White Tea: White Hair Tea is one of the only varieties of white tea.

White Hair Silver Needle belongs to the white tea, because of the shape of the finished tea like a needle, the white hair is dense, color white like silver and get high elegant name. This tea is three centimeters long, the whole tea buds white hair full of cloak, silver, pleasing to the eye. After brewing, the aroma is fresh, mellow flavor, is known as the tea "beauty", "tea king".

White Hair Silver Needle, referred to as Silver Needle, also known as White Hair, is the use of large white tea as raw materials, refined through the typical production process. Belonging to the slightly fermented tea, it is processed without frying or kneading, and dried in the sun or with a gentle fire, so that the white velvet hairs remain intact on the exterior of the tea, which is a precious product among white teas.

Expanded Information:

White Hair Silver Needle, created in 1796, is one of China's six major types of tea, white tea, originating in Fujian, the main producing areas of Fuding, Zhenghe, Songxi, Jianyang and other places, is a valuable tea. Jianyang and other places, belongs to the title of China's top ten famous teas, known as the tea in the "beauty", "King of Tea" reputation. Its appearance is characterized by straight like a needle, full of white hair, like silver like snow.

Because of the fresh leaf raw materials are all tea buds, white hair silver needle made of finished tea, the shape of the needle, white hair is dense, color white like silver, so named white hair silver needle. Its needle-shaped finished tea, about three centimeters long.

White Hair Silver Needle is mainly produced in Zhenghe County, Songxi County, Jianyang City, Nanping City and Fuding City, Ningde City, Fujian Province, China. It has a subtropical monsoon climate with plenty of rainfall, mountains and sea, and fertile soil; the environment is very beautiful, thus producing excellent quality White Hair Silver Needle tea.

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