Weishan Maojian
The traditional yellowed and smoked tea of the Daweishan area in Ningxiang, Hunan. Its process gives it a different identity from the green teas that also use the name Maojian.
- Category
- Yellow teaYellow tea 黄茶
- Forms
- Loose leaf
- Region
Also sold or written as 1#
- Wei Shan Mao Jian
Notes#
Yellowing and smoking#
The monograph explicitly classifies this tea as yellow. It describes fixation by steam or pan heat, a warm, moist yellowing stage, gentle rolling, drying and smoking. Shoots are kept relatively intact rather than tightly twisted. The yellowing stage is essential to understanding its category; smoke alone does not make a tea black or dark.
A traditional style, not every Weishan tea#
The 2000 book describes a yellow-orange infusion and a pronounced smoky aroma for the traditional style. A Hunan statistics report separately records one named Weishan Maojian entry winning a yellow-tea award in 2016. That award establishes the category of the entered product, not the processing of every tea sold under the name.
Where to buy#
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Sources#
- 王镇恒、王广智主编. 中国名茶志. 中国农业出版社, 2000年12月第1版. ISBN 7-109-06510-3 / 9787109065109.