Single-origin tea, direct from the village.
  • Enshi Yulu Jade Dew green tea product packaging
  • Enshi Yulu green tea liquor showing jade color
  • Enshi Yulu steamed green tea processing
  • Enshi Yulu tea garden at 800m altitude
  • Hand-picking Enshi Yulu tea leaves in spring
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Enshi

Enshi Yulu (Jade Dew) Green Tea

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HIGH-MOUNTAIN 1,100 M
SELENIUM-RICH SOIL
ENJOY HOT OR COLD
NATURALLY GROWN
HAND-PICKED
SINGLE ORIGIN
SEASONAL FIRST HARVESTS
PURE · NEVER BLENDED
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🌱 Village Cooperative
🚫 No Pesticides
🤲 Profit Sharing
🤝 Women-Owned

What makes this one different

Head-pick, first flushThe first leaves off the bush in early April, before Qingming. One picking a year, and this is it.
1,100m at Wildbrook VillageOur Flowit Garden sits at 1,100m. Most Enshi gardens are 600 to 900m, so we are well above them. Colder nights, slower growth, more flavor packed into each leaf.
50-year seed-grown bushesThe local Taizi heirloom cultivar, grown from seed, not clonal cuttings. Deeper roots, older plants, more of the mountain in the cup.
Steamed, not pan-firedThe old Tang-dynasty method most Chinese green teas dropped. It keeps the color bright green and the umami intact.
Selenium-rich soilEnshi is one of the few places on earth where tea carries natural selenium from the ground it grows in.
About 50 kilograms a yearOne small garden yields roughly 100 jin (50kg) of this tea a season. When it sells out, it is gone until next spring.

"The first sip is smooth and brisk, like a spring morning when the sun has just started warming the air, but the leaves are still holding onto moisture."

This Enshi Yulu tastes like a spring morning when the sun has just started warming the air, but the leaves are still holding onto moisture. The first sip is smooth and brisk. You get that fresh green feeling right away, almost like young spinach. Then the umami comes in. Seaweed, nori, that slightly wet, savory edge. After that, it softens. Butter. Chestnut. Sweet corn. And at the end, a violet-like floral note that stays light, cool, and clean. It starts bright, then turns rounder. That shift is the part I keep coming back to.

Flavor profile

Umami
90%
Marine / Seaweed
70%
Vegetal
40%
Floral
40%
Sweetness
40%

What happens in the cup

First steep

Full and smooth. Nori hits first, then butter, chestnut, and sweet corn start opening up. A floral note rises in the back. Savory, sweet, and soft at the same time.

Second steep

The savory seaweed side goes deeper, almost saltier, with a slight bitterness that wasn't there before. Sweet corn pulls back while the floral note lifts more. Less easygoing than the first steep, but more interesting.

Third steep

Everything folds inward. The nori softens, sweet corn is lighter, and the liquor thins a little. A slight astringency shows. Still worth drinking. Just quieter, more pared down.

Who grows this tea

I'm June. This tea comes from our Flowit Garden, high above Wildbrook Village in Enshi, and from the women in our village who pick it leaf by leaf every spring. We grow the way small tea families here always have. By hand, by season, on rainfall, no shortcuts. When you buy this, you are buying it from the person who grew it, not from a chain of traders who never saw the mountain. That is the whole point of what we do.

My senior in the craft

Finished by my senior in the craft · 30+ years

The leaf is finished by my senior, trained under the same master I studied with, and recognized as one of Enshi Yulu's leading handcraft makers, a prefecture-level inheritor of the craft. This year he extended the resting and hydrolysis stage during processing. Less bitterness, more sweetness, more of that clean umami. A change that sounds small on paper and shows up fast in the cup.

Watch the full handcraft process, from leaf to finish.

Perfect moments for this tea

🌅
Quiet mornings
It wakes up your mouth before it wakes up your whole body. Light, savory, fresh. The kind of tea that gets you started without shoving you into the day.
🎯
When you need to focus
The umami and caffeine help you lock in, but the energy feels steadier than coffee. No jittery edge, no heavy bitterness sitting in your mouth.
🍽️
After dinner
Light enough to clear out the richness of a meal, warm enough to feel comforting. Your mouth feels cleaner again. Your body, too.

How to brew

3g
Leaf
3g per 150ml
80°C
Water
80–85°C / 176–185°F
1m
Steep
1 minute
3×
Resteep
Up to 3 times

Do not use boiling water. Above 85°C, this tea can turn bitter. If you don't have a thermometer, boil the water first, then let it sit for about 3 minutes before brewing.

Organic, and independently tested

This tea is organic, grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, on mountain rainfall alone. Plenty of tea is sold as "organic" with nothing behind the word, so we had ours tested. This spring's leaf, the same batch you are buying, went to Eurofins, one of the largest food-testing labs in the world, screened for roughly five hundred pesticides using the European reference method (EN 15662). Every one came back non-detect. We can tell you exactly which garden the leaf came from and who made it. Wholesale buyers can ask us for the test summary.

Specifications

GradeHead-pick first flush, hand-picked before Qingming
HarvestEarly April 2026
Elevation1,100m
Cultivar50-year seed-grown Taizi heirloom bushes (local group cultivar)
TestingTested by Eurofins (EU method EN 15662), all screened pesticides non-detect, June 2026
ProcessingSteamed kill-green, moisture removal, first firing, rolling, second firing, shaping and polishing, final baking, hand sorting
FarmingOrganic. Grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, nourished by natural rainfall
GardenFlowit Garden, Wildbrook Village, Enshi, Hubei, China
Cups per 50g~16 cups (3g per session)
Caffeine30 to 60 mg / 200ml

Common questions

Is this tea bitter?+
Not if you control the water temperature. Enshi Yulu is a steamed green tea, so it's naturally smoother and more refreshing than most pan-fired green teas. Keep the water around 80–85°C and don't use boiling water directly. Go above 85°C or steep too long, and you'll start to taste bitterness.
How is this different from regular green tea?+
The biggest difference is umami. This isn't your typical grassy green tea. It has a clear seaweed, nori, butter, and sweet corn character, all leaning into that brothy, savory direction. It drinks smoother and more slippery, and it has a distinctly "steamed green tea" identity that sets it apart.
Can I cold-brew this tea?+
Yes, and it's usually excellent. Cold brewing amplifies the sweetness and umami while keeping bitterness very low. Try 5g in 500ml of cold water, refrigerated for 6–8 hours. The result is smooth, sweet, and clean.
Why does the second steep taste different from the first?+
That's completely normal. The first steep is usually the freshest and smoothest, with the nori and butter notes at their clearest. The second steep tends to push the umami deeper, and the floral side becomes more noticeable. It's not getting worse. Just shifting direction, showing you a different layer.
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