I like to drink tea. I usually drink green tea. When I am interested, I buy small portions of different teas from all over the country and taste them myself. I have tasted the following teas:
Green tea: It is unfermented tea that is cured at high temperatures to maintain its original green color. The main varieties are: Longjing (Hangzhou, Zhejiang), Dafang, Biluochun...etc.
Oolong tea: also called green tea, is a semi-fermented tea. The finished tea is thick and loose in appearance, purple-brown in color, and has the freshness and richness of green tea and the mellowness of black tea. The main varieties are: Wuyi Rock Tea, Anxi Tieguanyin, and Taiwan Oolong.
Scented tea: made by putting fragrant flowers in tea leaves. High-end scented tea has fragrant aroma, rich taste and clear soup color. The main varieties are: jasmine tea, osmanthus tea, rose tea, pomelo tea, etc. The main producing areas of scented tea are: Fuzhou, Suzhou, Nanchang, Hangzhou, etc.
Pressed tea (tea brick): It uses dark tea, sun-dried green tea and auxiliary tea of ??black tea as raw materials. It is steamed and molded to form tea. In addition to the above five categories, there are also white tea, dark tea, Yellow tea, tea bags, etc.
Longjing tea----"The most beautiful thing in tea is Longjing". Longjing tea is known as the four unique features of "green color, rich aroma, mellow taste and beautiful shape".
Biluochun----"Dongting Biluochun, the fragrance of tea makes you drunk for hundreds of miles". Biluochun is produced in Dongting Mountain of Taihu Lake in Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province, where the lake is reflected by the lake, and tea and fruit are intercropped. It has the beauty of tea aroma and fruity taste.
Huangshan Maofeng----Huangshan Maofeng is produced in the beautiful Huangshan Mountains in Anhui, China. The tea shape is tender and flat, with many peaks, and the color is oily and smooth; there is light mist in the brewing cup Around the top, the taste is mellow and sweet, and the fragrance is long-lasting.
Junshan Silver Needle——It is produced on Qingluo Island in the vast Dongting Lake. It has a bright green color, a refreshing aroma, a mellow and sweet taste, and an orange-yellow soup. It is a treasure of Chinese yellow tea.
Qimen Black Tea----Qimen Black Tea is produced in the mountainous areas of Qimen County, Anhui Province. It won the gold medal at the Panama International Exposition in 1915
Lu'an Guapian- ---It is produced in Qiyun Mountain and other places in Lu'an area of ??Anhui Province. It is a piece-shaped tea that looks like melon seeds, is green in color, has a high aroma, and has a fresh and sweet taste.
Xinyang Maojian——It is produced in the Dabie Mountains in Xinyangjing, Henan. After brewing three or four times, there is still a strong aroma of ripe fruit.
Duyun Maojian——It is produced in the Duyun Mountain area of ??Qiannan Guizhou Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. It has been called "tribute tea" in the Ming Dynasty. The appearance is made of fibers and fur, like snowflakes; the ropes are tightly knotted, like silver hooks. When brewing, the tea leaves sink to the bottom of the cup, and the fluff floats in the water. The tea leaves have a long-lasting fragrance and a mellow and sweet aftertaste.
Wuyi Rock Tea----Wuyi Rock Tea is produced in Wuyi, a famous mountain in "Southeast Xiujia" in northern Fujian. Tea trees grow in the cracks of the rocks. Wuyi rock tea has the fragrance of green tea and the mellowness of black tea. It is the best oolong tea in China.
Tieguanyin----It is produced in Anxi County in southern Fujian. The finished tea has a head like a dragonfly and a tail like a tadpole. Steeped in a cup with "green leaves and red edges", it is the top grade oolong tea.
Types of tea
Green tea
Green tea is unfermented tea. Green tea is made from the new shoots of suitable tea trees and is made through typical processes such as greening, rolling and drying. The color of its dry tea and the tea soup after brewing and the bottom of the leaves are mainly green, hence the name green tea.
