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“Gongfu! I have been dying to try this yellow tea (my first from Korea!) since it was released last year, and because Soo is such a thoughtful person, she even set a bag aside for me at Toronto Tea...” Read full tasting note
Hwangcha literally means yellow tea in Korean. Yellow tea is the rarest of the six types of tea due to its time-consuming and labour-intensive process and small-scale production.
This Hwangcha is a very rare Korean yellow tea that undergoes a unique heaping process. The pan-fired and rolled tea leaves are heaped on a big shallow bamboo basket, covered with cloth and kept warm in an Ondol room (a Korean traditional underfloor heating system) under precise control every two hours. The complicated process and masterful techniques create a comforting combination of floral, fruity and honey sweet flavours.
Our Hwangcha is grown and processed by a certified organic farm. (MAFRA KOREA that has equivalence agreements with Canada, the U.S., the EU and the UK)
Origin: Hadong, South Korea
Harvest: May 1, 2024
Ingredients: Yellow tea
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Gongfu!
I have been dying to try this yellow tea (my first from Korea!) since it was released last year, and because Soo is such a thoughtful person, she even set a bag aside for me at Toronto Tea Fest. I can’t even begin to say how much I love and appreciate all my amazing vendor friends from the festival – you’re all just too much!
And of course, the tea is nothing short of sublime! So smooth and well balanced with a sweet, golden flavour of gently toasted grains and nuts with a satisfying kiss of caramel, honey, and flower nectar with a soft, fruitier undertone. It reminds me almost in equal parts of glazed but unsalted peanuts or hazelnuts and the honeysuckle flowers we used to pluck straight off the bushes and eat as children growing up in the prairies. It’s quite nostalgic, in that way.
All my favourite yellow teas tend to be the ones with really rich, nutty flavours and of course I loved those qualities here too – but it’s really that sweet, floral ambrosia-like caramel/honey note that has been lingering in my mind since finishing this tea session. Can’t get enough of it!
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGOoWXByN_o/?img_index=1
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKW_mySxckQ&ab_channel=SlowPulp
