Yellow Tea
Rare, mellow and smooth. A Chinese tea that is lightly piled and covered after the leaves are fixed, which takes away the grassy edge of green tea.
Yellow tea is a rare Chinese tea. After the leaves are fixed like green tea, they are piled up and covered for a while, which turns them slightly yellow and takes away the grassy edge. The cup is mellow, smooth and gently sweet.
- Water: 75-85°C
- Steep time: 2-3 min
- Caffeine: Low-Medium
- Flavour notes: Mellow, Smooth, Sweet
- Goes well with: Light pastries, Fresh fruit, Rice dishes
Best known yellow teas
- Junshan Yinzhen (Silver Needle) (Junshan Island, Hunan, China)
- Mengding Huangya (Mengding Mountain, Sichuan, China)
- Huoshan Huangya (Huoshan, Anhui, China)
- Mogan Huangya (Mogan Mountain, Zhejiang, China)
- Beigang Maojian (Hunan, China)
- Weishan Maojian (Ningxiang, Hunan, China)
- Da Ye Qing (Big Leaf Green Yellow) (Guangdong, China)
- Huang Xiao Cha (Small Leaf Yellow Tea) (Hunan, China)
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