How much caffeine is in Fuding Silver Needle White Tea?

Each 8 oz cup (240ml) serving contains approximately 15 mg of caffeine. For comparison, a standard 8 oz cup of brewed drip coffee contains around 95 mg. Actual content varies with dose, water temperature, and contact time.

What temperature should I use for Fuding Silver Needle White Tea?

Target 70°C (158°F). Below this range the cup tends toward sourness and thinness from under-extraction; above it, bitterness rises faster than sweetness.

How long should Fuding Silver Needle White Tea be extracted?

Extract for 2–3 minutes using Glass Pitcher or White Porcelain Gaiwan, at a ratio of 3g per 240ml water, prepared at Whole Silver Bud. Time and ratio move together: a heavier dose generally wants a shorter contact time.

Why does my Fuding Silver Needle White Tea taste bitter?

Bitterness almost always indicates over-extraction. Shorten the contact time, lower the water temperature slightly, or use less leaf. Change one variable at a time so you can tell which one was responsible.

Who should avoid Fuding Silver Needle White Tea?

Extremely delicate leaves are ruined by boiling water — never exceed 75°C. Genuine Fuding Silver Needle is expensive; lower-cost alternatives may be blended leaf material. This is general educational information, not medical advice — consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own circumstances.

Reviewed Aug 2026

Green Tea & Matcha · Fuding, Fujian, China

Fuding Silver Needle White Tea

Name: How to Brew Fuding Silver Needle White Tea
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 8 oz cup (240ml)
Cuisine: Fuding, Fujian, China
Ingredients: 5 g loose-leaf green tea; 100 g filtered water at 70°C

白毫银针 (Bái Háo Yín Zhēn)

The most minimally processed tea on earth: only the single unopened bud, covered in silver down, with ethereal melon and honey delicacy.

Silver Needle (Baihao Yinzhen) consists exclusively of the single unopened spring bud of Fuding Dabai or Dahao tea cultivars, covered in fine white hair (pekoe).

Sensory profile

Comparative scale

sweetnessVery high

acidityLow

bitternessVery low

bodyLow

aromaVery high

You should taste

How it unfolds

Aroma → Palate → Finish

AromaBefore and as you sip

Cucumber Water

pronounced aroma

PalateWhile it is in the mouth

pronounced sweetness

FinishAfter you swallow

No distinct note recorded here — the finish reads as restrained rather than carrying a nameable character of its own.

restrained body

Where it sits

Stronger than 55 of the 345 other drinks in the catalogue, and weaker than 290.

That is 15 mg in a 8 oz cup (240ml) serving — a concentration of 6.3 mg per 100 ml. The scale above ranks whole servings, and servings differ in size, so a larger drink can sit further right while being weaker cup for cup.

CupCura editorial estimate. No public food database has measured this preparation, so this figure is our own and is not independently sourced.

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