Drinking tea can be said to be an indispensable part of our daily life, many people are keen to drink tea, but they have little understanding of the basic knowledge of Chinese tea.
The continent is vast, tea cultivation is diverse, and the tea culture created by the various places where tea is grown is becoming more and more famous.
Mainland tea can be divided into six categories according to factors such as variety, origin, and production process, what are these six categories?
What are their characteristics?
Let's take a look today.
Each of the six major types of tea has its own characteristics.
Tea in the mainland is mainly divided according to national standards, and the six categories of classification in this national standard are not only a standard in the mainland, but also international standards in many regions.
The six types of tea are: green tea, white tea, yellow tea, green tea (oolong tea), black tea, and black tea.
This is very representative, and it is also the most common type of tea in people's lives.
Next, we will briefly introduce these six categories of Chinese tea.
As the name suggests, green tea is a tea that has not undergone a fermentation process, and it gives people a fresh and stimulating taste.
The reason why there is no fermentation is because the nutrients are easier to retain than fresh, and on the other hand, it is easy to store.
Green tea that has not been fermented does not produce undesirable sensations and sensations, so it can be preserved for a longer time.
The representative products of green tea are Longjing, Biluochun, Huangshan Maofeng and so on.
White tea is actually a slightly fermented type of tea, because its production process is relatively simple, so it retains more nutrients in the raw materials, and from the taste point of view, it also gives people a fresh feeling.
As early as the Tang and Song dynasties, white tea was created and became popular, and it is still loved by everyone today.
The representative white teas include Baihao Silver Needle, Shou Mei and so on.
Yellow tea is basically a type between green tea and white tea.
Compared with green tea, yellow tea has the characteristics of more complex production process and higher aesthetic value, but compared with white tea, it is more mellow and round.
Normally, yellow tea is generally made by "heavy rain" or "steaming", and its high aesthetic value has also captured the hearts of many people, and it has become one of the favorite drinks of many people.
The representative yellow teas include Junshan Silver Needle, Huoshan Yellow Bud, etc.
Green tea, also known as oolong tea, can be said to be a very representative Chinese drink under this category, whether it is a national standard or an international standard.
Its appearance is usually curled, but in the process of drinking, it gives people a fragrant, sweet and long-lasting bubble-resistant, so oolong tea is a popular drink on the market now.
Oolong tea is actually a homonym for "green", and in this Chinese dialect, the word "green" is more preferred, so there is this name, and you might as well give it a try.
Representative green teas include Tieguanyin, Dahongpao, etc.
As one of the six major categories in the mainland, black tea actually has a very long history, but it is relatively late in popularity.
At first, the black tea produced in the mainland was not exclusively for domestic drinking, but entered the overseas market as an export goods, because the demand for black tea abroad was very large at that time.
The reason why black tea is popular relatively late in China is also related to the fact that many people feel that black things are difficult to swallow.
Black tea is also praised for its refreshing effect, and it has become popular in many places around the world.
Typical black teas include Keemun black tea, Assam black tea, and Darjeeling black tea.
Black tea is called post-fermentation, which is a natural microbial active substance produced in thousands of materials after drying, which can maintain its own life and reproduce offspring, so as to change the buds of black hair, that is, fermentation.
The black hair buds turn red, which is part of the reason for the production of black tea, so the black hair buds are only one of them, and some other raw materials may also be placed in the black hair, after post-fermentation, this is transformed into black, and finally made into a black fine minced material, which is what we call "Pu'er small tree".
The most famous black tea is Pu'er, and there are also Anhua black bricks.
Brewing method and shelf life.
Knowing these six types of Beijing methods, what kind of brewing methods do they have?
Actually, there are no particularly prominent differences between them, but it is still necessary to clarify some of the differences and differences between different types, let's take a look together.
Brewing temperature: 80-90 degrees water temperature
Brewing time: 2-3 minutes
Brewing temperature: 90-95 degrees water temperature
Brewing time: 3-5 minutes
Brewing temperature: 85-90 degrees water temperature
Brewing time: 3-5 minutes
Brewing temperature: 95-100 degrees water temperature
Brewing time: 3-5 minutes
Brewing temperature: 90-100 degrees water temperature
Brewing time: 3-5 minutes
Brewing temperature: 90-100 degrees water temperature
Brewing time: 2-5 minutes
So, what does the shelf life look like between the different types?
How to save.
Nowadays, those products on the market that are delicious and have health care effects have always been more popular, and in China, these products with a wide variety and characteristics from the treasure plants of the motherland are highly sought after.
And how can people who are loved by everyone not store them in advance?
Then we have to mention the issue of preservation.
The first thing to be clear is that different shelf life means different ways of preservation.
Green and yellow teas are generally 18 months, red and oolong teas are generally 2-3 years, while white and black teas can be stored for a longer period of time as they change over time to become more mellow.
But how do we store it?
Generally speaking, we want to ensure three main points:
1. Strong sealing.
2. Strong light resistance.
3. Strong moisture resistance.
In this way, you can ensure the freshness and aroma of the ingredients, and make your life more colorful.
Chinese culture is broad and profound, and food culture as an important part of it, even if it is the same drinking water, and even drinking the same wonderful drink from plants, from the Chinese food culture, we can see its uniqueness, and attract more and more international friends to pay attention and love.