2025 Mr. Qiu's Charcoal Dried Panxi Silver Needle
This Silver Needle White tea from Mr. Qiu of Panxi is quietly mind blowing. For us, it tastes like dew and clouds - so sweet, so light, but with a kind of energy we describe as similar to the sound of summer insects at dusk. Very much alive and also very soothing. This is not a tea that shouts or even talks in a normal tone - it's whispering and requires you to focus.
Mr. Qiu carefully dries his hand-picked, hand-sorted prized spring lot of fuzzy Dabaihao buds over charcoal, which is a step very few white tea makers still do. This final steps lends even more subtle complexity and prepares the tea for the aging if so desired.
March 2025 harvest, Panxi (Fuding, Fujian Province)
$ 18.22 - $ 64.77