Yellow tea is a lightly fermented tea with a fermentation degree of 10-20%. It was discovered from stir-fried green tea that the leaves turned yellow due to insufficient or untimely drying after withering and rolling, so it became a new category. The current processing technology of yellow tea is similar to that of green tea, except that a "suffocating yellowing" process is added before or after the drying process to promote partial oxidation of polyphenols and chlorophyll. Yellow tea is divided into yellow bud tea, yellow small tea and yellow large tea according to the age of fresh leaves and the size of buds and leaves. The main producing areas of yellow tea are Hunan, Sichuan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places in China. The color of the tea is golden and bright, and the most notable feature is "yellow soup and yellow leaves". The tea soup is apricot yellow and clear, and the taste is sweet and fresh, with a sweet aftertaste. Yellow tea is cool and slightly cold, so it is suitable for people with hot stomachs. In the hot summer weather, choosing yellow tea can also play a proper role in dispelling heat and relieving fever.
Oolong Tea has a fermentation degree of 30-60%. It is a semi-fermented tea with a fermentation degree between green tea and black tea. It has both the fragrance of green tea and the mellowness of black tea. It has green leaves with red edges, rich aroma, mellow taste, and unique characteristics. There are many types of Oolong Tea, such as Wuyi Rock Tea, Narcissus and Cinnamon in northern Fujian, Tieguanyin and Huangjingui in southern Fujian, Fenghuang Dancong and Fenghuang Narcissus in Guangdong, and Dongding Oolong and Oriental Beauty in Taiwan. These Oolong Teas have their own characteristics, some have rich aroma, some have mellow taste, some have golden soup color, and some have red leaf bottom edges, which are deeply loved by tea lovers.
Dark tea is a post-fermented tea with a fermentation degree of 90-100%. It is mainly produced in Yunnan, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan, Anhui and other places. Its production process includes the steps of killing green, rolling, piling and drying. Piling is the key process to form the unique flavor of dark tea. Through the microbial fermentation during the piling process, the tea leaves produce a unique aroma and taste.There are many varieties of dark tea, mainly including Ancha, Liubao tea, Huajuan tea, Fuzhuan tea, black brick tea, Huazhuan tea, Xiangjian tea, Qingzhuan tea, etc. These varieties have their own characteristics, and the aroma and taste are also different. Dark tea has the shape of strip loose tea, cake shape, brick shape, etc. The color is green brown or black and oily, and the soup color is orange or brown, reddish brown. Dark tea has a mellow and smooth taste, sweet and delicate, and sufficient throat rhyme. It has the reputation of "the older the better".