First Flush · White
White Wonder · Silver Needle
Tender unopened buds, barely processed — the quietest, rarest expression of the garden.
Estate
Giddapahar · 4,500 ft
Grade
Silver Needle
Caddy
50g caddy
The caddy
In the Cup
Aroma
White blossom, honey, fresh hay.
Cup
Pale champagne, delicate and silken.
Finish
Soft, sweet and lingering.
Brightness
Body
Aroma
From a Single Hillside
The story of this tea.
Silver Needle is made from the bud alone — the unopened tip of the shoot, picked one by one in the first weeks of spring before it unfurls into leaf. It takes a great many buds, and a great deal of restraint, to fill even a small caddy.
The processing is nearly nothing at all: the buds are withered slowly in mountain air and dried, hand-rolled and untouched by rolling machines or oxidation. What remains is the leaf at its most honest — pale silver, downy, and tasting faintly of honey, blossom and the cool air of 4,500 feet.
Pale champagne in the cup, white blossom and honey in the nose — a tea that rewards a longer steep and a quieter room.
Estate — Giddapahar, Darjeeling · Elevation — ~4,500 ft · Season — First Flush · White · Cultivar — Hand-rolled buds · Grade — Silver Needle · Caddy — 50g caddy
Certified · Registered · Traceable
How to Brew
A simple ritual.
80°C
Water
4g
Leaf / 150ml
4–5 min
Steep
3+
Infusions
- 1Warm the pot
- 2Measure 4g per 150ml
- 3Water at 80°C, steep 4–5 min
- 4Decant fully, steep again a minute longer, up to 3+ infusions
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