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yellow tea

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables
yel-low tea
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A slightly oxidised Korean tea, made in a similar way to oolong or black tea but with less oxidisation

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 黃茶 /黄茶 (huángchá).

Usage

Inflected Forms

yellow teas (plural)

Questions

What does yellow tea mean?
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
Where does yellow tea come from?
Calque of Chinese 黃茶 /黄茶 (huángchá).

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