Award-Winning "Yellow Buds" Huo Shan Huang Ya Yellow Tea

A young monk asked his teacher, the wise tea master Lao Cha: — Sifu, if Buddha were to visit you, what would you treat him to? — How can I amaze the Enlightened One? Perhaps but only with the Yellow Tea from Huo Mountain... The most delicious, gentle, and rare tea in the world. I’m sure that if Buddha were ever to visit me, it would be solely to get a taste of this tea.   Huo Shan Huang Ya Yellow Tea comes to life through a unique process that involves "heaping" to yellow the tea leaves. It is lightly fermented and more gentle than green tea. The fresh tea is hand-picked before Guyu, the 6th period of the traditional Chinese solar calendar, which usually begins around April 19. There are different types of Yellow tea, each having a different picking standard. They may vary from single bud to one bud and four to five leaves. After being wok-fried and baked, fresh leaves are covered in bamboo trays for 24-48 hours. The Huang Ya leaves are baked again over charcoal until 90% dry and soft