As we all know, the late transformation of Pu'er tea is a light fermentation transformation process, in terms of raw tea alone, in fact, in the later stage, its soup color, taste, taste has changed.
In particular, you can see that its soup color is a bit stained red in the later stage, so that many people mistakenly think: will raw tea become mature tea after a long time?
Raw tea does not become mature no matter how long it is stored, and this is the answer. But if you ask why, it is really not a question that can be easily explained.
Raw tea is stored for a long time and will only become old tea or aged tea, while cooked tea is made by manual intervention in the process of rapid fermentation of Wodui.
At present, the definition of "raw tea" and "cooked tea" in the Pu'er tea industry is very detailed, and the production process of the two is different, and the finished tea is obviously different in soup color, taste and leaf bottom, and in the later storage, the transformation of tea products is also very different.
From fresh leaf picking to greening, kneading, drying, making sun-dried green hair tea, raw tea and cooked tea are the same, the difference between the two occurs in the process after drying green hair tea.
After steaming and softening the sun-dried green hair tea and making various shapes of pressed tea, you get Pu'er raw tea; after grading the dry green hair tea, sprinkling water, fermenting, drying, blending, and pressing the cake, you can get the cooked tea.
It can be seen that whether a Pu'er tea is raw tea or cooked tea is determined by the production process, the production process is different, raw tea naturally cannot become mature tea, in turn, cooked tea is even more unlikely to be "reborn".
Pu'er tea raw tea has collection value and value-added space, as long as it is properly stored, the older it is, the higher the value and the better the taste. So how to store it is conducive to the aging of Shengpu and make the taste of Shengpu better?
Compared with other teas, Pu'er tea is very resistant to storage, can be as long as decades, of course, there is a prerequisite, that is, the correct storage. Moreover, in the process of raw tea storage, the taste of raw tea at each stage will change.
Pu'er tea is not picky about the storage location, whether it is a living room or a proprietary space, as long as it is not exposed to direct sunlight, cool and ventilated, away from pollution or soap, mosquito coils, camphor and other strong smell items.
It should be emphasized that the storage environment of new tea or teas aged within 30 years should be kept ventilated and dry.
Storage utensils should use clay pots, if the amount of tea is relatively large, you can use a clay urn or clay pot. Ceramic products have the characteristics of ventilation and breathability, which is very suitable for storing Pu'er tea.
For the tightly pressed tea to be drunk, the outer paper can be removed first, peeled off, disassembled, and placed in a clay pot to remove the warehouse flavor, which is called "rejuvenation" or "awakening tea", and the time varies from one week to two months depending on the specific tea. The tea should also be wrapped in paper and placed in a clay pot so that it can be used at any time.
As long as it is properly stored, Pu'er raw tea can be preserved for a long time, and it can also taste the changes in taste and taste at each stage. Therefore, as long as we do a good job of preservation, then we can save raw tea for a long time.
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