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

Origin
China
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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