The characteristics of green tea retain more of the natural substances of the fresh leaves. Among them, tea polyphenols and caffeine retain more than 85% of the fresh leaves, and chlorophyll retains about 50%, with less vitamin loss, thus forming the characteristics of green tea: "clear soup, green leaves, strong taste and astringency". Scientific research shows that the natural ingredients retained in green tea have certain effects on anti-aging, anti-cancer, anti-cancer, sterilization, and anti-inflammatory.
Green tea is unfermented tea. Green tea is made from the new shoots of suitable tea trees and is made through typical processes such as greening, rolling and drying. The color of its dry tea and the tea soup after brewing and the bottom of the leaves are mainly green, hence the name green tea.
The characteristics of green tea retain more of the natural substances of the fresh leaves. Among them, tea polyphenols and caffeine retain more than 85% of the fresh leaves, and chlorophyll retains about 50%, with less vitamin loss, thus forming the characteristics of green tea: "clear soup, green leaves, strong taste and astringency". Scientific research shows that the natural ingredients retained in green tea have certain effects on anti-aging, anti-cancer, anti-cancer, sterilization, and anti-inflammatory.
Black tea
Black tea is fermented tea, which is refined from suitable new buds and leaves of the tea tree through typical processes such as withering, rolling (cutting), fermentation, and drying.
Because of the color of the dry tea and the main tone of the brewed tea, it is named black tea.
Black tea was called "black tea" when it was created. During the processing of black tea, a chemical reaction centered on the enzymatic oxidation of tea polyphenols occurred. The chemical composition of the fresh leaves changed greatly. The tea polyphenols were reduced by more than 90%, and new components such as theaflavins and thearubigins were produced. . The aroma substances are significantly increased compared with fresh leaves. Therefore, black tea has the characteristics of black tea, red soup, red leaves, and sweet and mellow taste.
Scented tea
Scented tea, also known as smoked tea, fragrant tea, and fragrant tablets. Scented tea is made from green tea, black tea, oolong tea bases and flowers that meet edible needs and can emit fragrance as raw materials, and is made by scenting technology. Scented tea combines the flavor of tea and flowers. The tea induces the fragrance of flowers, and the flowers enhance the flavor of tea. They complement each other, maintaining a rich and refreshing tea flavor, and a fresh and fragrant floral fragrance. Scented tea not only still has the effect of tea, but the floral fragrance also has good pharmacological effects and is beneficial to human health.
Oolong tea
Oolong tea is also called green tea and semi-fermented tea. It is named after the founder of this tea (Su Wulong in the Qing Dynasty). It is a distinctive variety among the major tea varieties in China and is often the favorite of "tea enthusiasts". Oolong tea combines the production methods of green tea and black tea. The quality is between green tea and black tea. It has the strong flavor of black tea and the fragrance of green tea.
White tea
White tea is a slightly fermented tea and a special treasure among Chinese teas. The finished product of white tea is mostly buds covered with pekoe, which looks like silver and snow, hence the name white tea.
The method of making white tea neither destroys the activity of enzymes nor promotes oxidation, so it can maintain the aroma and freshness of the soup. And, white tea tends to be particularly beautiful.
Pekkoe Silver Needle
Pekkoe Silver Needle, referred to as Silver Needle, is also called Pekoe. Because the finished product is mostly buds, covered with pekoe, white as silver, and as slender as needles, it is known as Gao Qiaoya. Pekoe tea is the best of the only white tea varieties. It is as famous as Junshan Silver Needle. Produced in the foothills of Taimu Mountain in Fuding County, Fujian Province.
Production work and tea quality: After the fresh leaves are harvested, usually after removing the fish leaves and true leaves, they are evenly spread on a water sieve to dry until 89% dry, and then dried with a slow fire at 30 to 40 degrees. Dried enough to make tea. The drying process involves sifting the Maocha through a No. 6 or No. 7 sieve. The high-quality products are on the sieve, and the inferior products are on the bottom. Then the stems, debris, etc. are carefully picked out by hand, and they are dried in batches with a slow fire until they are dry enough. , pack them while they are hot to keep the tea fresh and fragrant. The finished tea buds of Silver Needle are fat and thick, covered with white hairs, bright white in color, shining like silver, long and straight, like ribs like needles, the soup color is clear and bright, light apricot yellow, the aroma is revealed in the mouth, and it is sweet and fresh. Its nature is sour and it has the effects of detoxification, antipyretic and reducing fire. It is regarded as a good medicine for treating measles.
