White Tea Silver Tips (Spring Harvest)

-Origin: Ilam, Nepal
-Ingredients: Camilia Senensis
-Type: White; the least processed type of tea which is harvested when the young buds are still covered by fine white hairs, hence the name “white” tea. When brewed, this tea is pale white coppery in color which has unique fragrance with crisp, smooth and lingering sweet finish.
-Character: Delicate, Floral, Lingering sweet finish, Silky, Smooth, Elegant
-Suggested Food Pairing: Cucumber salad, Lightly flavored seafood or white fish, Mild cheeses (e.g. Camembert)
-Harvest Season: Spring

This is the first harvest after dormancy from November through January. The plucking time beings around February and goes thru mid-April. Some call this the “First Flush” or “Easter Flush.” This is the very first plucking of a tea plant’s harvest season. The new growth leaves plucked during this Flush are the youngest and most tender part of the tea plant and are said to yield the purest and freshest cup of tea that plant is capable of producing.