Aged Yellow Tea

2 oz (57g) makes 60+ cups

Ingredients: Organic Yellow Tea Leaves 
Name:  Yellow Tea

This yellow tea was harvested in 2012 from an abandoned tea farm in the southern Fujian Mountains at an elevation of roughly 2,200ft. Yellow tea is derived from green tea, and is harvested and processed in the same manner, but has an added processing step. First, the tea leaves are handpicked and then withered until they are ready to be Sha Qing, or rolled in a hot pot. Once sha qing, or rolled, they are carefully piled together under a damp cloth for oxidizing. This process of being under the cloth happens specifically overnight for 6-8 hours. The night time air is cool and contains a good amount of moisture to help make this extra step possible and efficient. The leaves are moved every 2-3 hours so that every leaf is getting the right amount of time to oxidize. It’s during this process that the leaves take on a light yellow color, which is where the tea gets its name. When the tea leaves are ready, they are lightly roasted at roughly 150 degrees Fahrenheit in order to lower the moisture content. The leaves are then compressed into a disc or cake-shaped mold and aged extensively, and eventually broken off in 2 ounce/57 gram increments.