Yellow tea
Yellow tea is discovered from fried green tea. It gets its name from the fact that the leaves turn yellow due to insufficient or untimely drying after curing and rolling.
The production of yellow tea is similar to that of green tea, but there is an extra step of stacking. Due to the muffled pile, the tea leaves are fermented, so they belong to the fermented tea category.
The representative yellow tea has the characteristics of yellow tea body, yellow soup color, and sweet and refreshing taste.
Luyuan Tea
Luyuan Tea, a yellow tea, is produced in Luyuan Temple, Yuan'an County, Hubei Province.
The craftsmanship and tea quality of Luyuan Tea: Tea is picked from a few days before Qingming to Grain Rain every year. The standard is one bud and one or two leaves. The fresh leaves are required to be tender, even, pure, without fish leaves, Old leaves. After greening, frying, stacking, sorting and frying, etc. Among them, stacking is an important process for forming the unique quality of Luyuan tea. The tea base is piled in a bamboo tray, patted tightly and compacted, covered with a wet cloth, and stacked for 5 to 6 hours to promote the yellowing of color. The finished product has a golden appearance (slightly caviar), exposed pekoe, and ring-shaped cords (ring legs). The aroma of the inner substance is long-lasting, the taste is mellow and sweet, the soup is bright green and yellow, and the bottom of the leaves is bright yellow and even.
Mengshan Huangya
Mengshan Huangya is famous for its registered trademark Mengshan (Mengshan Huangya and the ancient and modern famous tea Mengding Huangya are the same variety. Due to the production The registered trademarks of the manufacturers are different, so the name of the tea is "mountain" and "ding"). It is produced in the Mengding Mountain area of ??Mingshan County, Sichuan Province.
The harvesting process of Mengshan yellow buds: using the round fertilizer single buds picked from the scales picked before the Qingming Festival every year as raw materials, through one greening, two yellow colors, stacking, three double pots, and two baking and other manufacturing processes.
The quality characteristics of Mengshan yellow buds: the buds are even, flat and straight, yellow and moist in color, with all the hair exposed; the soup is yellow in color and translucent in the middle, sweet and fragrant, tender and sweet; the bottom of the leaf is full of buds Bright yellow. It is the best yellow bud tea.
Huoshan Huangya
Huoshan Huangya is produced in Huoshan County, Anhui Province. It is named after it is made from delicate buds and leaves through a dull yellowing process. It is a top-quality yellow tea. The production areas are located in Jingangtai, Jinji'Tu+Dang', Wumijian, Manshuihe and Jinzhuping in Dahuaping Jinji Mountain of the county. The products from Jingangtai have the best quality.
Picking and processing process: The garden is opened in the mountains 3 to 5 days before Grain Rain every year. The picking period lasts for more than 10 days. We specialize in picking the thinnest and tenderest buds and keeping them fresh. It is made through the processes of frying, shaping, initial wrapping, initial baking, spreading, and reheating.
The quality characteristics of Huoshan Huangya: the buds and leaves are straight and even, yellow-green in color, tender and fine, resembling a bird's tongue; the soup is bright yellow-green with yellow circles, and the bottom of the leaves is bright yellow; the taste is rich, fresh and sweet It is refreshing and has the aroma of ripe chestnuts, leaving a mouth-filling feeling after drinking.
Pressed tea
Pressed tea is made from black tea, old green tea, Zuozhuang tea and other suitable wool teas, which are typically made by stacking, steaming and pressing. Brick-shaped or other-shaped tea leaves processed by a technological process. Most varieties of pressed tea are relatively thick and old. The dry tea is dark brown in color and the soup is yellow or red. It is very popular in ethnic minority areas. Pressed tea has the characteristics of good moisture resistance, easy transportation and storage, mellow tea flavor, and is suitable for weight loss.
