Tagged: bai hao yin zhen

Pekoe Is the Xiamen Word for a Silver Needle Bud's Down

Orange Pekoe, the grade on nearly every tea box, borrows a Xiamen word for the white down on a tea bud, the same term that opens Silver Needle's own Chinese name. The modern OP grade is defined by leaving that down out.

Silver Needle Pours the Least Caffeine, and Processing Is Not Why

The lowest-caffeine reputation of pure-bud white tea holds in the cup but fails at the reason, and the buds themselves run the story backward.