Rucheng Silver Needle

Rucheng Silver Needle

　　The Rucheng Silver Needle tea plantation is nestled among mountains, surrounded year-round by verdant peaks and misty clouds. With cool summers and mild winters, it is one of the province’s renowned tea-producing areas. Silver Needle tea is meticulously crafted from tender tea buds and leaves. The tea features slender, upright buds with visible white down, a vibrant emerald green hue, and a bright luster. Its taste is mellow and fragrant, offering benefits such as refreshing the mind, invigorating the spirit, reducing greasiness and aiding digestion, quenching thirst, promoting urination and improving eyesight, sterilizing and detoxifying, aiding in weight loss and fitness, as well as fighting cancer and lowering blood lipids.

　　Rucheng Silver Needle (a type of green tea) – Key processing parameters:

　　Withering: Wither for 4–8 hours, turning the leaves 4–5 times in between. Steaming: Use 200–300 grams of leaves per batch, steam for 70–90 seconds. Initial drying: Control firing temperature at 80°C–90°C for 6–8 minutes. Pan-firing: Maintain a pan temperature of 60°C–70°C, use 200–300 grams of tea leaf, and pan-fire until 70% dry over 20 minutes, then proceed to shaping and tipping. Shaping and tipping: Do not remove the tea buds from the pan. Lower the pan temperature to 50°C–60°C, and when the tea reaches 80% dryness, promptly remove it to cool. This step takes about 15 minutes. Final drying: Dry at 40°C–60°C until moisture content is around 5% for optimal results.