Junshan Island

Junshan Island in China’s Hunan Province is dedicated to producing Junshan Yinzhen tea, a rare and precious Chinese tea, and crowed as the king of Chinese yellow teas. Legend has that in Tang Dynasty, when Princess Wen Cheng married into Tibet, the Junshan Yinzhen Tea was part of her trousseau. The tea was also preferred by emperors of ancient dynasties and later by Chairman Mao, for its superb quality and rare variety.  Plantation Area of Junshan Yinzhen teaJunshan Island is surrounded by waters of Dongting Lake, with fertile sandy soil, warm climate (the average annual temperature of 16-17℃), and plentiful rainfall in March till September, thus favor the cultivation of tea. During the harvest season, join tea farmers to pick tea leaves to see a full Island of neatly-arranged tea fields.  History of Junshan Yinzhen TeaJunshan Yinzhen Chinese tea can trace its  history back to Tang Dynasty. Princess Wencheng selected it as an important part of her trousseau when she married Songtsen Gamp in Tibet. Junshan Yinzhen became the tribute to emperors in Qing Dynasty. In 1956, Junshan Yinzhen tea won the Gold Prize at the Leipzig Expo, and was widely recognized and admired by the tea experts. In 1972, When China…

Yellow Tea VarietiesYellow tea shares similarities with green tea in its production, differing only in the additional process of "wet piling." This wet piling process is the main characteristic of yellow tea's manufacturing method and its fundamental distinction from green tea. Green tea is unfermented, whereas yellow tea belongs to the category of lightly fermented teas. Yellow teas are classified into three categories based on the tenderness and size of the fresh leaves: yellow bud tea, small-leaf yellow tea, and large-leaf yellow tea. Each category has specific requirements for the new shoots and leaves. The distinctions are as follows: 【Yellow Bud Tea】 Made from very tender leaves, usually single buds or one bud with one leaf. Notable examples include "Junshan Silver Needle" from Junshan Island in Dongting Lake, Hunan Province; "Mengding Yellow Bud" from Mingshan County, Ya'an, Sichuan Province; and "Heshan Yellow Bud" from Huoshan, Anhui Province. 【Small-Leaf Yellow Tea】 Made from fine and tender young leaves. Examples include "Beigang Maojian" from Yueyang, Hunan Province; "Weishan White-tipped Yellow Tea" from Ningxiang, Hunan Province; "Yuanan Deer Yard Yellow Tea" from Yuanan, Hubei Province; and "Pingyang Yellow Infusion" from Pingyang, Zhejiang Province. 【Large-Leaf Yellow Tea】 Made from more mature leaves, such as…