yellow tea
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Etymology
[edit]Calque of Chinese 黃茶/黄茶 (huángchá).
Noun
[edit]yellow tea (countable and uncountable, plural yellow teas)
- A Chinese tea produced in a similar manner to green tea but with the added steps of encasing and steaming the tea leaves, resulting in slower oxidisation and a mellower taste
- A slightly oxidised Korean tea, made in a similar way to oolong or black tea but with less oxidisation
Translations
[edit]Chinese drink
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Further reading
[edit]yellow tea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia