Huanggangshan Yulu

Huanggangshan Yulu

Huanggangshan Yulu is a product with geographical indication status.

　　Huanggangshan Yulu is tightly rolled with a slightly curled shape, presenting a greenish luster and visible fine hairs. The tea liquor is bright tender green, with a lasting, delicate fragrance and a fresh, mellow, and refreshing taste. The leaves at the bottom are tender green, evenly shaped, and show prominent buds. Lead Mountain has a long history of tea production, with its teas becoming tribute offerings as early as the Song Dynasty. The *Lead Mountain County Annals* record: “As early as the Song Dynasty, Lead Mountain produced Zhou Mountain Tea, White Water Cake Tea, and Little Dragon Phoenix Cake Tea. During the Ming Dynasty's Xuande and Zhengde eras (1426–1521), Lead Mountain also produced famous teas such as Xiaozhong Hehong, Yulu, Teegong, Gonghao, Gongyu, and Huaxiang.” (*Ming Dynasty’s Lead Book*) The county’s tea planting area spans over 200,000 mu, and a number of premium teas have been introduced to the market, among which Hehong and Yulu were the most popular. The *Shangrao Agricultural Annals* state: “Historically, apart from paper, tea was the only notable product of Lead Mountain. During the Qing Dynasty’s Guangxu era, Hehong production reached about 40,000–50,000 cases per year (each case weighing 25 kilograms), and Yulu about 20,000–30,000 cases. In 1953, Shangrao established a Tea Reform Committee to convert Hehong into green tea.”

　　Geographic Scope

　　Lead Mountain is located in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, bordering Fujian to the south across the Wuyi Mountains, with East China’s highest peak—Huanggangshan—spanning the boundary, the Xin River to the north, and Zhejiang nearby to the east. The protected production area of Huanggangshan Yulu includes six townships (towns): Wuyishan Town, Yingjiang Township, Ehu Village in Ehu Town, Taiyuan Township, Huangbi Township, and Tianzhushan Township. The protected area lies between 117°44′33″–117°47′31″ east longitude and 27°48′19″–28°17′16″ north latitude, covering a protected area of 1,333 hectares with an annual output of 300 tons.

　　Product Quality Characteristics

　　1. External sensory characteristics: Tightly rolled with a slightly curled shape, presenting a greenish luster and visible fine hairs; the tea liquor is bright tender green, with a lasting, delicate fragrance and a fresh, mellow, and refreshing taste; the leaves at the bottom are tender green, evenly shaped, and show prominent buds. 2. Content: 17.5%–20.8%; total catechin content 15.2%–17.1%; caffeine content 3.4%–4.3%; crude fiber content 8.2%–10.2%. 3. Safety requirements: ① The quality of the production environment complies with the requirements of *Green Food Tea Production Environment Conditions* (NY/T391-2000). ② Product production strictly follows the requirements of *Green Food Tea Production Technical Regulations* (NY/T288-2002).