“Now that I’ve had time to contemplate my feelings about this one, I must say that I LOVE IT. It is amazing. Quite possibly the best yellow tea I’ve had. My full-length review of this one will be...” Read full tasting note
“We are continuing with Sample Week and after nearly forgetting it yesterday, I’m starting early today. :) Today’s choice is a yellow tea, and I’m not very experienced with the type. I remember...” Read full tasting note
“Really interesting. I don’t have much experience with yellow teas, so I don’t have much to compare with. I’m getting mostly sweet, light, green tea with a bit of toastiness like the description...” Read full tasting note
We just received a fresh batch of TOP #1 GRADE (bud and two leaf), hand cultivated 2010 Huoshan Yellow Bud Tea from our good friend, Ms.VeeVee Zhang. This yellow/green tea was grown in the tea gardens on the high mountains of the Da Hua Ping area, in Huoshan County, Liu An City, in the Anhui Province. The tea garden been using the same ancient tea cultivars 金鸡/Golden Chick and 霍山早/Huoshan Morning used in these tea gardens since as early as 91 B.C..
This rare tea was imperial tribute tea in the Tang, Ming and Qing Dynasty. The processing method was said to be lost and only to be re-discovered after the 70s, since then, it has been sent as tribute tea to China National Departments every year.
The aroma of the dry leaf is gentle with a hint of sweet hay and the liquor has a soft, fresh sappy aroma of great charm, with a warm toasty edge and a delicate vegetal taste that lingers on the tongue. This is the best of the harvest, which produces a slightly more refined, lighter liquor, yet retaining the characteristics of a green tea.
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