丨 This article was originally produced by Rock Tea Classroom under Xiao chen tea
丨 First published in the headline number: Xiao Chen Tea Affair
丨Author: Li Mahua
《1》
Wuyi Rock Tea's first tea soup has always been controversial.
Different people have different opinions.
Zhang San: This is a washing tea, very dirty, should be poured out and not drunk.
Li Si: The first brew should be kept back with the soul soup, and then drink it later.
Wang Wu: In our place, the first tea is kept with hot tea sets, and it is impolite to drink for guests.
Zhao Liu: You also drank the first tea, which was to keep respecting heaven and earth and worshiping the old master!
Sun Qi: The first bubble is a warm bubble, anyway, there is no taste, it is not a pity to pour it out.
Week Eight: When all kinds of tea are processed, as long as they are touched by others, they must wash the tea, and "good tea is not washed" is too idealistic.
Wu Jiu: I am reluctant to wash your tea, cheap ration tea does not matter, washing twice is not painful.
Zheng Shi: If it is aged tea, then you have to wash the tea to remove the old taste...
Moreover, Twist Has Seen a Very Hard-cut View Before - "Brewing tea without washing, insulting others." ”
It's speechless.
Whether or not to wash tea on the tea table mainly depends on personal choice, and there is no need to rise to the height of moral kidnapping.
Every tea must be washed, not the truth.
Around the matter of washing tea, there are many places that must be faced squarely.
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First, wash the tea because the tea leaves are dirty?
The logic behind this is very strange, what is "dirty", what is the dirty thing on the tea?
The scale of understanding is definitely different for everyone.
It's like doing hygiene.
Is the floor dragged twice to clean? Or is it the cleanliness style that reaches the 5A standard and mops the floor until it is shiny?
The standards in everyone's mind are certainly different.
If you think that the tea leaves are dirty, it is because when picking tea and making tea, the tea leaves have been touched by the hand and stained with hand gas.
What should I do when I usually eat handmade dumplings, buns, and spring rolls?
These are all wrapped up by hand, is it difficult to just see and not eat?
If you think that the tea leaves are dirty, it is because the tea green is almost not washed, and it is directly processed.
That would be too out of touch with reality, and it would be very difficult for the tea master.
Because of the water-stained green leaves, the difficulty of making green will increase by N times, not to mention, it will also affect the quality.
In normal times, no one is willing to take over the dew and rain.
Not to mention washing the green leaves like washing vegetables before making tea?
If you think that the tea leaves are dirty, it is because you have read a lot of gossip and feel that there are pesticide residues, heavy metal residues and the like.
Then it is very simple, look at the QS (Food Safety License) before buying tea.
Also, take a 10,000-step back look.
Most pesticide residues are insoluble in water (otherwise the next rain will be completely invalid, the cost is too large), so what is the use of washing tea?
If you think the tea leaves are dirty, it is because the dry tea is more or less with impurities such as floating dust.
Then, believe a word - there is nothing, where to stir up dust.
Rock tea with good mountain field, standardized processing and reasonable storage, where will it be stained with these dust impurities?
Even if there is, after brewing the tea soup, pour it into a transparent fair cup to carefully observe, you can also find one or two.
Good tea is clear and shiny, and inferior tea is often dull and cloudy in soup.
Facts speak louder than words, the so-called tea leaves are dirty and just "relativity".
How can you think that you must wash the tea when drinking rock tea?
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Second, the taste of the first tea soup is very general?
Dirty or dirty aside. Some people also feel that the real reason why the first tea needs to be washed is because the taste is average.
It was just a simple tea warm-up, and there was not much tea flavor at all.
This kind of warm brewed tea cannot be seen by yourself and is unwilling to drink.
To tell the truth, if you think like this, then twist flower is not much to say.
I decide my turf.
My tea leaves are my master, how do I want to drink it?
I have seen some very "trench" tea customers, who will choose to "pinch the tip" when drinking tea.
