ENSHI GREEN TEA JADE DEW from UNYTEA

Описание: Jade Dew of Enshi which is translated from Enshi Yulu. Enshi is a city in Hubei, China.

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.

En Shi Yu Lu, translated as En Shi Jade Dew, is the only steamed green tea in China, originated from Enshi country of Hubei. It is special in its green killing method, which is being processed by steaming to stop the oxidation, the same way as the Japanese green 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. The dry leaves of Enshi Yu Lu is tightly rolled into needle shape and in dark green colour. 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.

From a historical perspective, this tea is an ancestor of Japanese Sencha and Gyokuro.

It was made by steaming and rolling the leaf. Its result gives a vibrant, full-bodied, and fresh characteristic of spring green tea. Unlike in Japan, these tea bushes are uncovered. It is grown in a deep mountain where the mist is covered by the tea bushes. It has tasting notes of buttery, nutty, floral, green bean, dried seaweed, and sweet.