yellow tea
Yellow tea is a specialty of China. According to the size of the fresh leaves and old buds, it is divided into Huangya tea , Huangxiaocha , Huangdacha , and Guizhou Tang Dynasty ancient yellow tea. Huangya tea mainly includes Junshan Yinzhen , Mengding Huangya , Huoshan Huangya , and Yuanan yellow tea ; such as Weishan Maojian , Pingyang Huangtang , Ya'an yellow tea , etc. are all yellow teas. After the Three Gorges Reservoir area was impounded, the Zigui mountainous area was shrouded in fog all year round, forming the unique Zigui yellow tea, which also belongs to the yellow tea category.
Anhui Wanxi Jinzhai , Huoshan , Hubei Yingshan and Guangdong Dayeqing are yellow teas. The quality characteristic of yellow tea is "yellow leaves and yellow soup". Yueyang, Hunan is the hometown of yellow tea in China.
Yellow tea is a lightly fermented tea , and its processing technology is similar to that of green tea . It only adds a "yellowing" process before or after the drying process , which promotes the partial oxidation of its polyphenols, chlorophyll and other substances. Its processing method is similar to that of green tea. Its production process is as follows: fresh leaves are dried, rolled and turned yellow and dried. The process of fixing, rolling, and drying yellow tea are similar to the green tea production method. The most important process is to make the yellow tea, which is the key to forming the characteristics of yellow tea. The main method is to wrap the dried and rolled tea leaves in paper. Or cover it with a wet cloth after being piled up, and the time may vary from tens of minutes to several hours, so that the tea base will undergo non-enzymatic auto-oxidation under the action of water and heat to form a yellow color.
brewing method
Tea set : Use a glass cup or covered bowl , especially a glass cup for making Junshan Silver Needles. You can enjoy the interesting spectacle of tea leaves rising and falling like bamboo shoots, slowly rising and falling, piled with greenery.
Amount of tea : put a quarter of the tea leaves according to the capacity of the teapot.
Water temperature : 85 degrees Celsius
Brewing time : first brew: 30 seconds , second brew: 60 seconds , third brew: 2 minutes
Refreshing the mind, eliminating fatigue, digesting and resolving stagnation , etc. It is most beneficial to the spleen and stomach. Indigestion , loss of appetite , laziness and obesity can all be resolved by drinking it.
