Tea: Silver Needle
A Silver Needle from Adagio Teas
| Brand: | Adagio Teas |
| Style: | Silver Needle |
| Region: | Fujian, China |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Loose? | Loose |
| # Ratings: | 3 View All |
| Product page: | Silver Needle |
Reviewer: Alex Zorach
✓ 1453 teas reviewed
✓ 14 of Silver Needle
✓ 60 of White Tea
✓ 30 of Adagio Teas
✓ 97 from Fujian, China
✓ 382 from China
Review of Silver Needle
September 19th, 2011
| Aroma | Flavor | Value | Total |
| 6 of 10 | 4 of 5 | 2 of 5 | 60 of 100 |
| Good | Good | Overpriced |
Brews a dark color for a silver needle, but the flavor profile is more like what I'd expect for a silver needle.
Aroma is mellow, mostly vegetal, slightly floral but only weakly so. Sweet, no bitterness. I used a very long steep time (>10 min.) and it had only a little astringency.
This is not my favorite style of tea. But this tea was solidly good. It's pricey though...and I don't think it's really worth the price, especially after being really wowed by Adagio's White Peony / Pai Mu Tan, which is about a third the price. I'm not a silver needle connoisseur, so I can't say how this would compete with other teas of this style, but my intuition is that this is an above-average silver needle, but I just don't like this style as much as the darker white teas.
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Comments:
 | Bob Downs wrote: on November 8th, 2011 |
Thank you, Alex, for this review. I'm just learning about White Tea and am browsing this website, seeking information. I was trying to figure out whether to try this Silver Needle for my first White Tea or something else. Your review has convinced me to investigate Adagio's White Peony / Pai Mu Tan instead. Thanks again!
 | spaflam wrote: on May 16th, 2013 |
Good advice, Alex.
 | Alex Zorach wrote: on May 16th, 2013 |
I have sampled quite a few silver needles since writing this review...I will say, as much as I love Chinese teas, my four favorite silver needle style teas so far originate in Tanzania, Sri Lanka, and two in Kenya. They may not be authentic Chinese-style silver needle teas, but I found all of them more interesting than anything to come out of China. I still love pai mu tan and shou mei though.