The first two brews are poured out first, and only three, four, and five punches of essence tea are drunk.
The rest, even if it is not soaked, I do not want to continue to drink.
When you invite guests to drink tea, those sky-high teas with tens of thousands of dollars are still the same.
A brew of tea at most 5 brews will not drink, and then take advantage of the time, quickly change to the next brew of tea.
According to this way of drinking tea, it is not unusual to open more than a dozen bubbles of rock tea in just two or three hours in an afternoon!
However, it is clear that this kind of "pinching" tea drinking practice is not in line with daily life.
From an objective point of view, the taste of the first tea soup is generally expressed, only a "I think" type idea.
It doesn't match the real situation.
Because rock tea is processed, it has experienced kneading, roasting and so on.
After kneading, the leaves are partially cracked, kneaded into a cord shape, and individual "tea juices" are attached to the surface of the dried tea.
Later, after drying and roasting, this layer of water-soluble "tea juice" looks white after high temperature drying, which is commonly known in the industry as dry tea frost.
When brewing, this layer of soluble substances attached to the surface of the strip is released first and is about to explode.
Therefore, when it comes to the first brew of rock tea, the taste is not good, it is not good, it cannot brew any taste, and it needs to be warmly brewed again and then formally brewed tea, which is simply untenable.
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Third, drink tea without washing, can't get over the obstacle in your heart?
When drinking tea, be sure to let go of the idea of "every tea must be washed".
You can drink tea that you can trust without washing.
If it is to seek peace of mind, then the action of washing tea should be fast enough.
Rinse it quickly, and go through the hot water once.
The movement should not be swallowed slowly, so as not to leach too much tea flavor and cause waste.
From the perspective of psychological factors, I think that if I drink it without washing, I will always have a pimple in my heart.
Think of it this way, suppose that a tea body, with strange smells, miscellaneous smells, dust, etc., the first flush can not be drunk without washing.
What about the second, third, and fourth punches, do you want to wash them?
That's when the problem comes.
When a bubble of rock tea is washed several times in a row, the remaining tea taste is extremely limited.
This tea is equivalent to drinking a lonely, bamboo basket to draw water empty!
In essence, the improvement effect that washing tea can play on the taste of tea is extremely limited.
Inferior tea with problematic quality, even if it is washed, it cannot be washed clean.
Individual old teas with obvious stale taste, even if they can wash away a large number of old tastes and miscellaneous tastes, cannot improve their own quality.
When encountering such tea, the top priority is not to wash the tea, but to consider whether it should continue to drink.
A tea that makes people worry, more or less problematic.
Either, the price is too cheap.
Or, the appearance is very bad, there are many tea stems, old leaves, and the cords are uneven.
Either that, dry tea smells weird that can't be said.
When encountering such a problem tea, do not drink as well!
Instead of struggling with whether to wash the tea, it is better to focus on how to choose the right tea.
The matter of washing tea is, in the final analysis, a matter of trust.
A good tea as long as you can trust, from the dry tea appearance, to the tea aroma performance, to the taste characteristics, all aspects are impeccable, don't bother with the matter of washing tea.
Let go of your worries and enjoy a good tea with peace of mind!
《5》
Nothing can stand up to the toss.
For example, the human heart.
"Every tea must be washed", reflecting the strange shape of the tea circle.
Whether a tea should be washed or not, it is nothing more than a sentence, depending on whether you believe it or not.
Trust it, don't add more of this wasteful step.
What if you can't believe it?
Everyone knows that washing tea cannot solve the essential problem.
At this time, how to drink the next tea soup with confidence?
In the end, choose the right trusted tea purchase channels and learn more ways to identify the quality of tea.
Far more practical than tangling with tea washing or not!
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Xiao chen tea village gu Chen, columnist, tea industry original new media "Xiao Chen tea matter" chief writer, has published a white tea monograph "White Tea Tasting Notes", 2016-2020 has written more than 4,000 original articles.