Not because it’s terrible, but because it’s SO old! Okay well, not terribly old, but just older than all the other teas that I own.
I bought the white teas sampler pack from Adagio because I was a relatively new tea drinker when I bought this tea. Never had oolong, no whites, just started drinking rooibos and blacks. Pretty much I’ve only ever had and loved green teas.
But yes. Goodbye Silver Needle! Thank you for leaving a nice, lasting impression for my love of white teas :)

I’ve had white tea blends, but never straight white tea so I thought I’d give this a shot.

As one previous reviewer said it almost tastes like nothing at first. As one becomes more acclimated to the taste, there’s just a hint of sweetness (barely noticeable, at least to me) and something vegetal. I’m really a fan of it.

I’d only gotten a sample of it… but I know exactly what tea I’m buying next time I go on one of my sprees~

A nice and delicate white. Nice flavor and bouquet. It was good…but it really didn’t stand out for me like I was expecting it to. I’d be happy to drink this every so often, but wouldn’t want to pay the premium usually associated with it.

Delicate flavor. Straw/bamboo colored liquor. Refreshing taste with very subtle nutty and woody notes. Crisp finish if brewed for short times, but flavor develops a lot with longer infusions.

Makes a good light iced tea for hot days.

I like to use silver needles as an addition to other green or white teas in my collection to get a variety of unique flavors. This tea is subtle and mild enough that it pairs well with many other teas as well as most foods.

With a light refreshing taste, silver needle is still the number 1 white tea in my book. It really keeps my mind at ease and helps replenish my body.

A very subtle tea, smells ever so slightly of a freshly cut farmers field. Taste is strangely creamy/buttery with a clean finish once swallowed. If you are looking for bold go somewhere else. If you want to experiment with something very subtle this tea can reward quite nicely. I find that I can vary the amount of tea on this one quite a bit and still like the results even with 4 heaping teaspoons added to my ingenuitea. Contrary to what others have said I have not been able to steep this more than twice. The third attempt at steeping seems to not work, maybe I shouldn’t be increasing the amount of time I steep past a certain amount? Only further testing will reveal!

This is an ok silver needle, but then again my sampler has been sitting around for ages, so time has probably taken a good amount of the flavor that should be there. It’s still drinkable enough to finish out the tin, but I probably won’t go crazy on the re-steepings.

Nothing to write home about – I see the “buttery” description others have noted. It’s tea, but it’s not really that descriptive. Kind of leafy, I suppose. Wouldn’t buy again.

To be honest, I can’t really tell a difference between the teas I received in my White Sampler from Adagio. I’ve liked all of them equally.

Sweet, delicious.