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Enshi Yulu tea is the only needle-shaped green tea that has been preserved in China that is steamed, and the production process is listed in the national intangible cultural heritage protection list. As early as the Qing Dynasty, Enshi Yulu was listed as a famous tea of the Qing Dynasty along with Longjing in the West Lake and Maofeng in Huangshan.
· History of Enshi Yulu ·
Enshi Yulu, since the Tang Dynasty, there is a record of "Shi Nanfang Tea", in 1686, the "Qing Yi Tongzhi" recorded: during the Qing Kangxi period, Enshi Basho Huanglianxi had a tea merchant surnamed Lan, developed by the lei stove, the tea leaves made, the appearance is tight and round, firm, green, white as jade, so called "jade green", after "jade green" was requisitioned as a gift from the official, paid tribute to the imperial court, and was praised by the emperor of the dynasty as "better than yulu qiong pulp". In the Enshi dialect, "lu" and "green" are homophones. As a result, Enshi "Jade Green" gradually evolved into Enshi "Jade Dew".
By the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, for the flourishing period of tea development, in 1936, Yang Runzhi, the tea officer in charge of hubei provincial minsheng company, changed the pot to steamed green, and its tea not only had the soup color of the tea, the green bottom of the leaves, the fresh flavor was refreshing, but also made the appearance color lustrous and emerald green, white as jade, and extra dew, so it was officially named "Jade Dew". In 1945, it was exported to Japan, and since then "Enshi Gyokuro" has been famous all over the world.
Origin of Enshi Gyokuro ·
In the Qing Tongzhi Year's "Chronicle of Enshi County and Geography", it is recorded that Enshi in Hubei is the meaning of the Yongzheng Emperor's gift to Shi County.
The production process and tools used in Enshi Gyokuro Tea are quite ancient, very similar to those contained in Lu Yu's Tea Sutra, and Japan imitates the steaming method of Hubei Enshi Gyokuro tea.
In the eastern suburbs of Enshi City, Hubei Province, there are five majestic and peculiar peaks, which rise on the river and are the main production area of Enshi Yulu, Wufeng Mountain. Here the climate is mild, the rainfall is abundant, the clouds are misty at sunrise and sunset, and the mountains are surrounded by a gushing Qingjiang River;
The gentle garden on the hillside, the flat and wide land, the sandy loam, the deep and fertile, the good ecological environment, not only promote the robust growth of tea plants, but also the metabolism of tea plants is vigorous, containing chlorophyll, protein, amino acids and aromatic substances are particularly rich, and it is a good raw material for making gyokuro tea with good color, aroma, taste and shape.
Characteristics of Enshi Gyokuro ·
Enshi Yulu is the most complete steamed green tea that preserves the steaming process that prevailed during the Tang and Song dynasties, and is made of one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves with thick green leaves and green leaves by steam.
Enshi Gyokuro is very strict on the requirements of harvesting, the buds and leaves must be delicate and uniform, the tea strips are tight and even, tight and smooth, the color is bright green, evenly straight, like pine needles, white and white, the color is green and green; the tea soup is clear and bright, the aroma is clear and long-lasting, the taste is fresh and mellow, the leaf bottom is tender and bright, and the color is green like jade.
"Three greens": tea green, soup green, leaf bottom green, for its significant characteristics. Since the Tang Dynasty introduced tea varieties and tea making methods from China, Japan still mainly uses the steaming green method to make green tea, and its gyokuro tea method is similar to that of Enshi gyokuro, and the quality has its own characteristics.
Its shape is tight and smooth, slender and straight as a needle, the color is green and green, the brewed bud leaves are reproduced like life, at first Tingting suspended in the cup, and then settled at the bottom of the cup, flat and complete, the soup color is tender green and bright, such as jade dew, the aroma is refreshing, the taste is mellow, and the leaf bottom is tender green.
The rank of Enshi Yulu