White Tea

White Tea is a delicate tea with a light, sweet flavor. Like black, green and oolong teas, white tea comes from the Camellia Sinensis plant, but the leaves are much less processed than for other teas.

There are many varieties of white tea, mostly grown and produced in China and Japan, but the Darjeeling region of India also produces some fine white teas. You will find varieties with poetic names such as white peony, golden moon, silver needle and white cloud. Fine white tea can be expensive because of its scarsity

White tea leaves are picked once a year in the bud stage, before the leaves fully open. The leaves are covered with a fine white hair, which gives the tea its name. Because only the buds are used, white tea is scarce, and more expensive than other teas. White teas are gaining in popularity and are now beginning to appear in supermarkets as well as specialty stores.

Brewing White Tea

High time for tea (Rapid City Journal)

One of the owners of Bully Blends Tea and Coffee Shop recently quoted William E. Gladstone, a British statesman and former prime minister, who rather famously said, “If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it will calm you.”

Zhena's Gypsy Tea Names Former Rachel's Organics Executive as Chief Financial Officer (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Zhena's Gypsy Tea, a brand recognized for fostering the growth of the Fair Trade, organic movement announced today that Don Gaidano has joined the specialty tea company as its COO/CFO.

ingenuiTEA Teapot Review (The Gadgeteer)

I love a hot cup of tea in the morning to go along with my breakfast. During the work week, I typically drink Stash Tea Premium White tea from individually packaged tea bags. On the weekend I’m more adventurous and like to try different loose teas. I’ll either use a French press or a mesh [...] " type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"

Australia remain in charge (Daily Mirror)

South Africa look set to face a massive target to win the third Test at the SCG after Australia moved to 219 for three in their second innings at tea on day four.

Waterford, the Crystal Maker, Is in Receivership (New York Times)

High manufacturing costs, declining demand for luxury goods in the current economic downturn, and a weak dollar overstretched the finances at the Irish maker of luxury crystal and ceramics.