Silver Tips (White Tea) 50g

About 20 cups per tin — roughly RM7.25 a cup. Less than a specialty coffee, for the least-processed tea in the world.

Why Silver Tips is rare

Silver Tips is picked before sunrise, by hand, from the highland estates — only the unopened bud, still covered in fine silver down. Nothing is done to it afterwards: no rolling, no oxidation, no firing. It is simply withered and dried. That is why it stays silver-white in the tin, and why so little of it exists.

What it tastes like

Extremely delicate — melon, a little hay, a clean sweetness and a long finish. There is no bitterness in it at all. If you have only ever drunk strong black tea, the first cup may taste faint; give it a second, because what you're tasting is the absence of everything that usually gets added.

How to brew it (easy to ruin)

1 heaped teaspoon. Water at 75–80°C — well off the boil, or you will destroy it. Steep 4–5 minutes; it needs longer than you'd think because the leaf is whole and unbroken. Never milk, never sugar. Re-steep the same buds two or three times.

Who this is for

Buy it if you drink green or white tea already, you want the most unusual thing in the range, or you're giving a gift to someone who takes tea seriously.
Don't buy it if you want a morning cup with milk — it would be wasted. BOPF at RM29 is the right tea for that.

✓ Sri Lanka Tea Board Certified | ✓ Sealed for Freshness at source in Sri Lanka | ✓ Ships from Kuala Lumpur within 48 hrs

Free delivery anywhere in Malaysia — no minimum spend.