YELLOW DRAGON ORGANIC YELLOW TEA

Unlike green teas, which are quickly dried after firing and rolling, yellow teas are piled to achieve partial oxidation after firing. This technique removes the fresh, brisk flavors common to green teas, and develops the golden infusion color and smooth, rich flavors of yellow teas. Chemically, this pile oxidation process involves the conversion of simple tea polyphenols into a group of complex tea polyphenols known as "theaflavins," which yield a yellow pigment in the leaf and create its clear, golden-hued infusion. Most yellow tea is made with small-leaf green tea bush varieties, but our original Organic Yellow Buds type is produced with the Ancient Yunnan Da Yeh (broad-leaf) tree variety, harvested in a 1,500 year-old tea forest.

This tea is certified USDA Organic.