The picking of yuhua tea is fine, which requires uniform tenderness and consistent length. The specific standard is to pick a semi-developed bud and a leaf as raw materials.
Tightness, straightness, green and uniformity are the quality characteristics of Yuhua tea. Shaped like a pine needle, the string is straight and round, the tip is slightly pointed, the front seedling is beautiful, tender and hidden, the color is dark green, the aroma is rich and elegant, the taste is fresh and mellow, the soup is green and clear, and the leaves are tender and even. Brewed in boiling water, the buds stand upright, undulating, jade-like, and fragrant. Have a drink, it's cool and fragrant.
Origin: Suburb of Nanjing
Features: Yuhua Tea is one of the top ten famous teas in China. The shape of tea leaves is round and green, such as pine needles, with white hairs, tight and straight.
Production: Yuhua Tea must be picked in front of Grain Rain, and the picked tender leaves should have buds and leaves, 2.5 to 3 cm long. The production process is all done by hand.
Features: Yuhuacha is green and clear after brewing, with quiet aroma, mellow taste and sweet aftertaste.
Nanjing Yuhua Tea is a treasure in green tea frying, and it is also one of the three needles in China, namely Anhua pine needles (half baked and half fried), Nanjing Yuhua Tea (fried) and Enshi Yulu (steamed). It is a fine needle-shaped spring tea, produced in Nanjing Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and Yuhuatai Garden Scenic Area, with the tea produced near Meishan as the top grade. This art interplants plum trees, and tea buds are exhausted in March and April. Tomb-Sweeping Day went to Tomb-Sweeping Day about ten days ago, only one bud and one leaf were selected, and tea buds with a length of 2-3 cm were picked, which were de-greened (the young leaves were old and the old leaves were tender), kneaded, shaped, dried and fried by hand with black tar. Only 250 grams of tea can be fried in each pot, and 45,000 buds are needed for a catty of tea to be authentic Yuhua tea.
Yuhua tea is characterized by compactness, straightness, greenness and uniformity, that is, it is shaped like a pine needle, with a tight and straight cord, a slightly sharp end, a dark green color, a little tender, and silver in the green. People in Singapore, Taiwan Province, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are very interested in this kind of tea, but few people in the north and southwest know about it! Therefore, the price is not really Longjing, Biluochun, which is ridiculously expensive. You can get a treasure of 1,000 yuan, and counterfeiting has not yet formed an atmosphere!
Nanjing specialty is also one of the top ten famous teas in China. The shape is round and green, the lines are tight and straight, the front seedlings are graceful, and the white hairs are like pine needles, which symbolizes the heroic image of the revolutionary martyrs who are indomitable and last forever, hence the name Yuhua Tea.
Yuhua tea mainly grows in the suburbs of Nanjing, and has strict requirements on raw material selection and technological operation. Before Grain Rain, young leaves with buds and leaves 2.5-3 cm long were collected, and four processes were carried out: enzyme fixation, rolling, shaping and baking. The whole process is done by hand.
Yuhua tea has good color, fragrance, taste and shape. The brewed tea leaves are green and clear, with elegant aroma, mellow taste and sweet aftertaste. Has the effects of quenching thirst, refreshing, promoting digestion, promoting diuresis, relieving asthma, resolving phlegm, and relieving boredom.
Since 1966, it has sold well overseas. In Japan and Southeast Asia, people give yuhua tea as a precious gift to relatives and friends.
"Yuhua Tea" is named after it is produced in Yuhuatai outside Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing.
Market price (premium): 100 yuan/kg or more.
Market price (Grade I): 60 yuan/kg or above.
Market price (Grade II): 40-60 yuan/kg.
Market price (Grade III): 20-40 yuan/kg.