Pressed tea
Pressed tea is made from black tea, old green tea, Zuozhuang tea and other suitable wool teas, which are typically made by stacking, steaming and pressing. Brick-shaped or other-shaped tea leaves processed by a technological process. Most varieties of pressed tea are relatively thick and old. The dry tea is dark brown in color and the soup is yellow or red. It is very popular in ethnic minority areas. Pressed tea has the characteristics of good moisture resistance, easy transportation and storage, mellow tea flavor, and is suitable for weight loss.
Qizi Cake Tea
Qizi Cake Tea, also known as round tea, is made by processing and pressing tea leaves into a round cake shape, and every 7 pieces are packed into a tube, hence the name. Produced by Menghai Tea Factory in Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province.
Using Pu'er loose tea as raw material, it is made through screening, sorting, high-temperature sterilization, autoclaving and shaping. The finished product is round cake-shaped, with a true diameter of 21 cm, a slightly convex top and a center thickness of 2 cm. The edge is slightly thin, 1 cm, the bottom is flat and there is a small pit in the center. Each cake weighs 357 grams. After being packaged in white tissue paper, every 7 pieces are packed into a tube with bamboo shoot leaves.
Qizi cake tea has a tight and regular appearance, moderate elasticity, even sprinkles, bright red and yellow soup color, rich and long-lasting aroma, and mellow and refreshing taste.
Yunnan Tuocha
Yunnan Tuocha is a top-grade tight tea exclusively created by Xiaguan Tea Factory in Yunnan Province.
Yunnan Tuocha is a compressed tea refined through scientific methods using high-quality Yunnan large-leaf tea as raw materials. Due to different selection and processing methods, there are obvious differences in the color, aroma, soup color, taste and benefits of the finished tea.
Yunnan Tuocha (domestic sales) has a tight and straight shape, a dark color with exposed pekoe, a bright yellow soup, a pure and noble aroma, a mellow and sweet taste, tender and even leaves at the bottom, and is durable for long periods of soaking.
Yunnan Tuocha (exported, formerly known as "Pu'er Tuocha") is shaped like a bowl and a mortar, tight and straight, brownish-red in color, rich and bright in color, fragrant and fragrant, with a mellow and peaceful taste.
Yunnan border tea
Yunnan border tea is a type of pressed tea, so named because it is mainly consumed by ethnic minorities in border areas. Produced in Dali, Kunming, Jinggu, Menghai, Yanjin and other cities and counties in Yunnan Province, it uses large-leaf sun-dried green tea from the tea area in southern Yunnan or small-leaf sun-dried green tea from the tea area in northeastern Yunnan as raw materials. It is screened and steamed. Processed by pressing and other processes. The finished product has a tight and regular shape, an orange-yellow soup color, a mellow taste, and a long-lasting aroma. It is suitable for brewing and cooking, and can withstand long-term storage.
China Tea Brand Trick Tea
China Tea Brand Trick Tea is produced by Baishaxi Tea Factory in Anhua, Hunan Province.
Production technology and tea brick quality: China Tea brand flower tiles are all made of second- and third-grade black tea produced in Anhua, and are refined through scientific methods. Requirements for Maocha: dark and oily color, loach strips, clear yellow soup color, and pine smoke aroma. The refining process is based on the proportion of spring and summer tea, including removing defects, steam softening, high-pressure setting, and slow drying. The finished product is flat and smooth, with sharp edges and corners, dark brown in color, mellow aroma, pure and strong taste, bright red and yellow soup color, and dark brown and hard leaf base.
Chongqing Tuocha
Chongqing Tuocha, Chongqing Tea Factory in Sichuan Province began production in 1953. It uses high-quality tea leaves from 14 tea-producing areas in eastern and southern Sichuan as raw materials and is refined and processed. It is made of premium pressed tea.
