2025
2025 Pingyang Huangtang Yellow Tea
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Pingyang Huangtang is one of the rarest expressions of yellow tea, produced only in Pingyang County in Zhejiang Province. What sets it apart from green tea is an additional "sealed yellowing" step, where the leaves are wrapped and slowly transformed under heat and humidity, replacing grassy sharpness with a warm, mellow character of roasted corn and hazelnut. The 2025 spring harvest brews a bright apricot-yellow cup with a clean, lingering sweetness and no bitterness.
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Bought in person from the farmer who made it, on a yearly sourcing trip to China.
Tasted before bought
We taste every lot ourselves before we buy, often against alternates from the same village.
Small lots, single origin
Every tea is named by its village, farmer, and harvest year. Never a warehouse blend.
What is Pingyang Huangtang?
Yellow tea sits between green and white tea in terms of processing, but it is not simply a middle ground. What sets it apart is an additional step called "sealed yellowing," where the leaves are wrapped and left to slowly transform under controlled heat and humidity. This process breaks down the grassy sharpness typical of green tea and replaces it with something warmer and rounder, without the fuller oxidation of an oolong.
Pingyang Huangtang is one of the rarest expressions of yellow tea, historically produced only in Pingyang County in Zhejiang Province. It is judged by the standard of "three yellows": the dry leaf, the liquor, and the spent leaf should all carry the same warm golden hue. The 2025 spring harvest meets this standard with a bright apricot-yellow cup, a mellow sweetness, and a distinct character of roasted corn and hazelnut that is unique to this style.
The finish is clean and lingering, with none of the bitterness or astringency associated with green tea.
Tasting Notes
Golden and mellow, with a sweet corn warmth, toasted hazelnut, and a soft honey finish that lingers gently on the palate.
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Brewing Instructions
- Amount
- 3–5 gper 200 ml
- Temperature
- 85–90°C185–194°F
- Infusion Time
- 30 sec+5 sec each steep
- Infusions
- Up to 4
Aging & Storage
Store in a cool, dry, airtight container away from light and strong smells.
Origin
Origin
Pingyang, Zhejiang
Elevation
400 meters
Pingyang County sits in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, a coastal region of southeastern China known for its mild climate, abundant rainfall, and misty mountain terrain. The area has been producing yellow tea for centuries, with records dating back to the Qing Dynasty when Pingyang Huangtang was listed as a tribute tea to the imperial court. Today it remains one of the very few places in China still producing authentic yellow tea, a category that has largely disappeared elsewhere due to the complexity and time required to make it correctly. The local cultivar, Pingyang Tezao, is an early-budding variety native to the county, prized for its tender shoots and naturally sweet character. It is the combination of this specific cultivar, the region's temperate growing conditions, and the traditional sealed yellowing technique passed down through generations of local farmers that gives Pingyang Huangtang its distinctive flavor, one that cannot be replicated outside of this county.
