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Silver Needle and White Peony

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are both white teas.

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So why do they
look so different?

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Start with what was picked.

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In classic Silver Needle,

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the slender pieces are
unopened tea buds,

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covered in fine, pale hairs.

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White Peony includes
buds and young leaves,

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often a bud with two leaves.

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Spread them side by side:

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one looks like a handful
of tapered needles;

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the other has
broader, leafy shapes.

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Both are withered and dried,

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keeping much of
that natural form.

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Now add water. The
dry material softens:

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look for plump buds in one cup

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and opening leaves
beside buds in the other.

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Color and flavor vary with
the tea and your brewing.

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Buds alone, or buds with leaves:

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which would you explore first?