White tea

White tea is one of the most discreet teas. It is born from young buds picked by hand and dried with restraint, adding almost nothing to nature's gesture. At Hollin, white tea is a reading of time: the leaf stays almost whole, the liquor is clear, the fragrance is sensed more than asserted. It is a tea that asks to be listened to - slow infusion, softened water, a cup set down quietly. Our white teas come from gardens where the hand remains primary. You find the softness of down, a discreet note of honey, sometimes the roundness of a pale fruit. Nothing is added, nothing is forced. To drink in calm, in a withdrawn moment, when the gesture matters more than the quantity. A way of recovering, through the leaf, a long and true attention.