2022 En Shi Yu Lu “Jade Dew” Green Tea

The unique steamed Chinese Green Tea – En Shi Yu Lu

En Shi Yu Lu, translated as En Shi Jade Dew, is a unique kind of steamed green tea came from Enshi country of Hubei. It is also the only needle-shaped green tea processed by steam method among all kinds of Chinese Green Tea. The name “Yu Lu” means “Jade Dew”, which comes from its characteristics of “Three-Jade” – the jade-colored dry leaves, liquor and wet leaves.

Fu Shai Tea “Selenium-rich tea” from Enshi

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.

Weight per pack: 25g

Tea Farm Location: Enshi, Hubei, China

Harvest Time: Spring 2022

Varietal: Zhe Nong 117

Tasting Notes: Crisp, floral, herbaceous, sweet, green bean

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

Tea Liquor Colour: Bright and clear light yellow-green

Brewing Method (Adjust with your own taste):

Gaiwan Style: 3-5g 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)