Understand China's Six Major Tea Categories in One Picture!
China's six major tea categories are classified by production method and fermentation degree: green (unfermented , white (lightly fermented , yellow (lightly fermented , oolong (semi-fermented , black (post-fermented , and red (fully fermented . Their appearance and liquor color shift from green to...
Tea News · Jun 02, 2026
How to Distinguish Green Tea, White Tea, and Yellow Tea
Green tea is completely unfermented, retaining its natural green color through steaming or pan-firing. White tea is lightly fermented (10-20% , with silver-white buds and a sweet, mild flavor. Yellow tea, also lightly fermented, undergoes an additional high-temperature yellowing process, giving it a...
Tea News · May 28, 2026
What You Should Know About Yellow Tea
Yellow tea is a lightly fermented tea with a processing method similar to green tea, except that a "yellowing" (Men Huang process is added before or after drying, causing partial oxidation of polyphenols and chlorophyll. The key step is the yellowing process, where the tea leaves are wrapped in pap...
Tea News · May 23, 2026
Daily One “Taste”—— Yellow Tea
Yellow tea gets its name from the discovery during the production of pan-fired green tea: when the leaves are insufficiently or untimely dried after fixing and rolling, they turn yellow, giving rise to a new tea category. Its processing involves fresh leaves, fixing, rolling, yellowing, and drying....
Tea News · May 23, 2026
The Wonderful Features of Junshan Silver Needle
Junshan Silver Needle is the finest yellow tea, exclusively produced in Junshan, Hunan. It is meticulously crafted from carefully picked buds. Beyond the characteristic yellow soup, yellow leaves, and mature aroma common to all yellow teas, Junshan Silver Needle offers a unique visual spectacle know...
Tea News · Mar 28, 2026
The Culture of China's Five Major Tea Categories
Chinese tea culture is deeply rooted in its processing techniques, particularly fermentation, which defines the tea's color, nutrients, and flavor. The five major tea categories—Green Tea, Black Tea, White Tea, Yellow Tea, and Dark Tea—correspond to the five elements (wood, fire, metal, earth, water...
Tea News · Mar 14, 2026
Explanation of the Differences Between Huoshan Yellow Bud and Green Tea
Huoshan Yellow Bud is a type of yellow tea, not green tea. The key distinction lies in the 'menhuang' (smothering and yellowing process, which breaks down chlorophyll in the leaves and oxidizes phenolic compounds. The degree of oxidation determines the level of yellowing. Techniques vary: some teas...
Tea News · Mar 07, 2026
Top Ten Famous Chinese Teas: Yueyang Junshan Silver Needle
Junshan Silver Needle is one of China's renowned yellow teas, with origins dating back to the Tang Dynasty. It became a tribute tea during the Qing Dynasty. Grown on Junshan Island in Dongting Lake, Yueyang, Hunan, this tea is celebrated for its clear, high aroma, mellow and sweet taste, and bright...
Tea News · Mar 06, 2026
Introduction to the Efficacy and Functions of Yellow Tea
Yellow tea is a type of tea produced when the leaves turn yellow due to insufficient or untimely drying after fixation and rolling. Classified into Huang Xiao Cha (small leaf yellow tea and Huang Da Cha (large leaf yellow tea based on leaf tenderness, it has a long production history and was a tri...
Tea News · Feb 19, 2026
What kind of tea did the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties drink?
Throughout China's millennia-long tea history, numerous tea varieties emerged, especially 'tribute teas' and 'famous teas' cherished by connoisseurs and literati. This overview highlights notable teas from five major dynasties. The Tang Dynasty featured around 50 varieties, such as Zisun and Mengdin...
Tea News · Feb 11, 2026