There's a YELLOW tea now? ... yellow?? ... mmm, good.

[Doc4]

Yellow Tea.



When I was growing up, there was 'tea', and if you wanted to be fancy, there was Earl Gray. Oh, and if you went to Chinatown they brought a pot of tea that tasted different, and the leaves were right in the pot. I guess it was tea, but not being in tea bags it's hard to tell.

Well, that was then and this is now.

Now, there's black, green, oolong, pu-er ... wait a minute, there's a whole bunch of different types of black, many different types of green, any oolong fan gets into the whole "China vs. Taiwan" thing, ... raw and cooked pu-er, white tea, red tea ... and yellow tea?

Yep, they make yellow tea.

I should know, I'm drinking some now. 2012 Spring Imperial Meng Ding from Jas-e Tea (Steve finally got some yellow in stock.) Really nice stuff ... not white, not green, not anything else ... but still "tea."

I have little or no skill to describe tea aromas ... I very quickly get to "it smells like that think I don't know the name of, and a bit of that other thing I don't know the name of, and a bit of something else."

But it's certainly worth a try.

 

[StillShaving]

Nice to hear. I have some yellow tea from Jas-eTea to try, but I am still stuck on some white tea from there. Its my first time trying either white or yellow. I had read that white tea is subtle (boring ??) when compared to the others, so I had low expectations when I tried it, but I have been pleasantly surprised. The flavor is not strong but is certainly smooth and pleasant.

 

[BladeDE40]

Yellow teas are quite nice. I find them to be great for times when I want a lighter tea. I have a stash of Hu Shan yellow buds that I break out from time to time.

 

[Sawblade]

Arnold Palmers are kind of yellow.

 

[StillShaving]

Arnold Palmers are kind of yellow.

That went whizzing by my head until I discovered you must be talking about this tea + lemonade drink of the same name.

 

[nff]

That went whizzing by my head until I discovered you must be talking about this tea + lemonade drink of the same name.

im thinking he's reffering to the woden stick you stick your ball on to hit a driver shot...

 

[AjaxLepinski]

Bought 2 oz of Huo Shan Yellow Tea from Mark T. Wendell out of curiosity. They started selling it earlier this year and it's fairly expensive at $21 for the 2 oz. It tasted like a green tea, only brighter and cleaner - very nice indeed!

 

[nff]

i'v been enjoying huo shan for more than 3 years now. it really is wonderfull stuff. (if you search the "green" thread you should find some posts about it by me)

 

[SiBurning]

From the B&B ShaveWiki:

Under the Ming classification system, yellow referred to tea from a particular area grown specifically for the emperor, but also applied to any tea grown specifically for the emperor.

Under the modern Chinese classification system, yellow tea includes teas from other regions, such as Korea.

Yellow tea is lightly steamed, covered, and allowed to rest over a few days which removes some of the green, mellows the flavors, and enhances the aroma. True yellow tea is produced only in Sichuan, Hunan, and Anhui provinces in China. There are several other things called yellow tea: Korea makes an unrelated yellow tea, other areas produce a tea using similar techniques, and any tea paid in tribute to the emperor was known as yellow tea, some of which (still existing plantations) still use the term today.

True yellow tea is not oxidized.

 

[netsurfr]

Yellow tea has become one of my favorite teas recently. I am sure I will return to pu-erh soon but yellow tea has provided a wonderful distraction.

 

[Slash McCoy]

I am partial to Luzianne for iced tea. Dragon Well is nice and that Japanese powdery stuff. I have had green, black, red, white, and now there is yellow too? I think I will just hold out for.... blue.

 

[nff]

I am partial to Luzianne for iced tea. Dragon Well is nice and that Japanese powdery stuff. I have had green, black, red, white, and now there is yellow too? I think I will just hold out for.... blue.

theres purple bud pu erh also.

 

[Slash McCoy]

theres purple bud pu erh also.

From the name, I don't know whether to drink it or smoke it.

 

[Doc4]

Yellow tea has become one of my favorite teas recently. I am sure I will return to pu-erh soon but yellow tea has provided a wonderful distraction.

I tend to like green, yellow and white in the warmer seasons, and pu-erh and lapsang souchong in the cooler ...




(... and there's always time for oolong.)

 

[Proinsias]

Blue tea = oolong

 

[netsurfr]

Yellow tea has become one of my favorite teas recently. I am sure I will return to pu-erh soon but yellow tea has provided a wonderful distraction.

Just found out that there are at least 11 varieties of yellow tea in China. Most are made in rather small batches by hand. Because of the small batches and hand processing, they demand very high prices. Most are rarely seen outside of China because they are acquired by rich tea drinkers in China.

 

[nff]

kinda like authentic DHP right steve?

 

[GG1]

What is the best preparation method?

 

[nff]

What is the best preparation method?

like to make the tea? its up to you but most (i included) will say gong-fu which involves a yixing or gaiwan. and depending on the size of the brewing device and the type of tea you will use between 3g-10g for a 120-175ml pot/gaiwan. 3g being japanese green and 10 being a sheng if you like em strong/long lasting. average is usually 5-8g of tea for that size. to do gong fu brewing its basically lots of tea small amount of water and many steepings. for a oolong its usually 5-12 steepings pu erh can go 30+ sweepings greens are usually 3 stepings you might stretch 4-5 depending on the tea but its usually 3. whites/yellows usually 3-5 sweepings. and blacks usually peter out around 5 steepings. then theres the temp range for the difrent teas pu erh and black is 95c-boiling oolongs are usually around 80c whites 75-80c greens are usually 60-75c. timing is a big factor also it also depends on the tea type pu erh are really short times they start out at pretty much as fast as you can pour it. and progressively get longer. light oolongs start at 1:30-2m then roll back to 30s-1m then get longer from there. whites are similar to oolong Japanese green is 1m, then 30s then 2m blacks are 30s and up. but its all up to your tastes you like them lighter go less time stronger let them go longer. gong fu is designed to infused the flavors and aroma's out of the tea without leaving them to draw out the un plesent flavors and oils. have you ever noticed after making westren tea that theres a thick layer of scum on the top of the tea? thats from over extraction and is also the reason why teas are overly bitter. not watching temp and over extraction. they expect 5g of tea to infuse into 750ml the tea is over worked and the reason you cant get anything out of it after one steeping.

this was my instructional for a friend on pu erh tea and my method of prep

 

[GG1]

Wow NFF, that's a lot of info, thanks. I was mainly asking if the yellow is best prepared any special way. You've included a lot of good info.

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