Pu'er tea

The concept of Pu'er Tea

Pu'er tea is a unique historical tea in Yunnan. It is a product made from Yunnan big-leaf green tea as raw material after natural long-term fermentation or artificial rapid fermentation. That is, we are now commonly known in the market as Shengpu and ripe Pu, and there are two types of scattered tea and pressed tea in the system; after the finished product, they all continue to carry out the natural aging process, with the unique quality of getting better and better.

1.1 Classification of Pu'er tea

1.1.1 Classification by system

Raw tea: after picking and processing, the tea is fermented in a natural way, the tea is more exciting, and the tea will become mild after many years. Good old Pu'er tea is usually obtained by this method.

Cooked tea: use science and artificial fermentation to make the tea mild and make the tea soft and tasty. The demarcation point is the tea that was artificially fermented after 1973.

1.1.2 classified by storage mode

Wet warehouse Pu'er: usually placed in a fermentation room where temperature and humidity can be controlled to speed up its fermentation speed. As the tea contains more damage, often have mud or mildew taste, wet warehouse Pu'er aging rate is faster than dry warehouse Pu'er, but easy to mildew, its quality is relatively poor, so we do not advocate @ # @ 136 tea @ and drinking wet warehouse Pu'er.

Dry warehouse Pu'er: refers to the storage in a ventilated, dry and clean warehouse to let the tea ferment naturally. Generally speaking, the longer the aging time, the better the quality.

1.1.3 classified by appearance

Loose tea: loose tea is usually classified by grades after refining. Generally, Pu'er loose tea is divided into 10 grades (sometimes special or other special grades). At present, the classification of Pu'er loose tea on the market is very irregular, and the market share is not high.

Pressed tea: at present, most of the Pu'er tea sold on the market exist in the form of pressed tea, with a wide range of shapes and patterns, mainly in the shape of cake as the mainstream consumption, and other diversified shapes are mostly used for collection and decoration.

2. Tasting of Pu'er tea

2.1 quality characteristics of Pu'er Tea

The aroma of Pu'er tea is characterized by remarkable Chen fragrance. Chen fragrance is the comprehensive aroma produced by some new substances under the action of microorganisms and enzymes in the post-fermentation process of Pu'er tea. to create the quality of "the older the more fragrant", the Chen fragrance of Pu'er tea reveals a profound historical flavor, highlighting the natural authenticity of returning to simplicity.

Pu'er tea soup tastes sweet. Smooth and thick. Sweetness means that the tea population should have an obvious sweet taste and stimulate the continuous growth of the tongue, cheeks and tongue bottom. this is because in the process of fermentation, macromolecular carbohydrates are broken down into small molecules of sugars and soluble sugars, and proteins are broken down into a variety of amino acids. formed the sweet taste of Pu'er tea. Smooth is the tea soup to be smooth, mellow, refreshing and peaceful, not strong irritation, without blocking from the mouth to the throat and stomach, do not have the feeling of stinging, stinging, hanging, numb. Thick and heavy means that the tea is thick but not thin, and the taste of the population is thick but not light.

Pu'er tea has five kinds of soup colors, namely, ruby red, Mary red, bluff red, bluish yellow. Brown and black.

2.2 the brewing skills of Pu'er tea

The brewing of Pu'er tea includes selecting tea, preparing equipment, choosing water and throwing tea. Brewing 5 links.

Choose tea: is to choose your favorite loose tea or pressed tea.

Equipment: that is, the tea set for making tea, including drinking set and cooking set. Storage ware, sanitary ware, accessories and so on, Jingdezhen is the best choice for brewing Pu'er tea. The special thin-shell porcelain utensils produced in Fuling and other places are excellent, and the ceramic utensils do not lose the taste of tea, which can better maintain the aroma and taste of Pu'er tea. It is best to choose a special porcelain cup, which is twice as large as the usual drinking Kungfu Tea cup. Drinking Pu'er tea should be equipped with a specially made crystal glass viewing cup. After sniffing the dry tea, mix the two or three courses of Pu'er tea in the fair cup, appreciate the soup color in the viewing cup, let the guests appreciate the grade and quality of the tea, and watch the tea in the cup. It is placed on the left side of the tea bed for people to watch until the whole tea drinking process is over.

Choose water: that is, choose the water to make tea. The ancients said: "the nature of tea must come from the water, eight percent of the tea, if you encounter ten percent of the water, the tea is also ten percent; eight percent of the water, try ten percent of the tea, and only eight percent of the tea." In principle, we should choose soft water, such as pure water, to brew Pu'er tea. Mineral water, etc., can also use tap water in line with drinking water standards. If the best mountain spring water can be found locally, so much the better. Good mountain spring water must be in line with "clear and light". The six elements of sweetness, living, cleanliness and cleanness are clear and transparent, light is the surface tension of water, sweet and delicious, living water is living water rather than stagnant water, cleanliness is clean and pollution-free, for example. When making tea, it is necessary to master the water temperature, which has a great influence on the aroma and taste of the tea. Pu'er tea is required to be brewed with 100 ℃ boiling water.

Tea: the amount of tea can be determined according to individual taste. Generally, 3-sg tea and 150ml water are suitable. The ratio of tea to water is 1: 50, 50: 1, 30.

Brewing: in order to make the tea smell more pure, it is necessary to carry out warm tea, that is, the boiling water washed for the first time can be poured out immediately, warm tea can be carried out twice, the speed should be fast, so as not to affect the taste of the tea. When officially brewing, the tea can be poured into a fair cup in about 1 minute, and the bottom of the tea continues to brew. With the increase of brewing times, the brewing time can be slowly extended, gradually increasing from 1 minute to a few minutes, so that the brewed tea is more uniform.

3The health care function of Pu'er tea.

Since tea was discovered and used by human beings, the most important thing is that it has many health benefits. The curative effect of tea can be summarized into the following aspects, namely, less sleep, tranquilization, clear head, clear head, relieving thirst and promoting fluid, clearing heat, relieving heat, detoxification, digestion, removing fat, relieving qi, promoting diuresis, removing phlegm, dispelling wind and relieving appearance, strong teeth, treating heartache, treating sores, curing hunger, benefiting strength, prolonging life and so on.

Scientific research shows that Pu'er tea has the same functions as other teas, but modern studies have confirmed that it is more effective in the following aspects: lipid reduction. Lose weight and reduce blood pressure. Anti-arteriosclerosis; anti-cancer, anti-cancer; nourishing stomach, protecting stomach; strengthening teeth and protecting teeth; anti-inflammation, sterilization, treatment of dysentery; anti-aging.

4 the market prospect of Pu'er tea

In recent years, with the development of China's economy, people's concept of pursuing green, ecological and healthy food has been rapidly established. Tea economy develops vigorously with the new concept of food culture. The social and economic value of Pu'er tea, a famous historical tea in Yunnan, which has been silent for several years, has also been rediscovered. The upsurge of Pu'er tea continues to sweep the whole tea market. Pu'er tea market is increasingly showing a new scene, I believe that with the continuous improvement of people's living standards and scientific and technological standards, the real value of Pu'er tea will continue to be discovered, recognized and fully utilized, Pu'er tea will go well all the way!