Tortoiseshell flower tea is a rookie in China's flower tea family, because of its fragrant and high flavor alcohol quality and the pharmacological effect of tortoiseshell flower appetizing ventilation, it is well received by domestic consumers, known as "Miss Flower Tea".
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Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that tortoiseshell flowers can not only be used in medicine, but also can be made into tea. Suzhou tortoiseshell flowers were very famous as early as the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, and Suzhou and Fuzhou are still the main production areas of tortoiseshell flowers in China. After 1937, Suzhou flower farmers planted tortoiseshell flowers first among other flowers, and most of the tortoiseshell flowers were dried in roasting, and only part of them were used to harm flower tea.
Tortoiseshell flowers are white flowers, rich aroma, the fruit is flat and spherical, the winter of that year is orange-red, the following summer becomes green, so it is called: "back to the green orange", because there are several generations of fruit with the same tree habit, also known as "Gongsun orange". Tortoiseshell flowers bloom twice a year: Spring Flowers: Bloom in early April and Early May, earlier than white orchids and jasmine, but the flowering period is short, only about 1 month, and the amount of flowers accounts for more than 90% of the annual harvest, and the quality of flowers is good. Therefore, the flower picking should be timely, and the flowers used for tea should be picked when their flowers have bloomed but have not bloomed enough. Summer flowers: mainly bloom in July and September, rarely harvested, more let its results, but exclusively for the flower tea of the tortoiseshell, it is also picked as a raw material for the tea. Harvesting is mostly carried out in the early morning when the buds are ready to be released.
Tortoiseshell flower tea is generally made of mid-range tea, and it is necessary to prepare enough tea blanks in the first year to store them in a dry, cold environment to keep its green tea style as usual. Before making the kiln, the plain blank should be baked, so that the stale taste is volatile, and the tea aroma is revealed, which is conducive to the development of the tortoiseshell aroma. The openness of tortoiseshell is closely related to the intensity of the aroma. Not opened called "rice flower", the aroma is low, the buds to be released as "flutter flower", the aroma is emitted with the petal cracking, after entering the factory, after the slight spread, after emitting a stuffy smell, you can flower, the best effect; the second is called "flowering", the petals are cracked, the core is revealed, the aromatic substances have been volatilized, and the aroma is low. Therefore, the flowers entering the factory should be immediately spread to dissipate heat, the thickness is 4-6 cm, and the rain flowers will wait for the surface water to evaporate before it will "break the head" to open, so it should be supplemented by a fan to make the surface water evaporate at a fast speed. Because the tortoiseshell petals are thick and the aromatic oil is easy to disperse under higher temperature conditions, it is often warmed to facilitate the volatilization of the aroma and the absorption of the tea blank. After mixing the camellias, they are sent to the dryer to heat up, and immediately after drying, they are hoarded.
Tortoiseshell flower effect: can calm the mood, relieve nervousness, in addition, also help to alleviate the diarrhea caused by stress, can clear blood, promote circulation, as well as the effect of fat loss and weight loss, liver and stomach, rational qi and depression, the main treatment of chest stuffiness, abdominal distention and pain, vomiting and eating less.
Jinhua tortoiseshell flower tea
Jinhua tortoiseshell tea is produced in Jinhua, Zhejiang, the tea shaped strips are still tight and slightly flattened, containing round head blocks, dark green color; the inner soup color is still yellow, the aroma is still fresh and strong, the taste is pure and peaceful, and the yellow and green at the bottom of the leaves is not bright and slightly spread.
Suzhou tortoiseshell flower tea
Suzhou tortoiseshell flower tea is produced in Suzhou Tea Factory. According to the suzhou suburban inscription, Suzhou has a history of more than 250 years of production of tortoiseshell flower tea, using baked green tea blanks from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and other places, with tortoiseshell flowers produced in Huqiu Changqing Township on the outskirts of Suzhou.
Fuzhou tortoiseshell flower tea
Fuzhou tortoiseshell flower tea is produced in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. The Ming Dynasty Chunnian "Tea Recipe" is recorded. In the 1960s, the fuzhou tea factory produced a maximum annual output of 78 tons. The main sales of North China, Northeast China, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, marketing to Hong Kong and Macao. Tortoiseshell flower is a kind of strange name citrus shell flower, generation flower, lime flower, lime flower, lime, mainly produced in Suzhou, Yangzhou, Fuzhou and other places.
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