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Mengding Huangya (Mengding Yellow Buds)
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Mengding Huangya (Mengding Yellow Buds)

Méng Dǐng Huáng Yá · 蒙顶黄芽 (蒙頂黃芽)

yellow-bud

Mengding Huangya is the historically earliest and most representative yellow tea, made on Mt. Mengding in Ya'an, Sichuan. After pan-firing the buds are wrapped in cotton paper and held in warm-humid conditions — the menhuang ("sealed yellowing") step that defines yellow tea — for repeated cycles, then finished with a slow low-temperature drying. Top-grade processing involves three rounds of yellowing and three of firing across 7–18 days.

Quick facts

Region
Mt. Mengding (Meng Shan)
Harvest year
2025
Harvest season
early-spring

Brewing

Leaf
3.0 g / 100 ml
Water
85°C
Rinse
no
Gongfu steeps (s)
25, 35, 50, 75
Western (min)
2.5

For high-grade Mengding Huangya the menhuang (sealed-yellowing) cycle can be repeated 3 times across 7–18 days; the buds reach a pale yellow-green and a buttery sweetness.

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Tasting notes

Aroma
butter, sweet hay, faint stone fruit
Flavor
smooth, mellow, lightly sweet
Mouthfeel
silky, buttery
Finish
clean, lingering

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