Goldrush 2026 Spring Mengding Yellow Tea
Price range: $8.00 through $115.00
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Description
Under-represented and overlooked in the tea world, this Mengding yellow tea demonstrates why this category deserves more attention. Traditionally processed using a paper-wrapped “huangmen”, the use of slightly more developed spring material offers notes of sweet corn, balances out by a slight roasted flavour that is unique to yellow teas, and a bit hard to pin down without trying for yourself.
This tea uses heirloom varietal “huangxiao cha” (small yellow tea), which is similar to the more common “huangya” (yellow bud). The difference is that this tea is picked a little bit later, outside of Qingming, but still within the window of “pre-rain”. At this point the tea buds have grown out a little longer, offering a tip and 1-2 leaves. This results in a tea that nicely balances delicate fragrances with a smoother and fuller body and flavour, and in our opinion an overall better value.
Brewing-wise, there is some flexibility. This can be a gentle and delicate tea, or slightly more aggressive tea, depending on how you brew it. If you choose to brew it gongfu style, we recommend a slightly higher ratio of 1g of tea : 20ml of water.
Similar to green teas, you can brew this tea in a glass cup or pitcher. Using 3-4g of tea, fill to about 1/3 full with (boiling or cooled water, depending on taste). Stir and top up with additional water. You can start drinking once the leaves start to open up a bit. We recommend adjusting these parameters to taste and feeling it out though.
This tea also performs extremely well cold brewed, in our experience.
$0.46-0.53/gram
Picking Period: Pre-rain (April 4-20)
Region: Mengding Shan, Sichuan
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2 reviews for Goldrush 2026 Spring Mengding Yellow Tea
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Mitchell Skidmore (verified owner) –
This tea tastes like the dried okra from Trader Joes.
I tried the ’24, which had more of a cacao note, and loved it. Sadly, I missed the ’25 and decided to stock up this year. This has more of a umami/vegetal taste after trying a few grandpa brews as well as a cold brew. I still need to try it gongfu but since it took boiling water fine in a mug, I doubt I will find any flaws. Based on the cold brew potential, low temps in the gaiwan could bring out some interesting notes.
I appreciate the mid-grade (authentic) yellow teas. The picking is a bud and a couple leaves. This makes for a good contrast from your dollar a gram huangyas, and it is a lot better than than some of the cheaper yellow teas that are too harsh in the cup. I would appreciate if BL could source another yellow, but this is pretty great as the sole yellow offering.
DKB (verified owner) –
This tea was excellent as a cold brew. Very rich, with a honey-like flavor so intense that it almost seemed to keep developing even after I had removed the leaves.