Huo Shan Huang Xiao Cha2CHX Harvest: 08.-10.04.2022
Origin: China / Anhui / Lu'an / Huoshan / Dahuaping
Height: 700 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Da Hua Ping Jin Ji Zhong
A good yellow tea, processed as Mao Feng or Maojian. Huang Xiao Cha means Small Yellow Tea and refers to the better quality of the later harvest, while Huang Da Cha (Big Yellow Tea) would be the cheapest quality, and Huangya the most refined one from buds only. Huoshan Huangya is one of the classic yellow teas, like other yellow teas, is usually produced in a very green way, as it is the contemporary trend. It can thus hardly be differentiated from green teas. This Huoshan Huangxiaocha, however, has been produced in a classic way, really yellow, through the traditional Menhuang process: packed and piled up in portions over several days, it turned or sweat itself yellow. From time to time those packages of tea leaves are unpacked and then wrapped up again. Finally dried above charcoal.
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Mao Feng Mao Feng, literally hairy summit, is produced in many places around China and probably originates in Huangshan (in Anhui province). Usually, the bud and two leaves are used for this tea, particularly leaves from a second plucking, and in part from varietals with large leaves. The leaves are often heated in an oven with hot air. Mao Feng teas are rather of dark green colour and some are very quaffable. With this tea, the bitter green tea note is rather in the background.