Yellow teas - orthodox wrap-yellowed teas

Yellow tea is by far the least common type of Chinese tea. It is a close cousin to green tea, but there is an additional and extremely intricate yellowing process (Men Huang 闷黄) that happens between the kill-green and drying stages, resulting in a slight non-enzymatic oxidation of the tea leaves. After the killgreen stage, the leaves are wrapped in cloth or paper bundles for up to three days. During this process, tea makers keep unwrapping, rewrapping and stirring the leaves. The tea leaves notably obtain a yellowish hue along the way. After the desired level of yellowing is achieved, tea makers finish off by drying the leaves. As with many great inventions, the yellowing process was said to be accidentally discovered, by green tea makers. Tea leaves that were not properly stored, allowing humidity to seep through, subsequently became more oxidized and yellowed. This yellowed tea turned out to be fragrant and richly textured. All teas from Good Tea are authentic orthodox yellow teas which underwent the traditional wrap-yellowing process.