White tea from Africa

Hi all yall out there, I would like to strt a discussion of african white tea. Nigel says its great and his daughter has a website that exclusively sells it. I know I have seen a site that had it before reading about Nigels Discussion of white tea. I went to Nigels daughters site and never remember being there. But recently (and I will find it I read it...) Was in english with prices in US dollars than pounds. NOw I always like to try tea from anywhre I can that is tea. Nigel... Is this tea is it a sinisis plant or another plant? It sound scrumptious. Now, anyone out there who had tried this please tell us about it (me) ...Nigel You cannot be totally objective of course this is your daughters place and I understand this. The reason I am asking becausse the price seemed kinda high. But I have spent more than I should on tea for sure. So anyone who has taken the leap please post.. I an very interested for all the reasons we talked about in another topic. Yours all yall in tea Jenn

Hi Jenn

As far as I know this really is the first White Tea out of Africa. I have been working there for 20 years and have never seen or heard of another. White teas yes from China, India, and Sri Lanka, but not from Africa. Nothing But Tea Ltd, see

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- click on Wildcrafted Teas - New) has exclusive selling rights but we are seeking distributors.

Certainly it is out of the Camellia stable - from the Assamica branch - this is (I believe) what gives it such an intriguing pale apricot color and floral aroma compared with China Whites - which now taste a liitle insipid to me.

In process it follows the traditional White Tea system of minimal intervention, relying on extreme care in plucking, withering and drying, using the sun and cool breezes. For these reasons the supply is limited and the cost is high. However considering you can steep four four times minimum you can make 80 cents worth of tea last an evening.

Another advantage of these White Teas from Malawi is their amazingly high but naturally occurring theanine levels - some of the cultivars (we feature four so far) have up to double the average theanine level of Japanese, Indian and Argentinian teas. Theanine is the natural relaxing stress reducing amino acid found almost exclusively in Camellia tea.

Not too many people, even in the trade, have tasted Malawi White Teas yet so we do not have so many referrals but those who have tasted are crazy for it.

Hope this answers some of your questions and really do look foward to hearing your comments when you taste some.

Nigel at Teacraft