Production skills of Enshi Yulu

Enshi Yulu is a famous tea made of high-quality tea unique to Enshi. Its production process is unique, and it has experienced many links such as tea picking, sun drying, rolling and withering. In modern production, the method of combining mechanized processing with traditional manual production is also adopted. The production technology of Enshi Yulu mainly includes the following steps:

1. Picking: Yulu, Enshi, picks from mid-April to mid-May every year, using tea buds with one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves as raw materials.

2. Air-drying: The picked tea leaves will be air-dried at room temperature for 2-3 hours to reduce the water content of the tea leaves and gradually curl.

3. Stir-fry: After the wok is heated, add dry tea leaves and stir-fry for about 5-6 minutes to turn the tea leaves green.

4. Kneading: the fried tea leaves are put into a kneading machine to be kneaded to form tea strips.

5. Withering: The twisted tea leaves are dried again for 1-2 hours, so that the water content of the tea leaves gradually decreases and becomes softer.

6. Drying: the withered tea leaves are put into a dryer to dry, so that the water content of the tea leaves is reduced to about 2%, and then dried.

7. Sorting: The dried tea leaves are classified and sorted, and the unqualified tea leaves are eliminated to ensure the tea quality.

It is worth mentioning that in the process of making Enshi Yulu, traditional hand-made techniques, such as hand-rolling, basket hanging, etc., are also emphasized, which makes the production techniques of Enshi Yulu constantly improved, makes the tea taste more distinctive, and lays a good foundation for the quality of Enshi Yulu.