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While in Changsha last spring, we tasted this and were impressed with its beauty. This is a mellow yellow tea not assertive at all. Yellow tea is made when fresh tea leaves are only partially “ fixed green”, then are covered over by a cloth. The tea oxidizes slightly making it darker in color in the cup (thus yellow). Also some fruity flavors are developed during that slight oxidation.
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