霜降Frost's Descent
黄金芽黃金芽
Huángjīnyá

Huangjinya

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Light-sensitive yellow-leaf cultivar selected from a bud mutation in local tea material at Yuyao, Zhejiang.

Botanical
Camellia sinensis
Kind
clonal cultivar

Also sold or written as 1#

Romanisations
  • Huang Jin Ya

Notes#

Colour and processing. New shoots can remain yellow across spring, summer and autumn. The register recommends green-tea production; yellow foliage does not make the processed tea a yellow tea.

Identity. Registered as GPD 茶树(2022)330017. Huangjinya is distinct from Baiye 1, Zhonghuang 1 and Baojing Huangjincha 1.

Sources#

  1. Reference worksaccessed 2026-10-19