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“Arriving promptly at 9am for the cemetery to open I realized there was no longer a gate. A good and bad thing. Good in that I wad able to drive in without worrying about a gate keeper being late...” Read full tasting note
Traditionally reserved for the emperor, yellow tea was first produced as far back as the 16th century. This curious tea owes its high honors to a unique but risky drying process which includes a subtle fermentation period. No other tea style balances pungent fruit notes with lush earth tones in quite the same way. We taste
notes of apricot, lilac, and almond macaron.
SPECS:
Tea Type: Yellow
Oxidation: 52%
Variety: Yunkang 10
Province: Pu’er, China
Region: Qingmenkou Village
Garden: Liu Ying
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Arriving promptly at 9am for the cemetery to open I realized there was no longer a gate. A good and bad thing. Good in that I wad able to drive in without worrying about a gate keeper being late but bad because now anyone can get in. The sky looked ominous. Not 5 mins later, it downpours. Luckily I knew where the graves were so I was able to weed what I needed to. But that leads me to why I am not drinking this tea. I needed somewhere to be till 1130 when I pick up my daughter. Wesley’s Coffee and Tea. I generally avoid this area because parking is ridiculous but now is a good time with time to kill. I found out from the barista that the owner of the shop sources his own tea. That’s quite impressive for a coffee shop. Granted I don’t visit coffee shops but maybe 3 times a year so maybe it’s more of speciality coffee shop thing.
Wet leaf aroma: very vegetal. When I first opened the container I was hit with a slightly roasty note that was intensely satisfying.
Appereance: smaller leaf and stems. Muted olive green.
Flavor: vegetal. Cooked green beans. Complex. Slight hay.
Mouthfeel/aftertaste: not astringent but it does leave you feeling a bit dry.
I think a coffee shop sourcing their own tea is pretty rare. I wonder if you got the 2025 harvest.
Ahhh. Crap darn. I should have asked!!
Doncha think any cafe owner sourcing themself is gonna be sure to stock the freshest? I wouldn’t worry— enjoy it!
Most likely. Especially if he sourced the good stuff for coffee (I don’t drink coffee but I got a good sense for it when I worked at a coffee shop). There’s just always that ping in the back of your mind wondering. And I at some point would like to tasted an appropriately aged yellow :D
I wonder about those things too. It really would be a rare coffee shop if it stocked yellow tea, and if so, I don’t think the owner would mind if you asked about the sourcing.