This is the first yellow tea I have ever drank as it isn’t an easy type of tea to get a hold of without shelling out a bunch of money.

It’s an interesting-looking tea, the dry leaves are a mix of dark brown and grey rather than yellow like you’d expect and they’re formed into little twists resulting in a tea that’s quite loose and hard to measure in my little scoop. The flavour remind me of some white teas that I’ve tried with a distinct hay-like flavour. This tea doesn’t have the same sweetness that usually accompanies those white teas though. I gave it a resteep @2:45 but the results were a bit lackluster and weak.

It’s an interesting tea, though I’m not entirely sure if I actually like it or not – I need to fiddle with the parameters a bit before I can say for sure. Can anyone else share how they steep their yellow teas?

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175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
LiberTEAS

I generally go with a low temp like you did, 160 – 170 is my preference. I treat it much like I would a white tea. I steep it for 4 minutes.

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LiberTEAS

I generally go with a low temp like you did, 160 – 170 is my preference. I treat it much like I would a white tea. I steep it for 4 minutes.

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