Nanjing Yuhua Tea: Produced in Yuhuatai, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province.
Quality characteristics: Dry tea has a round green appearance, tight and straight strands, sharp and slender tips, and white downy hairs, resembling pine needles.
Tea colour: Emerald green and clear.
Aroma: Fresh and elegant.
Taste: Rich and mellow, with a sweet aftertaste.
Leaf base: Tender, even, and bright, with buds standing upright, floating up and down, resembling jade.
Detailed Introduction to Nanjing Yuhua Tea
Nanjing Yuhua Tea is named after Yuhua Tai, where the crystal-clear, round, and colourful Yuhua stones are found, symbolising the indomitable spirit and eternal legacy of revolutionary martyrs. Although it emerged as a new variety in Chinese green tea in the 1960s, it has quickly gained recognition for its exceptional colour, aroma, taste, and shape, making it a rare gem among green tea varieties. It is often compared to ‘Anhua Pine Needle’ and ‘Enshi Jade Dew,’ collectively known as the ‘Three Needles of China.’ The quality characteristics of Yuhua Tea are tight, straight, green, and uniform. Its harvesting requirements are meticulous, with the specific standard being the picking of half-opened buds and leaves as raw material.
The tasting experience of Nanjing Yuhua Tea
Nanjing Yuhua Tea is a new premium tea that is highly regarded by friends in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Singapore, and Taiwan. However, it is less known in northern and southwestern regions, so its price is not as high as that of West Lake Longjing or Dongting Biluochun. Premium-quality dry tea is readily available, and there is no bidding frenzy, so there are few counterfeit Yuhua Teas, only distinctions between top-grade and lower-grade teas. Generally speaking, tea leaves that are compact, intact, plump, have many buds, and exhibit a ‘sprout peak’ indicate tenderness and high quality; conversely, those that are dry, scattered, broken, light, and coarse are made from older tea leaves and have lower quality. Additionally, Nanjing Yuhua Tea should not only possess the inherent shape, colour, aroma, and taste of tea but also be clean and free of non-tea contaminants.
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