Da Hong Pao is known as the "nobility of tea", but it is puzzling why Da Hong Pao's production is so rare and can still have such a high title.
At present, we have not been able to harvest the whole Da Hong Pao, and the growth of the Da Hong Pao is also subject to extremely harsh environmental conditions.
Most of the ones circulating in the market are called "commodity big red robes", but in recent years, commodity big red robes have also fallen, why is this?
Why was the real mother tree Da Hong Pao auctioned for 5.2 million yuan?
Is this a truth?
What kind of tea is Da Hong Pao?
The origin of the big red robe can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, when there was an emperor named Tang Xuanzong, who had a high taste for tea during his reign.
At that time, the emperor's personality was also very fun, and his daily activities were mainly in the harem, and Tang Xuanzong not only pursued a taste for tea, but also had high requirements for some other foods.
According to records, every time Tang Xuanzong went to make tea, he often chose tea leaves from the rocks of Wuyi Mountain, and only by using the tea leaves on the rocks to match his own drinking method could he cater to Tang Xuanzong's taste.
Moreover, Ziying boldly guessed that Tang Xuanzong was more mellow and heavy in the process of drinking tea, so he had a strong interest in oolong tea and other heavily fermented teas.
The degree of fermentation of oolong tea is lower than that of black tea and higher than that of green tea, so oolong tea is often more popular with the public, and its taste is also quite unique, more fragrant than green tea.
However, green tea should not be regarded as black tea, it should be classified as rock tea in terms of category, and rock tea is also called green tea, so if you look directly at rock tea and green tea, it is not accurate to see the relationship between this type.
Oolong tea is actually green tea, and in the process of fermentation, due to different degrees of oxidation, the types will also be different.
Oolong tea is actually a boundary in terms of the degree of fermentation, which can be divided into full fermentation and light fermentation, there are some lightly fermented oolong teas, which are less than 80% fermented, and these lightly fermented oolong teas should be classified as green teas.
Why is it a blended product in Da Hong Pao?
However, the mainland's requirements for the cultivation of Da Hong Pao and related production processes are very strict, so with the improvement of people's quality of life in recent years, the demand for Da Hong Pao has increased, and the commodity of Da Hong Pao often needs to be collected from the source.
However, it is very difficult to collect from the source, so most of the Da Hong Pao we see in circulation in the market are actually blended commodity Da Hong Pao.
Now there is no purebred big red robe to be found.
The purebred Da Hong Pao is also very famous, and there are still four mother trees preserved.
Moreover, these four mother trees have a small yield, which makes these four mother trees extremely precious.
One of them gave birth to two seeds, but this seed has grown into a fierce young tree over the course of a few years.
This young tree charged 5 million yuan when it was picked for the first time, which surprised the public, and at the same time felt helpless, because the act of pinching the tip made people feel that if they wanted to taste the mother tree in the future, it would be more and more difficult to trace.
It wasn't until 2006 that the mother tree was no longer available for harvesting after the last harvest, so it was decided to stop harvesting.
After the suspension of picking, the auction seems to have become more hot, in 2018, the transaction price of a pound reached 5.2 million yuan, and this year's transaction price is only 2.8 million yuan, some people say that this is only a small part of the purebred big red robe, just see the surface.
Is that really the case?
Are these puzzle goods circulating in life fake?
In fact, this is not the case, especially on some online sales platforms, there is no problem of network restrictions on quality control, many merchants sell dog meat on the head of sheep, and even use famous places in other places as publicity gimmicks, in fact, it is not necessarily a real brand merchant.
In addition, we can also see from other aspects that it is not fake, such as these businesses, they often only say Da Hong Pao when they promote, and will not involve the brand, because the brand involves the growth process of the business, and these places are often full of flaws.
We can have a deeper understanding of the place name, planting time and characteristics they mentioned, so as to judge the authenticity of the goods.
The real big red robe is not afraid of the deep alleys with the fragrance of wine?
As the number of goods is getting smaller and smaller, consumers should pay more attention to distinguish when buying, because there will always be some fake and shoddy goods in the market to confuse the public.
These blends on the market today can be said to be uneven, and some merchants may mix a variety of origins, multiple grades, and multiple years to make a "mother tree blend".
There are many consumers who will think that "the original Da Hong Pao is like this" after drinking it, but they don't know that the real Da Hong Pao has already dominated the peak.
If this is the case, it is actually quite good for consumers, and they will not be deceived by the inferior Da Hong Pao, so they will know the difference between the two after drinking the authentic Da Hong Pao.
With the development of society, the mainland also has a certain development plan for agriculture, and some scholars believe that in the future, science and technology may help to become a way to restore or breed more high-quality purebred Da Hong Pao, to change the current situation of increasing scarcity, which will increase the degree of this preciousness.
The news of "six mother trees and one seed" at the auction did make us regret, but we also felt a little comfort, that is, even without these precious samples, Da Hong Pao is still high-quality and elegant, high-grade and affectionate, full of original atmosphere, and is a rare boutique among the fines.