Yellow tea uses a rare style of tea processing that is similar to green tea, but with an additional time-consuming step known as menghuang. It produces a mellow and non astringent tea with a pleasant sweetness and surprising floral notes. A rare gem!
Tea Type or Tisane | Flavors: Yellow | sweet nectar, honeysuckle, floral
Tea Tips: A tea to sip and savor without milk and sugar.
Ingredients: Chinese Yellow Tea
How to Steep: 3 tsp, 8 oz water, 185°F, 4–5 min
Fun Fact: Yellow tea production dates back to before the Tang Dynasty. It requires a specific 'yellowing' process where freshly fired leaves are wrapped into small batches, their temperature and water levels carefully controlled with up to 48 hours of constant monitoring. Few tea makers are adept at this process and with the demand for easier to make green teas, the art of making traditional yellow tea is in danger of being lost.
Similar Teas: Tung Ting, Iron Goddess Honey Floral, Kukicha
