[2026 Pre-Sale 10%] En Shi Yu Lu Steamed Green Tea

2026 Spring First Flush Batch

One of the earliest steamed green tea in China – Enshi Yu Lu

The Chinese Steamed green tea

En Shi Yu Lu, or En Shi Jade Dew, is a distinctive steamed green tea from Enshi County in Hubei, China. What sets it apart is its unique “green killing” method, wherein the leaves are steamed to halt oxidation—similar to the techniques used for Japanese green teas. Grown in the exceptional terroir of Enshi at an altitude of 1100 meters, the tea offers a refreshing, umami, vegetal aroma, smooth yet mellow flavor. The unique steaming process not only preserves its vibrant taste but also enhances its delicate yet robust character, setting it apart from other green tea.

Appearance and Tasting Profile

The dry leaves of Enshi Yu Lu is tightly rolled into needle shape and in dark green colour. This steamed green tea is characterized by pine needles in appearance, with a bright green and oily color, a clear aroma, and an umami and mellow taste

As it is being processed by steaming, it do taste a bit similar to the sencha-savoury notes, but it is not that strong in its vegetal notes like the Sencha, it taste more like a sweet and buttery tea, with floral, nutty, green bean, dried seaweed notes.

玉露 Jade Dew – En Shi Yu Lu vs Japanese Gyokuro tea

The name “Yu Lu” translated as “Jade Dew”, which comes from its characteristics of “Three-Jade” – jade-colored dry leaves with white and silvery pekoe, jade-colored liquor and wet leaves. It also shared the same name as the Japanese Gyokuro tea, both of the Chinese and Japanese character “玉露” are the same, so many people considered Enshi Yu Lu to be the “Chinese Gyokuro tea”. In fact, they have similar characteristics but are definitely not the same, as their variety and the cultivation method is totally not the same.

High selenium (Se) Tea

Its place of origin – En Shi is a high selenium (Se) region in south-west part of Hubei, China. The area is special in its rich soil with high level of Selenium. The tea grown in Enshi is usually called as “Selenium-rich tea” – the high concentration of Selenium content was considered as having multiple positive health effects. In additions to the nutrition contents of the soil, its high mountain environment, abundant rainfall and moderate mean annual temperatures (16.4°C) also created a favorable tea growing environment. The tea grown in Enshi is considered as a gift from nature.

Making Process of En Shi Yu Lu

As a unique kind of steamed green tea, its green-killing method is “steaming”, which means using steam to inactivate the enzymes in the fresh leaves. This “Steaming” method keep the bright green color of the tea, and greatly increase the tea aroma and reduce the grassiness of the tea.  The technique and temperature of steaming tea is very important, which will directly affect the quality and appearance of the tea.

The unique making method is created in Tang dynasty, involving 7 steps in the making process:

1^st step – steaming the tea leaves on a wood-fired stove, usually around 45 to 50 second , and cannot exceed 1 minute. The technique and temperature of steaming tea is very important, which will directly affect the quality and appearance of the tea.

2^nd step – drying the steamed leaves by fan for around 1-2 hours;

3^rd step – stir-fire the leaves on a special made wood fired platform, water content will reduced to 40-50%;

4^th step – rolling for shaping the tea leaves;

5^th step – stir-fired on the wood fired platform again for further losing the water content;

6^th step – shaping;

7^th step – baking for raising the aroma. The technique and temperature of steaming tea is very important, which will directly affect the quality and appearance of the tea.

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Harvest Date: Mid-March to late March 2026

Weight per pack: 50g/ 125g/ 250g/ 500g

Tea Farm Location: Enshi, Hubei, China

Varietal: Zhe Nong 117

Tasting Notes: buttery, nutty, floral, green bean, dried seaweed, sweet

Dry Leaves Appearance: dark green with white pekoe, needle-like shape

Tea Liquor Colour: bright and clear light yellow-green

Brewing Method (Adjust with your own taste):

Gaiwan Style: 2g Tea| 150-200ml water (80-85°c) | 1-3 infusion : 10-15’s, After : Add 5’s each

Glass Style: prepare a tall glass, pre-warm the glass by rinsing it, fill your glass with 80-85°c water, add tea leaves (3g), let it rest for 1 minute, enjoy (Don’t drink the whole glass, left 1/3 of Tea liquor in the glass for resteeping, add 30’s each time)

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