"Silver Needle" Bai Hao Yin Zhen White Tea (Thailand 🇹🇭)

One warm summer evening, after a long meditation, a young monk said dreamingly:  – Ah, how I would love to have something warm yet refreshing, with a sweet taste and a light scent of blooming flowers.  – This wish is easy to make happen, – answered the wise tea master Lao Cha. – Drink some Bai Hao Yin Zhen – Silver Needle White Tea.   Bai Hao Yin Zhen (白毫银针) means "Silver Needle White Tea" in Chinese. Bai Hao refers to the white fuzz on the tea leaves, while Silver Needle (Yin Zhen) describes the appearance of the thick and straight tea buds, which have tips that are straight and sharp like needles.Historically, white teas were produced in Fuding, Fujian province. Silver Needle was the first loose-leaf white tea produced in the early 1800s.Our "Silver Needle" tea comes from an unusual place – the Chiang Rai district in Northern Thailand. There, the tea trees grow at altitudes of 1,000-1,100m, absorbing the rich nutrients of the high mountain soil. Unlike its Chinese counterpart, the bu