The invention discloses a small yellow tea production process, and belongs to the field of tea production. The production process particularly includes the steps of fresh leaf picking, airing, nutrient solution preparation, steaming, initial drying, primary heaping for yellowing, re-drying, secondary heaping for yellowing, fragrance extraction and the like. Small yellow tea produced by the production process is durable, resistant to infusing, sweet, tasty, refreshing and mellow in taste, durably sweet after taste and rich in fragrance, the liquor color of the tea is yellowish and orange to reach sunset yellow, nutrient solution permeates into the small yellow tea in the preparation process, so that nutrient components are effectively mixed with the small yellow tea, the taste of original small yellow tea is kept, healthcare functions are increased, and the small yellow tea has the functions of warming stomach, tonifying spleen, reducing blood pressure and blood lipid, achieving diuresis, clearing heat, removing waste in bodies, resisting bacteria, diminishing inflammation, enhancing human immunity and the like.