Silver Needle Customer Reviews

Silver Needle white tea is among the most revered of Chinese teas. Gathered only for a few days in early spring, a dedication to perfection is evident in the pale, ivory-colored liquor. Delicately honeysuckle floral, with a warmed sugar sweetness.

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What Customers Say About Silver Needle

Customers use these reviews to describe their experience with Silver Needle, including flavor, aroma, preparation preferences, strength, and how the tea fits into daily routines. Browse the full review history page by page to compare tasting notes, steeping tips, and favorite ways to enjoy this tea.

  • Product: Silver Needle
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★★★★★

This is my favorite of the white teas. Very delicate, light taste and nice, light color.

★★★★★

This is the tea to try first if you haven't tried a white yet. Very nice. Great flavor w/out being overly grassy. If fact, it's not *too* anything. The balance here is perfect. It is light tasting as I find most of the whites.

★★★★☆

A very basic, mild white tea. A good start to those who are unfamiliar with white tea.

★★★★★

This was my first foray into white tea. I choose it based on it's score and reviews. It is a very light and delicate tea. Smooth flavor and perfect for the evening or relaxing, especially considering low caffeine content. I may not know the other whites, but I would definately reccomend starting with this as a white.

★★★★★

In a word - Awesome! Very delicate, but amazing flavor. Sweet, subtle, awesome! Ordered the sample last time, next order will have to have the biggest amount. You can't go wrong with this one!!

★★★★★

This rapidly became one of my favorites of the whites; fabulous flavor. Highly recommended

★★★★☆

Good white tea. I think we all know no matter how good the white tea is its not as favorful as the other teas. This one had more flavor than most white teas

★★★★☆

This was my first introduction to Whites. Very good taste, although of course very light. I guess I'm more of a Green tea person.

★★★★★

I must say my opinion of this tea vascillates-- mainly because some days I think I can taste it, others I think I can't. When I can, it has a wonderfully sweet and pure flavor. Maybe I just need to get the hang of brewing it...

★★★☆☆

I agree with others. This brews really lite. Maybe I need to add more than a teaspoon of leaves to get a stronger brew.

★★★★☆

Very easy going and refreshing. An excellent morning tea and well worth a try.

★★★★☆

very nice, very light though... not much in the flavor catagory

★★★★★

I love this white tea in the late afternoon. It is my favorite of all of the white teas I have tried. Very subtle, but lovely.

★★★★★

M favorite tea! I really like the sweet after taste. The perfect tea for relaxing in the evening. I'll buy more.

★★★★★

This was good; a refined flavor - maybe a little too subtle for me...but this was my first experience with White tea, so I'm not giving up yet. The leaves are beautiful. Flavor is more like an herbal tea. I expected this to taste a little like green - not! White tea products are now popular in skincare products, etc - so why not learn to enjoy the White tea in its original form?

★★★☆☆

Quality, full-leaf tea. Brews much lighter than I had expected.

★★★★★

Love this tea, my absolute favorite of all time. Not too strong, but has a amazing flavor I can't get enough of. I'm going to start buying it in 16oz amounts.

★★★★☆

A very good tea that I enjoy at night. Not much caffeine so its really great before bed. I've heard the health benefits of white tea are amazing, too.

★★★★★

Unbelievable! Without a doubt my favorite tea sold at Adagio. Sweet yet subtle - wonderful.

★★★★★

first white tea ive ever tried. smooth smokey flavor that lingered for quite a while after drinking. highly recomended.

★★★★★

An incredibly easy way to indulge and pamper yourself. An exquisite blend!

★★★★★

Mild mellow and subliminally sweet--A real winner! Try this tea!!

