Yellow Tea

Yellow tea, or huang cha, 黄 茶, is light fermented tea (20% fermentation). Yellow tea is similar to the white and green teas, but is withered many hours in processing (men huang, 闷 黄) so it gets a very velvety taste and delicate flavor.

Jiun Shan Yin Zhen, Silver Needles from Sovereign's Mountain, 君山 银针 is the most famous yellow tea. Until quite recently, it was produced only in its historical homeland in Dongtinghu Lake, 洞庭湖, Hunan province. For ages the fishermen and the hermits lived here, who among other things had grown tea. Actually, there are no mountains here, the picturesque green hills rise above the vast plain water only for a few tens of meters. The entire island can be walked around for an hour, its area is ​​0.37 square kilometers. Tea plantation area is even less. It is a bit strange, quiet, secluded and very beautiful place. The tea of this place has an amazing, mysterious charm.

But Hunan tea is not the only one in the yellow tea category. You can buy in our shop an excellent Yellow Buds from the Hoshan Mountains, Anhui Province, the famous Yellow Buds from Mengding Mountain, Sichuan province and yellow tea from Zhejiang, Hubei and Guangdong.

The best yellow tea is made only a few days a year from late March till early April. The buds are plucked early in the morning on a clear day. The buds plucked a bit later will be a raw material for the first and second grade tea. About 25 thousand buds are used to produce one kilogram of tea. All the buds should be one to one taut, with juicy, light green body, covered with white hairs. The production process traditionally takes three days and three nights, 72 hours (and sometimes more). During this time 8 special stages are made: partial fixation of green, fēn shā qīng 分 杀青, cooling, Tān liáng, 摊 凉, primary drying, Chū hōng, 初 烘, primary withering, Chū bāo, 初 包, re-drying, Fù hōng, 复 烘, cooling, Tān liáng, 摊 凉,  re-withering, Fù bāo, 复 包, and final roasting, Zú huǒ, 足 火.

The authentic Chinese yellow tea is rich in vitamins, antioxidants and caffeine. It has beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system, cleanses the blood and improves the immune system. It stimulates the production of gastric juice, as other lightly fermented teas, so it is not recommended to drink on an empty stomach, it is better to have this type of tea after eating (an hour or two). It relieves fatigue and stress, refreshes perception, nurtures emotions and tastefulness.

You can buy yellow tea of the highest quality in our shop! All varieties represented in the collection are made by hand in small farms located in the nature reserves of national and world level.

 

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