Teapigs Silver Tips White Tea, 15 Tea Bags 37.5g
The most delicate cup in the range: only the youngest silver buds, giving a soft, creamy, almost weightless body with gentle peach and apricot notes and effectively no astringency. This is a slow-down tea, not a wake-up one, and it punishes carelessness, scald it with boiling water and you destroy the subtlety, so use water well off the boil and a longer, gentle steep. Very low caffeine. This is no choice for lovers of bold, obvious flavour; patient drinkers find it lovely, but you have to meet it halfway.
Teapigs Silver Tips White Tea, in brief.
Teapigs Silver Tips White Tea is the premium white tea from Teapigs, the Brentford B Corp brand, the unopened buds from the white-tea harvest (the same Camellia sinensis plant as black and green tea but picked younger and minimally processed), presented in the brand's signature whole-leaf tea-temple format, picked into the teas.co.uk curator selection as the proper bagged white tea alternative to a loose-leaf Silver Needle.
White tea is the most lightly processed of the tea-plant categories, the leaf simply withered and dried rather than rolled or oxidised the way green and black teas are, which gives the cup its very pale colour, gentle floral character and faintly honeyed natural sweetness without any added flavouring. Teapigs use the silver tips (unopened buds) rather than the cheaper open-leaf white tea, and the tea-temple format gives the delicate buds the room they need to open properly during the brew.
A fifteen-bag Teapigs household pack at a premium price for the silver-tips tier, the proper accessible introduction to white tea for anyone moving beyond green or black teas.
Curator notes: the tasting profile here is our own editorial view, formed from the pack as it looks today and the brand spec sheet, then tested through brewing trials run at the steep time and water temperature we recommend. A 2pm cut off applies Monday to Friday: anything ordered before then is dispatched within the UK that same day. This page also covers storage, how long Silver Tips stays fresh, and the brewing temperature range.
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Teapigs Silver Tips White Tea: An Elegant Sanctuary Of Delicate Purity
Teapigs Silver Tips White Tea is an everyday cup for people who like delicate tea worked into their daily routine. This exclusive blend captures the heart of ancient Chinese tea culture by using only the youngest and most tender buds of the tea bush. It suits the drinker who treats a tea break as time to slow down and pay attention to the quieter flavours of a high grade white tea. It is also a good match for anyone who counts a quiet cup as a fixed part of a productive day.
The Story Behind the Teapigs
Packaging: Silver Tips comes in several parts that may be recycled differently, so check the UK pack you receive and your council's guidance on disposal.
Hot Brewing Recipes:
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Peach Blossom Silk Latte: Steep one temple in 200ml 80°C water for 3 minutes. Warm 100ml of rice milk with a little almond extract, froth it gently and pour it over the brew. Approximately 80 calories.
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Vanilla White Glow: Infuse a temple in 180ml 80°C water for 4 minutes, swirl in vanilla bean flecks and a lemon curl. Just 14 calories.
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Honeyed Apricot Nest: Brew 200ml 80°C water with one temple (3 mins), drizzle ½ tsp honey and a chamomile pinch. About 55 calories.
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Coconut Silver Whisper: Gentle 4-minute steep, blend with 110ml coconut milk and pink pepper dust. Roughly 85 calories.
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Bergamot White Zest: Brew 150ml 80°C water for 3.5 minutes, then grate in bergamot zest and an agave hint. Under 17 calories.
Cold Brewing Recipes:
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Lychee Silver Frost: Cold steep 2 temples in 500ml 80°C cooled water overnight, then whirl with frozen lychees, a kefir splash, and ice. 149 calories per serving.
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Yuzu White Fizz: Brew 400ml lightly (3 mins at 80°C, then chill), then top with yuzu cordial, sparkling water, and ice pearls. 44 calories per glass.
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Cucumber Blossom Dew: Overnight infuse 2 temples in 750ml cool water, then garnish with cucumber ribbons, white peach slices, and silvered frost. 9 calories per glass.
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Nectarine Silver Twilight: Chill 300ml of fine brew, then mingle with nectarine whispers and elderflower tonic over ice. About 97 calories.
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Pear White Mist: Cool 250ml of brew gently, muddle in pear flesh, and layer with mineral fizz and lemon balm. 41 calories per serving.
Food Recipes:
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Silver Tip Rice Veil: Cook 1 cup jasmine rice in 200ml of subtle brew instead of water, then fluff with edible flowers, scallions, and sesame. 182 calories per serving.
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White Tea Petal Emulsion: Whirl 100ml of cooled brew with grapeseed oil, rice vinegar, shallot mince, and apricot kernel. 11 calories per tablespoon.
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Blossom Poached Pears: Poach 6 pear halves in 500ml of brew with agave and jasmine pearls (8 mins), then chill for dawn bowls. 104 calories each.
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Silver Shortbread Ghosts: Infuse 125g butter with 2 temples (15 mins at 80°C), then weave into sable dough; bake at 160°C for 11 minutes. 86 calories per piece.
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White Granita Veil: Concentrate 400ml of brew with yuzu and vanilla, then freeze and scrape into ethereal shards. 74 calories per scoop.
Source: teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Teapigs Silver Tips White Tea, 15 Tea Bags 37.5g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Teapigs
Teapigs is the Brentford-based whole-leaf brand that made premium tea accessible in pyramid format. They use whole leaves rather than dust, work with named growers, and have been a certified B Corp since 2019. Their range covers everyday brews, single-origin specialty teas, and creative flavours.
Packaging: Silver Tips comes in several parts that may be recycled differently, so check the UK pack you receive and your council's guidance on disposal.
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How does it compare
Brew it Hot: Once the kettle has boiled, let the water cool for around 2 minutes to around 80 degrees Celsius to protect the delicate leaves.
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What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Ingredient | What it brings |
|---|---|
| Whole leaf green tea | present |
| premium silver tips white | present |
Caffeine: present, from the white tea itself; a milligram figure for this exact product is not claimed.
Silver Tips shows only its characterising components; anything unquantified in the base fills out the remaining body. Silver Tips is sourced from around the globe, and blending and packing follow the brand specification.
Packaging: Silver Tips comes in several parts that may be recycled differently, so check the UK pack you receive and your council's guidance on disposal.
What's in Teapigs Silver Tips White Tea, 15 Tea Bags 37.5g, and what isn't:
- Caffeine: present, from the white tea itself; a milligram figure for this exact product is not claimed.
- No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: any sweetness is natural to the blend.
- Allergen note: bagged where nuts and cereals are processed as well, so the cross contact statement on the newest Silver Tips pack is the one to trust.
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Source: teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Teapigs Silver Tips White Tea, 15 Tea Bags 37.5g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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