Traditional processing method of Pu'er tea

Pu'er tea is made from the fresh leaves of Yunnan big-leaf tea trees as raw materials, which has the characteristics of strong flavor, bubble resistance and mellow flavor. Pu'er scattered tea is made from fresh leaves by killing, kneading and drying, and then piled up, dried and screened in a moderate tide. Pu'er scattered tea can be processed and made by farmers themselves. The specific steps and methods are as follows:

As soon as it is killed. Most of them use pot-style green killing, because the water content of big leaf tea is high, so it must be combined with stifling and shaking when killing green tea, so that the fresh leaves lose water evenly and achieve the purpose of killing thoroughly and evenly.

Two, twist. To knead and twist is to directly rub the tea leaves that have been killed by hand. Kneading and twisting should be flexibly mastered by hand according to the composition of tea raw materials, the tender leaves should be gently rubbed, the kneading time should be short, and the old leaves should be rubbed again for a long time. Knead until the tea leaves are basically stranded for moderation.

Dry in the sun. Sun drying is the use of sunlight to dry tea leaves. Generally use the bamboo mat to dry the tea in the sun and dry the tea to about 90%.

Four wood pile. Wudu pile (sun-dried Mao tea is about to be stored for 5 days or more) is a key process for the formation of the color, aroma and taste quality of Pu'er tea. Generally speaking, the tea is first splashed with water and absorbed by moisture, and then piled into a certain thickness to allow it to ferment naturally. After several days of accumulation and fermentation, the color of the tea turns brown, has a special aged flavor, and the taste becomes rich and mellow.

Five to dry. After the pile reaches a moderate level, the bamboo mat is spread out indoors to dry, so that the tea leaves after the pile are emitted with moisture and dried naturally.

Six sieves. After drying in the pile, the tea is first scattered and loose, and the fine pieces are removed by sieving, bumping, sorting and other methods, and the old stalks are sorted to make Pu'er loose tea.