中黄1号中黃1號
Zhonghuang 1
Light-sensitive yellow-shoot cultivar selected from a natural variant in Tiantai, Zhejiang. The breeder lists it for flat or curled green tea, not automatically yellow tea.
- Botanical
- Camellia sinensis
- Kind
- clonal cultivar
Also sold or written as 1#
Translations and trade names
- Zhonghuang No. 1
Notes#
The CAAS profile records non-major crop registration GPD茶树（2019）330033. Breeding combined single-plant selection, cutting propagation and comparative and regional trials, with Tiantai partners.
Young plants benefit from shade for establishment, while shading mature bushes reduces the yellowing effect, according to the breeder. That distinction is useful when interpreting leaf colour in photographs. The profile reports suitability for Zhejiang, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan and similar environments; its trial chemistry is not treated here as a constant for every harvest.