Avon Black and White tea blend mystery, help!

Could it be Yunnan? This is a shot in the dark. What does the tea look like? At what temperature do you brew such a blend? Is the White Tea actually a white tea or is it some kind of herb or flower? Can you identify it (the tea or otherwise)?

Steve

Here is the only link on the internet with a photo:

It is surprisingly high quality loose tea. It is a needle type white tea, I believe to be Peony White Needle... possibly Silver Needle or something similar. And the black tea is a very mild tea that is not as dark as keemun but not quite as light as an oolong. It tastes right in between a black and an oolong too.

The thing is that it is 95% black tea and 5% white, so just about any white tea added to the black included would result in pretty much the same taste, and is why figuring out the black has me tearing my hair out.

Write Avon and ask their buyer what the type of tea is. Perhaps they can start selling the tea seperately. If they don't intend on doing that they should be willing to tell you where they get it.

--scott

Yep tried this a number of times with no luck at all. I even called one of the product buyers directly with no luck. This has been a quest ever since my sister bought me this cheap little tea set from AVON. Never did either of us think it would contain my favorite tea of all time :)

The product was discontinued in 2003 so all info is gone and I have no real chance of figuring it out. I did save some of the tea sealed up though in hopes that someone may be able to figure it out someday.