If you purchase this product you will earn Aged Huo Shan Huang Da Cha 2018
Huo Shan Mountain is a famous tea mountain having long history in producing Tea, it is high in altitude, surrounded by clouds and there is abundant rainfall throughout the year, soil is high in permeability with good nutrition. Thus, all these factors created a favorable environment for tea-growing.
The Tea here is called “Huang Da Cha”, translated as Big Yellow Tea, which is made of big and long tea buds and leaves – plucking one bud and three ot four leaves. It has a special making step called “Men Huang”, which means wrapping the Tea in a cloth or paper for fermentation.
As Huang Da Cha is made of mature tea leaves , it taste stronger in taste with apparent sweetness and roasted rice notes when comparing with Small Yellow Tea. This Tea has been stored for almost 4 years, tea maker keep the re-roasting step every year, to ensure that the tea do not have excessive moisture in it, which allow the yellow tea to be kept for year. Thus, the tea is aged in a good condition, it become very mellow, with rich mouthfeel, you can find an apparent nutty and roasted rice note in it.
How is Yellow Tea transforms during aging process?
Yellow tea is a lightly fermented tea with a unique making step called “Meng Huang”, translated it as “Sealing Yellow”, which means wrapping the Tea in a cloth or paper for fermentation. Due to the light fermentation during the “Meng Huang” process, the grassiness will be gone, but it still got some astringency but not as strong as green tea, its taste become mellow and mounthfeel turn from brisk into smooth and rounded. You can find a blend of floral and nutty notes, and it is usually called as “Meng Huang Flavour”.
Yellow Tea can be stored for a few years, but not recommended to be store for a long time. During the aging process, yellow tea will keep on fermenting slowly, and its flavor profile will change. Astringency will be totally gone, and it become very sweet, usually with a apparent roasted rice flavour.
Weight per pack: 25g
Tea Farm Location: Huo Shan, Anhui, China
Harvest Time: Spring 2018
Tasting Notes: round and rich in its mouthfeel, no astringency at all. It taste very sweet, nutty with roasted rice flavor
Tea Liquor Colour: Bright red-orange
Dry Leave Appearance: yellowrish-brown in colour, twisted in shape
Wet Leaves: dark brown
