Golden Dragon Yellow Tea

Tea type
Yellow Tea
Ingredients
Yellow Tea Leaves
Flavors
Apricot, Astringent, Bitter, Bread, Butter, Floral, Malt, Nuts, Earth, Nectar, Savory, Smoke, Smooth, Thick, Green, Honey, Mineral, Round, Tannin, Metallic, Vanilla, Wheat, Sweet, Vegetal, Grass, Vegetables, Herbaceous
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Fair Trade, Organic
Edit tea info Last updated by AnnaEA
Average preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 30 sec 4 g 12 oz / 369 ml

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  • “1/20/14 Midday tea. 3g/6oz/175F First steep – 2 minutes. Very much the same tea as the pot tasting. 2nd steep – 2 minutes. The aroma and color in cup are lighter, but the flavor is...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I’m baccck! Sorry it’s been so long, but I’ve been super busy. Stopped into a Teavana with friends the other night and they were offering this one up as a sample. To me it didn’t seem much...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Honestly, I love this tea; I bought 6oz of it. I miss the 90 bucks it all cost, but this tea is just great! If anyone can recommend a similar tea that is less expensive, I’d be forever in your...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Just had a cup of this tea in my gaiwan which I received from Anna as a sample. thank you very much Anna. A good cup of tea. A very gold color in my gaiwan which looks nice. The aroma is very...” Read full tasting note
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From Teavana

We are proud to offer one of the rarest teas in the world; our limited edition yellow tea direct from China. The name ‘yellow’ tea refers not only to the unique processing and the lovely, bright golden infusion color, but due to its rarity it is also associated with the imperial yellow worn exclusively by emperors for centuries. Unlike any tea you have tasted before, at first sip it evokes the exquisite pleasure of everyday luxuries. Captivating high floral notes mingle with a smooth honeyed body and a subtle creamy, buttery finish. A perfectly balanced tea curated just for you.

High floral top note with smooth, mellow body with a subtle buttery finish

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52 Tasting Notes

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50 tasting notes

This is one of my favourite teas. Its too bad that its seasonally available. I got it on sale and stocked up. This is my “study tea”; I put a whole pot on and sit for hours reading my textbooks and drinking this.
The taste is smooth and vegetal, with some metallic notes. You can resteep it, I resteep mine three or four times times usually over the course of the day. the metallic taste fades with steeping. Buttery/creamy texture in your mouth increases with steeping.
Also, this tea seems to blend very well with dessert-y teas. Its an expensive tea to blend, but it does seem to enhance the flavor of any herbal tea I have blended it with so far.

Flavors: Butter, Earth, Honey, Metallic

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 5 tsp 40 OZ / 1182 ML

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17 tasting notes

Not as awesome as the price. However, it is pretty good stuff, and a real shocker the taste buds if you’re not prepared for how it tastes. I’ve heard folks compare it to a golden Yunnan, but it’s lighter and more complex than that, with a buttery finish like certain red wines.

Flavors: Butter, Honey

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 45 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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95
12 tasting notes

(HOT) Back again on Golden Dragon. Decided to pull this one out again from my shelf after a long hectic day. Trying to be awake for the next few hours without being jittery and a nice floral sweet tea is just what I need. Perfect tea for relaxing on the couch, must be sipped to be appreciated. I think I like this tea more the second time around. added white honey and german rock sugar from teavana.

Flavors: Floral, Honey, Vanilla, Wheat

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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96
3 tasting notes

yellow is mellow the aroma is sweet and its the best of all the teas

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74
485 tasting notes

A pleasant tea, way overpriced for what it is (but I got it as a free sample ;). Super smooth feel, surprised by the buttery flavor/feel – I didn’t believe them when they said that in the store lol. Was surprised by the smoothness. Also a decently honey-sweet finish to it. I will have to try out some other yellow teas sometime in the future. Resteepable at least 4 times Western Style, so that’s decently impressive.

Flavors: Butter, Honey

Preparation
3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 20 OZ / 591 ML

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90
10 tasting notes

On it’s own, I’ve found that this tea isn’t very remarkable. However, when mixed with Teavana’s Jasmine Oolong, it’s probably my current favorite. The subtle buttery smokey flavors complement the jasmine and the greens very well.

Flavors: Butter, Smoke

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 45 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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95
1 tasting notes

This is one of my absolute favorites. I usually brew it for 2.5 minutes and I brew throughout the day, sometimes 5 times.

Preparation
2 min, 30 sec 2 tsp

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94
5 tasting notes

So, I recently stopped by Teavana the other day and saw that they had this tea half off and knowing that this is the most expensive and unique tea they had, being a yellow tea, I had been waiting to give it a try! At first, this tea tastes closer to a Yunnan to me with a buttery and subtley sweet taste. I tried a second steeping, adding some of teavanas German rock salt, and noticed that the honey flavor was starting to show more. I tried steeping it a second time and noticed a more vegetal taste, but still with a hint of honey. Having never tried a yellow tea before I was pleasantly surprised! The price is a little steep for me, but I would definitely try it again if it were on sale. For now, I have a good 4oz to enjoy!

Flavors: Honey, Sweet, Vegetal

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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8 tasting notes

My mum was desperate to find something as delicious as DAVIDs Yellow Gem (very rare) and I told her NOT to try, she would be disappointed by her finds and nothing else could compare. She bought this, she hated it, I tried it, I hated it. I couldn’t get it to be bold enough. I tried different concentrations, longer steeps, hotter water, cooler water. Nothing worked and I am sorry, but I used the rest of it as a bath soak.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 3 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML
tanyasew

LOL…..“I used the rest of it as a bath soak.”

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Had this one on the weekend.

I believe this is one of two teas from Teavana that I’m still working my way through…?

It’s held up really well with age though and it still so stunning to look at, so I’m not really in a particular rush to finish it off. This was just a late night Western cup but it was smooth and comforting with light to medium body and notes of buttery macadamia, a fruitier honey undertone, and a hint of sweet bread. The finish was a little bit mineral and vegetal, but overall this felt a bit more sweet and cozy leaning.

AJRimmer

I remember always being able to get multiple tasty steeps out of this one.

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