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“Like the silky, cool dew collected from flowers in a hidden mountain valley obscured by fog. I think about faeries. A perfect tea to sip in silence and solitude. I will try to come back with...” Read full tasting note
Over some conversations, I eventually ended up funding a experimental lot of silver needle from my favorite mountain in Taiwan. Part of this happened because I’m that person whose always looking for the interesting stuff, but really the main reason was because I was able to help a company with something while offering something unique. So in conversation with Wang Family Tea it appears that this is not something their current customers have shown interest in and the yield is low. Something like 4800 grams of leaf picked and once processed there is 600 grams of leaf that can now be brewed. That’s a small amount, but someone like myself can come in and pick it all up in one swoop so they are not sitting on something that from what I can tell should be enjoyed soon- mainly due to that delicate taste, but I also don’t see silver needle being the type of tea I’d want to age opposed to the more honey note driven whites.
So that’s essentially how this all came about and maybe more things will come together between the two of us as well!
These are prepacked at 20g; HUGE THANKS on that :)
my price has an additional $1.00 increase (above fees) of in which will be tracked and cycled back into Wang Family Tea for future experimental teas if they allow me to continue doing so\
*using Wang Family Tea’s photo :P
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I love teas that invite one to sip in silence and solitude :)
Ohh!
Andrew got it from Wang Family Teas. It’s really refreshing for a white tea. I personally liked the Bai Mu Dan version a little more since it had this intensely pineapple like profile that you get in Shan Lin XI’s without spinachy veggie notes, but that silver needle is among some of the best I’ve had.
I just Wang Family Tea sold it with the other white as a mainstream tea on their website. I’m also behind on adding their notes on here….
*I just wish.
Ooh, this sounds lovely! I’m now looking wistfully at the 10 g you sent me. How did you steep it?
Was this a Derk question? Just for reference and comparison, I did mine western with 4 grams at 3 minutes for the needles. I’ve done it Gong Fu before, but longer steep times 30-45 worked better for 4.5 oz. These are extremely forgiving.
Daylon, I did initially intend my question for Derk, but I’m glad you chimed in with an answer. I want to get the most out of these buds!
Leafhopper, my favorite way was a good pinch straight in my 100mL teacup, refill as needed, 8-ish cups? I weighed the pinch once, came out to about 1.5g. Western is also great. Gongfu with short steeps didn’t do as much for me but it was still a viable method. Daylon’s right, these do best with longer steep times. And I’d say a little heavier on the leaf.
Derk, good to know. I haven’t done bowl steeping before, and this would be a bad tea to mess up. What was your water temperature?
Not sure. I’ll steep the last bit I have tomorrow morning with the variable temp kettle set at 85C and let you know how it turns out.
I had been using the stovetop kettle, so varied temps but not boiling.
Derk, it does sound like this tea is forgiving. Do let us know how it works out tomorrow.