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Unique Yellow soup with flavor of soft sweet corn
Ping Yang Huang Tang, also called Wen Zhou Huang Tang, is a kind of Small Yellow Tea. The name “Ping Yang” is the place of origin of this Tea, located in Wen Zhou, Zhejiang province of China. “Huang Tang” means yellow soup. It is one of the four famous yellow Tea in China. The main characteristics of Ping Yang Huang Tang is recognized as “Three Yellow and One Aroma”, “Three Yellow” indicates the yellow colour of the dry leaves, wet leaves and tea liquor; and “One Aroma” indicates its special sweet and soft sweet corn aroma.
Appearance of Ping Yang Huang Tang
The appearance of Ping Yang Huang Tang is small and slightly twisted, it is yellow-green in clour and apparent with pekoe on the dry leaves. It is soft and well-balanced in its mouthfeel, not grassy and vegetal at all. It taste sweet, with light sweet corn, honey and pekoe flavor.
History of Ping Yang Huang Tang
Ping Yang Huang Tang is a Tea with long history, was being recorded for over 200 years. It was served as Tribute Tea in Qing Dynasty. It was once being stopped in production after the end of Qing Dynasty, luckily the technique of making Ping Yang Huang Tang is being spread and inherited among the local folks, the Tea started to be produced again in the 1980s, and become one of most popular Yellow Tea now.
Taste of Ping Yang Huang Tang
Ping Yang Huang Tang is special in its very sweet taste, people considered it as the aroma of sweet corn. It is soft and well-balanced in its mouth-feel, not grassy and vegetal at all. It taste sweet, with light sweet corn, honey and pekoe flavor.
Making Process of Yellow Tea
Some people think that the making process of Yellow Tea is similar to Green Tea because of their similarities in the taste, but it has a special making step called “Men Huang”, which literally means wrapping the Tea in a cloth or paper for oxidation. The making process of Yellow tea is way more complicated and time-consuming, it required few days to a week to make a high quality Yellow Tea.
After plucking the tea leaves, tea maker immediately put the tea leaves into a wok for pan-frying. After the step of killing-green, the tea leaves are wrapped into a yellow paper or a wet cloth for mild oxidization for around 60 to 80 minute, the temperature will decrease from around 55 degree to around 35 degree, the leaves will then turn into a light green-yellow colour. At that time, it will be put back into the wok for pan-frying again to further reduce the humidity of the leaves. The steps of “Pan-frying” and “Wrapping” will take turns and repeats for several times until the leaves turn into an evenly yellow colour. After that, the leaves will be put in a place to rest for a while. For the final step, the tea is roasted to lift the aroma and flavour.
Weight per pack: 25g
Tea Farm Location: Ping Yang, Wen Zhou, Zhejiang, China
Harvest Time: 2022 Spring / 2021 Spring
Characteristics:
Tasting Notes: Soft and well-balanced in its mouth-feel, not grassy and vegetal at all. It taste sweet, with light sweet corn, honey and pekoe flavor.
Tea Liquor Colour: Bright and light yellow
Dry Leave Appearance: Small and slightly twisted, yellow-green in colour, apparent with pekoe
Wet Leaves: Yellowish green
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