High-quality raw materials and exquisite production: During production, we select medium and high-quality sun-dried green, roasted green and fried green tea, and use traditional techniques and modern production methods to mix, screen and shape the raw materials, and then carry out large-scale processing. Stacking, weighing, steaming, kneading and pressing into bags.
The quality characteristics of Chongqing Tuocha: the finished tea is shaped like a bowl and mortar, black and oily in color, bright yellow in color, tender and uniform at the bottom of the leaves, mellow and sweet in taste, and rich in aroma.
Dark tea
Dark tea is named after its dark brown color. It is generally made from coarser and older Maocha tea, and is a process of greening, rolling, stacking and drying. Made from. Dark tea is a necessity of life for Tibetan, Mongolian, Uyghur and other ethnic groups.
Dark tea
Dark tea is named after its dark brown color. It is generally made from coarser and older Maocha tea, and is a process of greening, rolling, stacking and drying. Made from. Dark tea is a necessity of life for Tibetan, Mongolian, Uyghur and other ethnic groups.
Liubao Tea
Liubao Tea is produced in the Liubao Mountain area in the northwest of Cangwu County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The production is divided into processes such as withering, rolling, chopping, stacking and drying of fresh leaves. The characteristic of this tea is that it is "steamed". The tea leaves that are about to be dried are graded and put into large wooden barrels to steam until soft. Then they are spread into special square-bottomed round-shaped bamboo baskets, put into a warehouse to dry naturally, and finally stored for one or two months. After aging, it is the finished product.
Liubao tea soup is red in color, rich and mellow in taste, contains the aroma of betel nut, and has a unique flavor. It has the effects of clearing away heat and moistening the lungs, eliminating stagnation and removing accumulation.
Pu'er Tea
Yunnan Pu'er tea is produced in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Xishuangbanna used to be under the jurisdiction of Pu'er County, and all the tea produced was collected and distributed by Pu'er County, hence its name.
The picking process and quality of Pu'er tea: the primary tea is divided into three specifications: spring, summer and autumn. Spring tea is divided into three grades: spring tip, middle spring and end of spring; summer tea is also called Ershui; autumn tea is called Guhua. Among Pu'er teas, Chunjian and Guhua have the best quality. Pu'er tea, made from its fresh leaves through special techniques, has a rich aroma, is resistant to steeping, has a bright yellow color, a quiet aroma and a mellow taste. Its varieties include loose tea and tight tea such as Tuocha and Fangcha that are processed from loose tea. Loose tea has a plump, tight, straight, and complete appearance, dark brown or brownish red color, rich and bright red soup, mellow and sweet taste, a special aged aroma, and is resistant to storage. It is known to become more fragrant with age, and is suitable for cooking and drinking. Pu'er tea has obvious medicinal effects. It is the first to sober up, digest food and resolve diseases, clear the stomach and promote fluid production.
Hunan Dark Tea
Hunan Dark Tea, the early production was mainly concentrated in Anhua, and has now expanded to Taojiang, Yuanjiang, Hanshou, Ningxiang, Yiyang and Linxiang.
The production of Hunan black tea is completed through a process of greening, initial kneading, layering for coloring, re-kneading, drying and praising. It is generally divided into four grades, with high-grade tea being more delicate and low-grade tea being coarser and older. The first-grade tea sticks are tightly rolled, round and straight, with tender leaves and dark color. The secondary cords are tight and dark brown in color. The third-grade tea strips are not tight and look like loach strips, and the color is pure, bamboo leaf green with purple oil color or willow green color. The fourth-grade tea leaves are wider, thicker and older, with loose, flat and wrinkled strips and a yellowish-brown color. The inner quality of Hunan black tea is required to be mellow in aroma, with pine smoke aroma, no astringent taste, orange-yellow soup color, and yellow-brown leaf bottom. Pressed tea made from Hunan black tea as raw material includes black brick tea and flower brick tea produced by Baishaxi Tea Factory, special Fu brick tea produced by Yiyang Tea Factory, Xiangjian tea produced by Anhua Tea Factory, etc.