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Yellow tea is an extremely rare type of tea made from the tea plant (Camellia sinensis). Its degree of fermentation lies between white and green tea, at around 20% oxidation. The name comes from the straw-yellow color of the infusion and from its historical association with the Chinese imperial court, for whom yellow tea was long reserved due to its rarity. To this day, high-quality yellow tea is produced exclusively in China, on Jun Shan Island (Jun Shan Yin Zhen) \u2013 in Europe, it is a true rarity. <\/p>\n\n

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Harvesting and processing<\/h3>\n

Harvesting takes place early in spring: hand-picked, still-closed leaf buds that are first lightly withered. Further processing is similar to green tea, with one crucial additional step: after heating, the leaves are wrapped in cloth and left to rest. This heating and resting is repeated over three days and creates the so-called yellow sealing, a very gentle fermentation. Finally, the tea is dried, sorted, and graded. Only a few tea masters have mastered this elaborate production method. <\/p>\n

Flavor<\/h3>\n

Yellow tea develops a sweet aroma with delicate fruity notes such as mango or papaya, sometimes also nutty-malty nuances \u2013 grassy or green notes are absent. The infusion color ranges from golden yellow to honey-colored. <\/p>\n

Preparation<\/h3>\n

Infuse with water below 80\u00b0C and steep for two to three minutes. Multiple infusions are possible and reveal different facets of the aroma. <\/p>\n

Storage<\/h3>\n

Store in a cool, dry place, protected from light, and tightly sealed.<\/p>\n

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Green Tea<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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White Tea<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Oolong Tea<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Yellow tea is an extremely rare type of tea made from the tea plant (Camellia sinensis). Its degree of fermentation lies between white and green tea, at around 20% oxidation. The name comes from the straw-yellow color of the infusion and from its historical association with the Chinese imperial court, for whom yellow tea was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":418,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-351","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teepapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teepapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teepapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teepapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/teepapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/teepapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351\/revisions\/429"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teepapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teepapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}