Honey Fairyland 1st Grade Organic Yellow Tea

Honey Fairyland 1st Grade Organic Yellow Tea is a truly distinctive yellow tea with a wide and unique aromatic range. In fact, it presents sweet notes of honey as well as pleasantly citrus and floral hints, remaining very soft on the palate. This organic tea comes from Jingmai Mountain in the famous Puer Autonomous Province, Yunnan.

Tasting – Sight and smell

Honey Fairyland yellow tea leaves are finely crafted, thin and slightly curled, brown in tone with a multitude of golden buds. Once infused, sweet and fruity aromas reminiscent of peaches in syrup, hints of honey, cocoa, fragrant wood, and puff pastry can be perceived on the nose. In the cup, the liquor is a magnificent color between golden and amber and has a body of good density and smoothness without astringency.

Tasting Notes

GONG FU CHA

The first infusion of Honey Fairyland yellow tea brings sweet notes of honey and hints of ripe yellow fruit. Even in the delicacy of this first infusion, citrus notes reminiscent of lemon and bergamot, but devoid of any acidity, can be distinctly perceived. The second infusion brings out a stronger body and notes of orange honey, accompanied by hints of wild flowers and orange blossom. A slight vegetal note also appears briefly on the finish. With the third infusion, this yellow tea reveals all its uniqueness: in addition to honey, hints of fragrant wood are indeed perceived and bergamot notes intensify. Floral notes linger on the finish, providing a pleasantly fresh sensation on the palate.

WESTERN

At a first sip of Honey Fairyland yellow tea, one realizes how far this tea falls outside the classic flavors one would expect to find in a yellow tea: in addition to the more typical sweet notes of orange blossom honey, floral notes appear that combine beautifully with citrusy hints of cedar and bergamot. The evolution on the palate leads, sip after sip, to notes of cocoa and fragrant wood, to spicy tips reminiscent of white pepper. A vast aromatic range, with a long, floral and citrus persistence.

Place of origin

Puer, Yunnan, China

How to prepare

We highly recommend infusing Honey Fairyland yellow tea in the traditional Chinese method (gong fu cha) to best enjoy these leaves. Following this preparation, 4 grams of leaves (about 3 teaspoons) can be used in a gaiwan of about 100 ml to obtain several infusions with different tastes.

After a quick rinsing of the leaves in water at 95°C, you can proceed with a first infusion of 30 seconds and, after which, keeping the water at the same temperature, you can proceed with up to 4 infusions.

For a classic Western-style preparation, we recommend 5 grams of leaves (about 2 teaspoons) in a 250 ml cup with water at 95°C for an infusion time of 2-3min.

The tea can be filtered for greater ease at the moment of tasting, and also the infusion times indicated above are intended to be purely indicative, so you can also adjust according to your personal taste.

Storage: it is recommended that Honey Fairyland yellow tea be stored in a cool, dry and dark place.