White Tea from Africa is really old news. For a year Nothing But Tea
< www.nbtea.net > has been selling African White Tea - Silver Needles
and Peony - produced by hand in Malawi (hand plucked buds, hand
withered with care and attention, and hand dried over three days, then
hand sorted to ensure uniformity and quality). These tea have been
available in six varieties on the website and wholesale since 2006. I
will be showing them all and some hand rolled Malawi Oolongs at World
Tea Expo at Atlanta in June where we will also be showing for the
first time our latest African White Tea creation - Antlers d'Amour -
tender velvety white tea stems with an amazing floral bouquet on the
infusion (it has to be experienced to believe that this came Out of
Africa).

However, as we have shown, White Teas can be made in Africa extremely
well, and with attractive improvement over the traditional sources.


On Apr 10, 8:15 pm, "pgwk" > wrote:
> Kenya white silver needle and oolong? There are no references to these
> on Yahoo. Kenya's industry is black CTC- and export-driven,

> How and when did Kisii, which is a region in Kenya, build its tea master capabilities
> and shift to hand-plucking, which is the only way Silver Needle can be
> produced, at a time when it is increasing mechanization everywhere?
> Didn't you know that all whole leaf tea is natural and has no
> additives?