Bai Hao

Famously known as Oriental Beauty, this tea is made by plants and insects — leaves bitten by a bug thriving at 1,300m of altitude are plucked, and the natural bug repellent produced by the plants gives Bai Hao its signature taste.

Heavily withered and left to oxidize just past 50%, this tea (originally from Taiwan) is cultivated and processed with care in Northern Thailand — in the rich soils of Doi Mae Salong — by Taiwanese-descendant experts, in pesticide-free gardens.

Strongly aromatic and generous — fruity, woody, spicy, with honey, flowers, and ripe peach notes. Also known as “Panzhuang Oolong,” “Bangfeng Tea,” or “five-color tea.”