[Explanation] On March 20th, the spring equinox season, in the ecological tea garden in Zhongshan Scenic Area, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, tea pickers are beginning to pick spring tea buds.

[Explanation] The reporter saw at the scene that the tea pickers walked among the tea trees with a bamboo basket, and picked the best young shoots and leaves, overlooking the entire tea garden as if it were a beautiful landscape.

[Contemporary] Tea picker Kong Haining

The picking standard of Yuhua Tea is one bud and one leaf, which unfolds at a 45-degree angle. You see, like this. This site is a variety of Longjing No. 43, which is more suitable for making Yuhua tea, and it is our first day of mining.

[Explanation] In the process of roasting tea, each process needs to pass the strict control of the master of roasting tea. Among them, the first process of Yuhua tea is to kill the young leaves. Through high-temperature destruction and passivation of the oxidase activity in fresh leaves, the water content in the fresh leaves is evaporated, softening the tea leaves, making it easier to twist and shape, while emitting a green odor and promoting the formation of a good aroma.

[Same Period] Zheng Shufen

It is the most crucial step to kill chlorophyll (kill) to make green tea.

[Explanation] Zheng Shufen told reporters that frying Yuhua tea is a very technical tea-making technology, including fine tea, mild withering, moderate twisting, and shaping and drying.

[Same Period] Zheng Shufen

Yuhua tea is also particular about the frying method. There are basically five methods, kneading, rubbing, grabbing, pulling and swinging. (At the same time) it is necessary to master its fire and mild methods, and to combine with each other, such tea can be made with elegant aroma.

[Explanation] Affected by factors such as weather and epidemic situation, the output of Yuhua Tea will be slightly reduced this year.

[Same Period] Li Feng, Director of Zhongshan Ling Tea Factory

Today is the spring equinox season, and it is also the mining day of our Zhongshan Ling Tea Factory's head pot Yuhua Tea. Although the output may be slightly reduced this year, about 10%, but the sales price of tea at Zhongshan Ling Tea Factory is the same as last year. The price of Yuhua Tea is around RMB 3,000 or RMB 8.

Xie Shuang, Ge Yong, Nanjing, Jiangsu

Editor-in-chief: [Wang Kai]