Jasmine Silver Needle vs Silver Needle

Jasmine Silver Needle

Jasmine Silver Needle takes delicate Fujian Silver Needle buds and scents them with fresh jasmine blossoms over repeated cycles. The result is intensely aromatic: the tea's soft honey-melon base wrapped in heady fresh jasmine. The cup is silky and lightly sweet with a clean floral finish and very little astringency. Quality versions let the tea show through the perfume rather than drowning it.

Silver Needle

Silver Needle is the most delicate white tea, made only from downy spring buds. The infusion is pale and quietly sweet — melon, cucumber water, and a soft honey finish — with a silky, weightless body. It rewards patient brewing and close attention; drinkers used to bold teas may find it subtle at first. Quality buds should be visibly fuzzy and silvery.

Jasmine Silver Needle

Water temperature

80–85°C

Leaf to water

3g / 250ml

Steep time

2–3 min

Re-steep

2–3 times

Silver Needle

Water temperature

80–85°C

Leaf to water

3g / 250ml

Steep time

2–3 min

Re-steep

2–3 times

Jasmine Silver Needle

Medium caffeine — roughly 30–50 mg per brewed serving

A moderate, steady lift without an intense spike.

Silver Needle

Medium caffeine — roughly 30–55 mg per brewed serving

A moderate, steady lift without an intense spike.

Jasmine Silver Needle

China · Fujian

Fine jasmine-scented teas are traditionally made in Fujian, using spring Silver Needle buds.

Silver Needle

China · Fujian

Authentic Yin Zhen comes from Fuding or Zhenghe in Fujian.