1, Yuhuacha
Nanjing produces tea, and Yuhua tea is more famous. Nanjing Yuhua Tea is a treasure in green tea frying, and it is also one of the three needles in China. This is a high-quality needle-shaped spring tea. When the tea buds germinate to one bud and three leaves, they are mined about ten days before Qingming. Selecting only one bud and one leaf, picking tea buds with a length of 2-3cm, deactivating enzymes, kneading, shaping, drying and manually frying with ebony tar. Only 250 grams of tea can be fried in each pot.
Yuhua tea is famous for its green tea color, elegant aroma and mellow taste. Yuhua tea is washed with boiling water, and the water surface is white. After the tea leaves are soaked in water, the tea color is green and clear, and the aroma is quiet and quiet. Drink a cup, refreshing, fragrant, mellow taste, sweet aftertaste, good color, fragrance and taste. This is a first-class product.
2. Qiao Puyujian
Qiao Puyujian was produced in Shiqiao, Pukou District, a suburb of Nanjing, and was founded in 1997. It is named after the stone bridge in Pukou, which is jade in color and sword in shape. Its picking is fine, the materials are exquisite, and the production techniques of Longjing tea and Yuhua tea are integrated into the process, forming its own unique and distinctive style.
The tea is characterized by a dagger-like shape, beautiful front seedlings, green color, elegant aroma, green soup color, fresh and sweet taste and green leaves.
3. Castle Peak "Biluochun"
Qingshan Biluochun is a famous local tea in Gaochun, Nanjing. It is produced in Qiu Ling, a beautiful green mountain in the east of Gaochun, where the land is fertile, the scenery is beautiful and the forests and valleys are beautiful. According to legend, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty visited the south of the Yangtze River and saw this tea as green as jasper and curled up like a snail. Picking in spring gives "Biluochun".
Biluochun is made by picking buds and leaves from the tender shoots of tea trees. The leaves are about 1.5 cm long, and the back of the tender leaves is densely covered with fine hairs, also known as Bai Hao. The more Bai Hao there is, the more tender the tea is and the better the quality is.
Yuhua tea creation era
Yuhua tea has a long history of production. Tea was planted in Nanjing in the Tang Dynasty, which is not only recorded in Lu Yu's Tea Classic, but also evidenced by the legend that Lu Yu picked tea in qixia temple, Nanjing. There are still traces of modern tea kiosks in Houshan, qixia temple.
Lu Yu once described the story of Guangling Old Man Biography in Tea Classic. It is said that in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, there was an old woman who sold a pot of tea along the street every morning, and everyone rushed to buy "Yuhua Tea" soup for her to drink. Strangely, the old woman sells tea in the pot from morning till night.
The old woman gave all the money for selling tea to the poor, and the poor were very grateful to her. The news was known by the officials at that time, and the old woman was arrested and imprisoned. Early the next morning, the old woman disappeared.
Later, Yuhuatai area began to be covered by lush green tea gardens. Yuhua tea has good color, fragrance, taste and shape. The appearance is round and green, the cable is straight and straight, and the peaks and hills are graceful and shaped like pine needles, symbolizing the heroic image of revolutionary martyrs who are indomitable and evergreen. The aroma is rich and elegant, the taste is fresh and mellow, the soup is green and clear, and the leaves are tender, smooth and even. By the Qing Dynasty, tea planting in Nanjing had spread to the north and south of the Yangtze River.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuhua Tea