Some time ago, a tea scandal broke out on the Internet, and unscrupulous merchants made fake Pu 'er tea to deceive consumers.

As soon as this news came out, netizens talked about it, calling on relevant institutions and people to popularize the professional knowledge of distinguishing the authenticity of Pu 'er tea.

So, how to distinguish the authenticity of Pu 'er tea? In this regard, the author interviewed Mr. Lu Wenfeng, a national senior tea appraiser, shopkeeper of "Pu 'er collectors" in Tao/Bao/Store and vice president of the World Tea Culture Exchange Association.

Teacher Lu Wenfeng entered the field of Pu 'er tea in 1998, and founded a Pu 'er collector. Over the years, she has collected precious old teas, such as Song Pin, Grade A Red Seal in 1952, and 88 Green Cake, which were reported by many media such as Xinhuanet and Phoenix.

now Mr. Lu has also opened a column of "Pu 'er Old Tea Lecture Hall", which was compiled and published as "Pu 'er Collectors" under the work number/to share with tea lovers, in order to make tea lovers pay less tuition fees!

Teacher Lu Wenfeng first introduced us to five methods of making fake Pu 'er tea.

1. Five major means of fake Pu 'er tea

1. Brand fake

Many so-called "Top Ten Famous Brands of Pu 'er Tea" you see in the market may be fake.

Teacher Lu said that some family workshops and second-and third-tier small factories pretend to be famous brand enterprises and famous manufacturers, and the Pu 'er tea products produced are exactly the same in packaging, internal flight and anti-counterfeiting, which is difficult for ordinary people to see.

2. Make Pu 'er tea old

There are two ways to make Pu 'er tea old, one is to make tea old, and the other is to make packaging old.

The color of fake "old tea" soup and the bottom of leaves can almost be faked, but tea lovers can try it, and the old fragrance and charm of old tea can't be made old.

packaging is as old as calligraphy and painting, and it is difficult to distinguish without a certain level. It is suggested that tea lovers usually run more tea markets, visit tea shops, drink more and watch more old tea, and the identification level will gradually improve.

3. Small leaf species pass off as big leaf species

In recent years, a large number of small leaf species raw materials have poured in from Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places, and many manufacturers have used them to pass off as big leaf species raw materials to make Pu 'er tea. This kind of fake tea is still easy to distinguish.

In appearance, the buds and leaves of lobular species are very delicate; In terms of taste, the lobular tea soup has a sour taste, and whether it is brewed into light tea or strong tea, it is basically impossible to eliminate this sour taste.

4. Blending tea as pure tea

The price of ancient tree pure tea is relatively expensive, and tea lovers who like pure tea pursue a personalized taste. Therefore, there are merchants who are obsessed with money and pretend to be pure tea with mixed tea.

but that doesn't mean it's not good to mix tea. Blending is only a means to make Pu 'er tea, which aims to make the taste of tea more perfect and more suitable for large-scale and standardized production. Therefore, there is also good tea with tea.

5. The phenomenon that platform tea passes off as ancient tree tea

It is very common that platform tea passes off as ancient tree tea, which can be said to be everywhere. However, it is very troublesome to distinguish Taiwanese tea from ancient tree tea, which can not be distinguished by looking at it, smelling it and drinking it. Tea lovers still need to drink more, watch more, especially communicate more, in order to make progress.

second, how to distinguish the authenticity of Pu 'er tea?

So, what can tea lovers do to distinguish the authenticity of Pu 'er tea?

Teacher Lu Wenfeng introduced four basic points for everyone, taking Chinese tea Huangyinyuan tea as an example.

1. Distinguish from the packaging and printing details

The packaging and printing technology of genuine old Chinese tea is relatively backward, and most of them are woodblock printing, and the fonts look exquisite and elegant; At the same time, the word "Zhong" is red, "Tea" is light yellow, and the font is simple and square.

The imitation old Chinese tea packaging is now brightly printed, which is different from the engraving font of the old technology, and the words "Yunnan Qizi cake tea" are thinner. Then carefully observe the trademark of Bazhong Tea, and the colors are different, and the font engraving is extremely irregular.

2. Font recognition

The genuine tea yellow print can be recognized from many details of the packaging, and the printed font of the genuine tea yellow print is square and round; However, at present, the fonts copied by the process are light or thick in color, and the engraving length is different.

When distinguishing the authenticity of Pu 'er tea, you can distinguish it from the font, printing and other details.

3. Distinguishing the color of old tea soup from the color of new tea soup

The genuine tea is yellow-printed. After years of dry storage, the soup color is wine red, without sediment, bright and dark red, and the taste is silky.

in contrast, the color of new tea soup looks red, but it is not transparent, and it has a heavy heap taste and a heavy bitter taste.

4. Distinguishing the color of old tea soup in dry warehouse from that in wet warehouse

The genuine tea is yellow, naturally aged in a dry environment, with a slow aging speed, pure taste and full charm.

The imitations are faked by artificially entering the wet warehouse. The color of the wet warehouse tea is orange and the smell of the warehouse is heavy due to the accelerated aging, which can also be identified.

The above are some of the sharing of Teacher Lu Wenfeng, and I hope it will be helpful to tea lovers!

Lu Wenfeng, a senior national tea critic, joined hands with Master Bai Shuiqing, the godfather of Pu 'er tea, and Mr. Deng Shihai, the first person of Pu 'er tea in China, to establish a "Pu 'er collector", which only specializes in Pu 'er tea! Good tea is in "Pu 'er collectors"!

once a week, I want to know more about how to collect, preserve and purchase Pu 'er tea, so as to be a "Pu 'er collector" and create a quick entry channel for Pu 'er tea for you.