★★★★☆

My second favorite white tea so far tothe White A'Cappella Tea

★★★★★

You know... of all the teas I know and have consumed, I find this to be (consistent with who is the seller) most sublime. I personally prefer the first steeping, as it has wonderful botanical scent tones (coming up in the vapor... how nice), as well as a subtle sweet taste tone, the closest thing of a description I can think of being very mild clover honey (something like that, anyway). I think that when it gets to about the third steeping it tastes like most white tea, and that is somewhat generic. Also, it is a nice size leaf that affords many possibilities in steeping. It will work with success even in a regular teaball, as the tea doesn't come out and with the longer steeping time it infuses pretty well; just sharing that if one is in a pinch - it works okay with a teaball.

★★★★★

Quite possibly my favorite tea of all, and it definitely ranks up there with Yunnan Gold and Jasmine #12. This is much more subtle than those, though, producing a complex sweetness unlike anything I've ever experienced. This word is often used to describe this tea, but it truly fits: sublime.

★★★★★

I really enjoyed this, for my first white tea. A very delicate flavor, no need for sugar or anything added.

★★★★☆

Another good offering. This tea seems to hold up pretty well over time.

★★★★★

This is an excellent tea, light and flavorful. Be careful not to oversteep it as it gets bitter.

★★★★☆

Mellow and smooth. I bought it for my girlfriend because she likes it. I like it from time to time. I prefer stronger tea, but this is a good light tea.

★★★☆☆

This was my first white tea. I actually read reviews to see what to try first... it was okay personally I like oolong tea better. Especially the pouchong!!!

★★★★★

My favorite white tea. Smooth with hint of sweet.
Because it is so mellow it is a good after dinner tea.

★★★★★

This is a wonderful, light, permium white tea. I especially enjoy this in the morning.

★★★★★

My very favorite white tea. After drinking Sublime Needle, I'd be hard pressed to change to a green tea. I'm spoiled by this wonderful, sweet, smooth, clean taste!

★★★★☆

the best white tea i've been able to find. so nice right before bed, there's hardly any caffeine, as it is so fragrant and delicate it makes for a nice companion to drowsiness

★★★★★

i am very impressed with your excellent service, and i enjoy also that you add a few treats to the order... i am planning to try out some more teas really soon

★★★★☆

Very mild and delicate. I wasn't blown away, but it was interesting because it had a very purified taste, like freshly filtered water; and it tasted better as it cooled. Great with cane sugar.. I'd buy it again.

★★★★☆

This is a nice white tea, with interesting leaves and a delicate aroma and flavor. Can be infused several times.

★★★★★

It is very light and flavorful. It is my first white tea and I like it very much. Refreshing taste!

★★★★☆

A good white tea, I enjoy white teas. The leaves are very intersting to look at.

★★★★★

Very high quality white tea! Nice light, refreshing flavor and very good for you! One of my new favorites!

★★★★★

Unbeleavable quality and fantastis tea drinking experence

★★★★☆

Subtle tea, with a very light flavor but a fuller and interesting finish and aftertaste.

★★★★★

By far, my favorite white tea of them all!! This is so mild, yet refreshing. I enjoy this tea throughout the day, and have bought the large 8 oz size, after trying the sample :)

★★★☆☆

Nice herbacious flavor which unfortunately quickly evaporates from the surface of your tongue.

★★★★☆

This was the first time I have had a white tea. It had a delicate flavor that I enjoyed. When I first opened the tin, I was surprised by the fuzzy looking leaves. :)

★★★★☆

I enjoyed this tea.

★★★★★

This is a nice smooth tea. This would be great for the people who normally don't like the taste of tea. It is so mellow but delicious.

★★★★☆

On word...Delicate. It does have a nice sublte flavor. Drink it on its own with no noise or any other distibution that would interefere with the subtle taste.

★★★★★

Very nice light white tea. Slight sweet after taste. It's kind of crazy, you can see the silver hairs all over the large leaves. Looks like it was cut off the plant and placed right into the Adagio tin.

★★★★★

Did they say this tea is sublime? I will agree with that! You can see the silver needles on the leaves of this white tea. Excellent quality.