Yellow Tea
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↑About Yellow Tea
A yellow tea from Hunan province. Photo by Whiteness (Wikimedia Commons), © Whiteness (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA 4.0The production process for yellow teas is similar to that of green teas, but for yellow teas, there is an addition step in which the leaves are allowed to sit while damp, turning them yellow. Chemically, this is an oxidation process, like the process that would change tea to black tea, but because the leaves are not bruised and yellowing period is brief, the resulting oxidation is slight. Although yellow teas are an ancient style of tea, some companies, including Rishi Tea, sell newly developed styles of yellow tea.
Many yellow teas are produced only in small batches and tend to be expensive. Most yellow tea is tippy tea, which contributes to its high price and limited supply. Yellow teas are produced almost exclusively in China, although there have been isolated experiments with producing yellow teas in other regions. Goomtee estate in Darjeeling, India produced a yellow tea in 2009, sold through Thunderbolt tea, which to our knowledge was the only yellow tea produced outside China that was widely available. Russia has also produced its own yellow tea, called Krasnodar gold.
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The first yellow tea I have ever tried and I am quite impressed. As soon as I got the dosage right (certainly higher than the recommended 11g/liter), I found a very interesting flavor profile (it was not that interesting with a lower dosage). It is somehow reminiscent of some Oolongs or First Flush Darjeelings, but mor...
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Keke Gul Te (Nr. 765) from Carstensens Tehandel
Style: Junshan Yinzhen – Region: ChinaMar. 22nd, 2020
Half-litre pot at home, made from inch-long thin handrolled leaves - they look like tiny sticks. Pours clear light straw (against white china) with no sediment. Clear aroma of tea (yellow, to be sure, but the scent is not very different from that of green or white), with a faint touch of peach. Delicate bitter flavour ...
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Huo Shan Yellow Sprouting from Mark T. Wendell
Style: Yellow Tea – Region: Huoshan, Anhui, ChinaJul. 3rd, 2018
Prep – 4.1 grams in 18 ounces 175° F. water for 4 minutes. Added 2 ounces ice. No sugar. No milk.
Aroma – Slight (2/5)
Flavor – A very flavorful yellow tea (5/5), with a vegetal taste, but not a grassy taste like green teas.
Value – $53 for a 6 ounce bag = $8.83 per ounce – low value, but a rare tea (3...
Yellow tea! I was turned on by the possibility of trying a new variety of tea, one that I had not heard of before. But this was nothing groundbreaking - it seemed to fall in between the green and oolong styles, leaning toward oolong. It was all right, but there were no revelations here. Overpriced imo.
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I drank this tea in the Unami Maison de Thé in Lille. It was served prepared in a small teapot. This means it was made exactly as it should, though I didn't get to see any leaves.
My first impression was an intensely nutty and earthy aroma. The flavour is nutty too, but not as strong as expensive. It reminds me of ...
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↑Most-Rated Yellow Tea
Huang Ya Imperial Yellow Tea
| Brand: | Upton Tea Imports |
| Style: | Huangya |
| Region: | China |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Leaf: | Loose |
Hunan Gold
| Brand: | Adagio Teas |
| Style: | Yellow Tea |
| Region: | Hunan, China |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Leaf: | Loose |
Huoshan Huang Ya Yellow Tea
| Brand: | What-Cha |
| Style: | Huangya |
| Region: | Huoshan, Anhui, China |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Leaf: | Loose |
Darjeeling 2nd Flush 2014 Jungpana AV2 Yellow Tea
| Brand: | What-Cha |
| Style: | Yellow Tea |
| Region: | Darjeeling, India |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Leaf: | Loose |
