yellow tea

yellow tea 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.

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Noun

yellow tea (countable and uncountable, plural yellow teas)

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

yellow tea meaning in Arabic, Malay, Indonesian and Thai

yellow tea in Arabic

Chinese drink: شَاي أَصْفَر šāy ʔaṣfar

yellow tea in Malay

Chinese drink: teh kuning

yellow tea in Indonesian

Chinese drink: teh kuning

yellow tea in Thai

Chinese drink: ชาเหลือง chaalʉ̌ʉang

Forms of yellow tea

plural	yellow teas

Origin of yellow tea

Calque of Chinese 黃茶 /黄茶 (huángchá).

Questions about yellow tea

What does yellow tea mean?: Yellow tea means 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.
What is yellow tea in Arabic?: Yellow tea in Arabic is شَاي أَصْفَر (šāy ʔaṣfar). See Yellow tea meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is yellow tea?: Yellow tea is a noun.
What is the plural of yellow tea?: The plural of yellow tea is yellow teas.

Words near yellow tea in the dictionary

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