The exact name is "mark", which is a transliteration of the English word "Mark". "Ma Hao", also known as "Horse Head", has four numbers, and its original meaning is "trademark" and "brand" in Guangdong dialect. In tea trade, it refers to the name of tea expressed by numbers or numbers supplemented by words. There are also commonly known as "tea code", and some netizens say "tea number". The symbol of Pu 'er tea is the name of Pu 'er tea in digital form.

Cake tea is represented by 4 digits.

The first two are the years when this tea formula was successfully developed, the third is the grade of the main raw materials of the original tea, and the fourth is the number of the tea factory (such as Kunming 1, Menghai 2, Xiaguan 3, Pu 'er 4), such as 7542, 758 1, 86 13, etc. For example, the objective interpretation of 7542 is: 1975 successfully developed formula, and Pu 'er tea produced by Menghai Tea Factory, with 4-grade tea cyanine as the main raw material, is pressed by Yunnan big-leaf sun-dried green tea.

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Loose tea is represented by 5 digits.

The first two are the years when this tea formula was successfully developed, the third and fourth are the grades of the main raw materials of raw tea, and the last one is the serial number of the tea factory (such as Kunming 1, Menghai 2 and Xiaguan 3), such as 7807 1, 79562 and 46563.

The interpretation of the "mark" of Pu 'er tea has been controversial in the industry. Mr. Ye Minghui, a senior national tea appraiser, a member of China International Tea Culture Research Association, a member of China Tea Society, and the chairman of Guangxi Qinzhou Baidu Trading Co., Ltd., collected various documents (such as factory records, national standards, industry standards, enterprise standards, etc.) and materials, and made an objective and reasonable unified explanation of the "imprint" on the tea play network.

Reference materials? Baidu encyclopedia-mark number