abstract:Baihao Yinzhen ( Amongst white teas, this is the most expensive variety and the most prized, as only top buds (leaf shoots) are used to produce the tea.陳宗懋，中國茶經，pp 236，上海文化出版社，1992 Genuine Silver Needles are made from cultivars of the Da Bai (Large White) tea tree family.