| Baihao Yinzhen | |
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| Type | White |
| Other names | Silver Needle White Hair Silver Needle Yinzhen |
| Origin | Fuding and Zhenghe counties, Fujian Province |
| Quick description | The highest grade of White tea, Bai Hao Yin Zhen, should be fleshy, bright colored and covered with tiny white hairs. |
Baihao Yinzhen (simplified Chinese: 白毫银针; traditional Chinese: 白毫銀針; pinyin: báiháo yínzhēn; Wade–Giles: pai2-hao2 yin2-chên1; pronounced [pǎɪ.xǎʊ ǐn.ʈʂə́n]), also known as White Hair Silver Needle, is a white tea produced in Fujian Province in China.[1] Amongst white teas, this is the most expensive variety and the most prized, as only top buds (leaf shoot) of the Camellia sinensis plant are used to produce the tea.[2] Genuine Silver Needles are made from cultivars of the Da Bai (Large White) tea tree family. There are other productions that look similar with downy leaf shoots but most are green teas, and as green teas, they taste differently and have a different biochemical potency than the genuine white tea Silver Needle.[3] It is commonly included among China's famous teas.
- ^ Huang, Lingyun (2009). Tao of Chinese tea: A cultural and practical guide. Pleasantville: Reader's Digest Association. p. 79. ISBN 9781606520505.
- ^ 陳宗懋，中國茶經，pp 236，上海文化出版社，1992
- ^ 袁弟順，中國白茶，廈門大學出版社，2006