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Enshi Yulu Organic Tea Farm
Enshi prefecture in Southwestern mountainous region of Hubei province locates our organic and FLO certified fair-trade tea project Xuanen Yulu Organic Tea Farm, where has been famous for tea growing since the time of Lu Yu (618-907 AD) who wrote the first systematic tea research book Tea Classic in Tang Dynasty. Lu Yu was also a Hubei province native. The famous Qingjiang River spreads in between the mountains and finally flows to Yangtze River.
The main tea varietals grown here are the small leave varietals good for green teas (like green needles, dragon well, wulu, yulu, gunpowder and Meecha etc.) and the famous small leave black congou incl. Keemun, Yi Congou etc., since recent years new tea types are developed by introducing the medium leave white and oolong tea varietals. It has been certified organic by IMO SWISS since 2006 according to EEC Reg 2092/91, USDA-NOP Rule and Japanese JAS, and it has been fair-trade certified by FLO since January 2007.
The Xuan En Yulu Organic Tea association covers six tea gardens in six natural villages. The tea gardens are largely contiguous tea farms that can be easily monitored through an ICS; the smallest tea garden has 18 member households, the largest 142 members. The association has 507 members, all members are small producers, most farmers manage less then 20 mu (1.3 ha) and solely rely on family labor or on labor exchange with neighbors. Most members of the association belong to the Tujia ethnic group, some to the Miao ethnic group. Fair-trade funds have supported the development of local organic tea production and gradually raised the local farmers incomes, helped the poorest local students to continue their education, improved the local traffic condition, reconstructed the facilities of the water usage and provided drinking water for the local villagers.
Altitude: 700-1000 meter above sea level
Average Rainfall: 1600mm
Organic Tea Farm Size: 210Ha
Traditional Tea Types: Organic Green Tea; Organic Black Tea; Organic White Tea; Organic Oolong Tea
Xuan En Country lies in the hinterland of Tujia and Miao ethnic group autonomous prefecture of Hubei Province. It’s at E. longitude 109°11'52"-109°55'34", N.? latitude 29°33'18" -29°12'18", locating at Wuling Mountain area in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Its average elevation is 900m, the highest is 2014m. It belongs to sub-tropical continental monsoon type humid mountain climate, it is blessed with four dramatic season and mile weather climate. Its annual average temperature is 13.7°, relative humidity is 82%, annual average rainfall is 1358mm, annual sunlight is 1335, available accumulated temperature is 4400 degree, frost free season is 290 days. Its soil is mainly composed of purple sandy soil and red brown soil, its PH value is 4.5-6.3, the soil is loose and fertile so that it is very suitable for tea trees growing, furthermore, the selenium in the soil is very abundant (up to 0.3-5mg/kg) because of its unique ecological resources, providing advantage conditions for the producing of organic tea Fuxi.
There are nearly 70,000mu of tea gardens in Xuan En county, including 20,000mu of sapling tea gardens, 30,000mu of asexually propagated fine varieties of tea gardens, 5000mu of organic tea gardens and more. The tea varieties are mainly composed of Fuding Dabai, Dahao, Hubei tea Type.1 and Hubei tea Type.10. These tea varieties are suitable for producing superior green tea (e.g. Wulu, Mee Cha and Gunpowder), white tea and black tea and more.
Xuan En Tribute Tea has long history. It’s recorded by “Jingzhou Land Note” in West-Jing Dynasty that “The super teas are produced from Wuling seven counties ”. At that time, Xuan En county belonged to Wuling eparchy, most people there were planting tea trees, and the quality of teas were fine. In the period of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, the tea farmer Wu Changchen who lived in Wujiatai produced superior green tea which had excellent performance in color, smell, flavour and shape, this tea was presented to the emperor as a tribute, and then won the favorite of the emperor, and got a golden plaque with “Huang En Chong Xi”(means the great favor of the emperor) on it. From then on, it was the tribute to the palace for hundreds of years, hence comes the name “Wujiatai Fuxi (means Tribute) Tea”. Now Wuhan Ysbio Organic Int’l Inc. cooperated with Wujiatai Fuxi Tribute Tea Co., Ltd. in developing a new superior green tea Green Needle which won one of the top ten famous teas of Hubei province in the recent five years and has a high reputation in China. |
