Fujian Province, China,  is the historic home of this rare and special tea.  Yin Zhen Silver Needles, the most traditional white tea, is made from a budset -only pluck of a variety of Camellia sinensis indigenous to this region of Fujian. Bai Mudan and Mudan Premium Silvertip are two 'modern-style' Chinese white teas. These teas incorporate budsets in varying proportion with leaf that is plucked from the same tea bushes. Today, white tea is also made in several other regions of China as well as in Africa, India and Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

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Yellow tea is often categorized as a green tea, but it features one additional step in the processing. Before shaping, the tea is steamed very slightly and then allowed to rest, resulting in a very smooth and fine flavored tea. Yellow teas are usually a budset-only picking, the crème de la crème of all leaf pickings, and were once Tribute Teas, reserved only for the Emperor's enjoyment.

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