In the type of tea Yu Hua Tea belongs to a kind of green tea. Yuhua Tea is a specialty of Nanjing, named after the Rain Flower Terrace outside the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing

History and Culture

Yuhua Tea is one of the ten most famous teas in China. Nanjing has a long history of green tea production, in Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" that is recorded, so far Qixia Temple behind the mountain still has the "test tea pavilion" old traces. To the Qing Dynasty, Nanjing tea range has been expanded to the Yangtze River North and South. After the founding of New China, by the Zhongshan Mausoleum Senior Engineer Yu Yongqi is responsible for the implementation of tea frying process technology, successfully developed in the spring of 1959, named "Rain Tea" in order to martyrs forever.

Yuhua tea production base is located in Jiangning District, Guli Street territory, the soil is mostly loess and gravel soil, fertile and loose. It has four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine, favorable temperature, abundant precipitation, and is far away from the city and factories, without pollution, which is an ideal environment for the growth of tea trees.

Yuhua tea in the inheritance of China's ancient green tea frying process based on its own unique frying technology. 1984 years ago are handmade, after 1984, research and development of the whole mechanical frying technology success, to the development of the rain tea injected vitality.

Nanjing Yu Hua Tea **** is divided into special first-class Yu Hua Tea, special second-class Yu Hua Tea, first-class Yu Hua Tea, second-class Yu Hua Tea four levels.

1, the first class rainbow tea

fresh leaves in a bud point is greater than or equal to 85% and a certain amount of single buds, a bud less than 15%, bud length 2.0-2.5cm to be greater than or equal to 90%, 2.6-3.0cm is less than or equal to 10%, no more than 3.0cm buds and leaves.

Stripes: pine needle-like, tight, thin, round and straight, sharp and straight, white hairs are slightly visible.

Appearance: green color, smooth and clean.

Inside quality: aroma and fragrance, soup color is tender green and bright, taste is fresh, mellow and refreshing, leaf bottom is tender green and bright.

2, Special Grade Second Class Rainbow Tea

In the fresh leaves, the point of one bud and one leaf is more than or equal to 75%, and the point of one bud and two leaves is less than or equal to 25%, and the length of the buds and leaves is more than or equal to 80% of the length of the buds and leaves of 2.0-2.5cm, less than or equal to 15% of the length of the buds and leaves of 2.6-3.0cm, less than or equal to 15% of the leaves and buds of 3.0cmc and above is less than or equal to 5% of the leaves.

Stripes: pine needle-like, tight, thin, round and straight, white hair slightly visible.

Appearance: green color, smooth and clean.

Internal quality: fragrant, soup color is bright green, taste is fresh and mellow, leaf bottom is bright green.

3, the first grade of rain tea

Fresh leaves in a bud of one leaf point is greater than or equal to 65%, a bud of two leaves less than 35%, the length of buds and leaves 2.0-2.5cm should be greater than or equal to 70%, 2.6-3.0cm is less than or equal to 25%, 3.0cmc more than the buds and leaves less than 5%.

Stripes: pine needle-like, straight, slightly flat.

Appearance: the color is green, moist, even and clean.

Internal quality: the aroma is still fragrant, the soup color is green and bright, the taste is mellow and fresh, and the leaf bottom is green and bright.

4, the second level of rain tea

Fresh leaves in a bud of one leaf point is greater than or equal to 50%, a bud of two leaves less than 50%, the length of buds and leaves 2.0-2.5cm should be greater than or equal to 60%, 2.6-3.0cm is less than or equal to 30%, 3.0cmc more than the buds and leaves less than 10%.

Stripes: shaped like pine needles, still tight and straight, with flat stripes.

Appearance: green color, still even and clean.

Internal quality: aroma is still fragrant, soup color is still green and bright, taste is still mellow and fresh, leaf bottom is still green and bright.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia - Raindrop Tea Stir-Frying Process