Tea Tours in Hubei! Experiencing Mountain Scenery and Delicious Food
The weather in Wuhan is uncertain, and it's been raining and drizzling since April 8th after the lockdown, ruining the mood for appreciating flowers.
Actually, 'rainy day' and picking tea are more suitable!
Enjoying the misty mountain scenery
Mao Feng Mountain Green Stream Tea Park in Ma'an
Mount Gui Feng is located at the southern foot of Mount Dabie in Ma'an County, Hubei Province. Here the scenery is beautiful, the rocks are rugged, and the peaks are towering. The trees are lush and green, and the streams are gurgling. Tea trees are mainly distributed at an altitude of 600-1000 meters in Gui'ai, Big Block Land, and, which are semi-high mountain areas. The climate in the mountains is ever-changing, especially in October, when countless azaleas bloom.
Azaleas are in bloom
Chinese Famous Tea Gui Shan Green Tea is produced in Hubei Ma'an, this is the world's most famous azalea paradise. Gui Shan Green Tea has a history dating back to the Tang Dynasty, and was recorded in the first tea monograph by the Tea Sage Lu Yu's 'Tea Classic'. The yellow valley tea production area is also in Hubei Ma'an. Cloud tea is characterized by its tight and straight, round and slender strips, green and lustrous, with exposed curled edges, a rich and lasting aroma, a mellow and sweet taste, a yellow-green soup color, and a yellow-green leaf base.
Clear the spring festival, is the most beautiful time in Enshi Grand Canyon, at the same time is the time when Enshi Yulu new tea is launched. Enshi Grand Canyon is a section of the Yangtze Grand Canyon. It has ten thousand foot cliffs, ten thousand foot waterfalls, solitary peaks, virgin forests, and ancient villages. In such a beautiful season, it is a good time to visit the mysterious Enshi Grand Canyon and experience the local Tujia customs. You can climb the tower and enjoy the scenery. You can also drink Yulu tea and take a rest in the tea shed.
In the morning, you can feel the beauty of the tea garden with misty dew. After the morning mist dissipates, you can pick fresh leaves in the tea garden. Picking tea time is generally after 7 am and before 11 am, and from 1 pm to 4 pm in the tea garden with trees that block sunlight.
In addition to experiencing it yourself, you can also observe the Enshi Yulu tea making process at the base and get close to the national-level Enshi Yulu craftsmanship inheritor, listening to the long history and culture of Yulu tea, and then taste the early spring Yulu tea.
Tujia customs, personally pick Yulu tea in the tea mountain
Enshi's characteristics are not limited to Yulu, Enshi Zhangguan Zhejas characteristic meal, Enshi BaManzige Tujia characteristic meal are also likely to arouse the appetites of many foodies. Enshi sour cabbage, rich selenium potato paste, spicy chicken, vegetable weed boiled pork belly, and the Tujia and Miao ethnic groups' Gaga, Zhejas, bacon, and potato dried delicacies are all distinctive and abundant.
Other Hubei 'tea tours' routes
Hubei Wan'an
Guiyuan Mountain, the core production area of Wan'an Yellow Tea. The mountain is named after the temple. It is a typical, with scattered rocks and a feeling of Wuyi Mountain. To experience the charm of China's four great yellow teas and their unique processing techniques, you must go to Wan'an to explore. Gu Yuan Tea's processing techniques are roughly divided into: picking and sorting – scorching – second scorching – piling up – picking and sorting – drying.
Piling up, this is the most unique '' technique in yellow tea. Generally, it starts to pile up in the evening and is covered with wet cloth to pile up for about 10 hours, and stop piling up in the morning. Fine-processed Gu Yuan Tea has a valley yellow color, full of white hairs, ring-shaped strips, and the fragrance of osmanthus lasts for a long time. The taste is mellow, sweet and cool, the soup color is green and yellow and bright, and the leaf base is tender yellow and neat. Smelling it, there is also a hint of jasmine fragrance. Inner quality, mellow and sweet, cool and refreshing, the soup color is green yellow and bright, and the leaf base is tender yellow and neat.
Hubei Yichang
Wufeng Flower Gathering Township, 'Chu Tian Tea First Township' is known. The first ranked tea in Hubei Province – Wufeng Maocha is produced here. From Wuhan, you can drive directly to Wufeng, or you can take a direct bus from Yichang to Wufeng Flower Gathering Township.
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