What is Yellow Tea?
Yellow tea belongs to light fermented tea, which is characterized by "yellow soup yellow leaves", the core process is stuffy yellow, on the basis of the green tea process, the step of stuffy yellow is added, some before kneading, some after kneading, some after the initial drying, and some after the secondary drying.
Why is it said that "success is also stuffy yellow, and defeat is also stuffy yellow"?
Yellow tea is the only tea in the six major tea categories whose total output has decreased year by year, the key is that the boring yellow process is difficult to master, the boring yellow process requires a master with rich experience to operate, the boring good, will improve the taste and aroma of the tea, stuffy is not good, will have a great impact on the taste, almost irreparable.
The technology is difficult to master and the production risk is large, and the tea factory is naturally more willing to choose to make green tea. Nowadays, the smouldering yellow process borrowed, the improved technology is mostly used to make green tea, no longer pursuing the "yellow soup yellow leaves", only to eliminate green gas and bitter taste, improve the aroma of tea, and promote the taste of mellowness.
How is yellow tea classified?
Yellow tea can be divided into yellow bud tea, yellow tea and yellow tea according to the tenderness and size of the raw materials.
1. Yellow bud tea:
Picking single buds or one bud and one leaf is processed, and the main varieties are "Junshan Silver Needle", "Mengding Yellow Bud" and "Huoshan Yellow Bud".
2. Yellow tea:
The main varieties are "North Lane MaoJian", "Shan Mao Jian", "Yuan'an Deer Garden", "Pingyang Yellow Soup".
3. Yellow Tea:
Picking one bud, two or three leaves or even one bud with four or five leaves, mainly "Huoshan Rhubarb Tea" and "Guangdong Big Leaf Green".