Mood: soft, summer, cool, breeze
My all-time favorite tea is white tea. Its soft, sweet, and delicate flavor suits any occasion and mood, bringing a quiet sense of delight.
This particular tea is Silver Needle, one of the most prized of all white teas. In China, white teas were once reserved for emperors and their families because of their rarity and delicacy. Silver Needle is crafted from the year’s very first tea buds, which makes it especially treasured.
White tea is best brewed at a lower temperature—about 75–80°C (167–176°F)—for roughly 4 minutes. Steeping it longer can draw out the bitterness.
This tea resembles:
Claude Monet’s The Poppy Field near Argenteuil (“Coquelicots”)
The light, bright quality of the painting and the softness of its strokes mirror this white tea’s flavor. As with the artwork, you can almost feel a cool breeze—just as white tea brings a gentle, calming coolness to the soul.
INTENT tea & art 