Hunan Province
Hunan is a major producer of dark tea, and also the home of Junshan Yinzhen, the best known yellow tea. It is made on Junshan, a small island in Dongting Lake.
The men huang step
Junshan Yinzhen is a yellow tea made only from buds covered in down. The leaf is pan-fried as it would be for green tea, then wrapped and left to steam in a step called men huang. That removes the grassy note and turns the flavor toward bamboo shoot and dried wild mushroom.
Very little yellow tea is produced now, and it is among the harder Chinese teas to find.
Hunan Province
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Junshan Yinzhen 君山銀針
Genuine Junshan Yinzhen made on Junshan Island, which floats in Dongting Lake, Hunan Province. Only one producer operates on the island, making this an extremely rare tea. It is characterized by a full body derived from the alkaline minerals in the soil.
From ¥8,700 (25g)