Why compare Iceland south and Icelandic old villages?
1. For the introduction of Iceland's South Force, you can check out my previous article "Iceland Five Villages, it is the real "uncrowned king""
2. About the introduction of Iceland's old village, you can check out my previous article "About Iceland's old village, everything you want to know is here"
3. Nanqiang, is the closest village to the Old Village of Iceland, whether it is altitude, terrain, ecology, soil, tree species and the Old Village have many similarities, and the tea garden of the Old Village of Iceland is actually partially bordered, many tea gardens have both the tea trees of the South Force, and the tea trees of the Old Village, but in fact, the tea land is a step away, the price is ten times the difference, in the end where is the gap, do you not want to know?
4. Personal feeling that in the five villages of Iceland, although the dam crooked, the boundary, the Nuowu and the South Force all belong to the Icelandic Village Committee, the most related degree of relevance to the Icelandic Old Village in the real sense should be the South Force, in other words, the Icelandic South Force and the Icelandic Old Village are more comparable, comparing these two mountains, you can have a deeper understanding of Icelandic tea!
5. Regarding the big IP of Iceland, the views on it on the rivers and lakes have always been mixed, people who like it flock to it, people who don't like it retreat, and what the real Iceland and Iceland Wuzhai are like, and how the gap between them is, few people mention it!
Source of raw materials:
The source of raw materials in Iceland's Laozhai has been introduced: the ancient tree from the No. 11 tea farmer in The Old Village of Iceland, the age of the tree is about 300 years, and the production link is the No. 11 tea farmer himself;
Iceland's Nanji raw materials are derived from Nanqiang Laozhai, forest tea, and the age of the trees is between 100 and 300 years; the production link is made by the supplier of half-text raw materials; both are made in mid-April.
Drink it down, and there is no problem in the process.
Preparation before tasting:
Tasting date: May 26, 2022, 2:20 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Weather: sweltering; Location: Kunming
Tea volume: 8 grams, lid bowl: 120cc; water: pure water
Weather interference description: the best tasting time of the day should be morning and evening, especially in the evening; on personal experience sharing, between 8:00 and 11:00 pm on a sunny day, the aroma, taste and taste of tea soup will reach the best tasting state, if tea friends drink tea, try to avoid noon, the tea soup at noon is dryer, the aroma is difficult to raise; but another way of thinking: if a tea, in the noon, afternoon are very good, then the quality of this tea is good!
Cable:
1. The two products were made in about the same time.
2, Iceland south of the rope relatively thrown strips, kneaded lightly, buds and white, the color of the strips is "tile gray", picking is not particularly uniform, dry tea fragrance;
3, Iceland's old village of the strip is relatively tight, kneading is heavier than the south, the proportion of buds is relatively small, the rope is deeper than the south; the picking is not particularly uniform, and the dry tea is obviously fragrant.
The first opening: the bottom of the soup-colored leaves is shown in the picture.
First spit it out: probably because the fresh leaves are too expensive, the picking of ancient tree tea is too uneven.
Nanqiang ancient tree: the soup is fragrant, showing a compound floral fragrance, the incense sinks in the soup, the tea soup entrance, slightly green flavor, the mountain wild charm is highlighted (showing the smell of grass and the fragrance of the soil after the rain, and a little bit of wild mushroom flavor, it is more difficult to describe), the taste is mainly sweet, coordinated, pure, cheerful, quite moist; zero astringency, two cheeks, two cheeks and the upper jaw cool sense is obvious, the tea soup is delicate into a ball, smooth through the throat, the waterway is delicate, a mouthful into the throat, the back throat charm is cool, and the continuous vitality;
Laozhai ancient tree: open soup, fragrant in the soup, tea soup entrance, coordination, full and even some rich, may be the relationship between the soup time (5s), tea soup into the throat instant, actually feel a hint of bitter bottom, but the bitter bottom is not heavy; tea soup into the throat, the whole mouth began to return to sweet, back to the sweet obvious, cheerful, rock sugar cool rhyme from the upper jaw, both cheeks gradually spread to the entire mouth, as if there are ice sugar breath between the breath, no astringency, slightly green taste
Second opening: soup color leaf base map
Nan Qiang: The characteristics of the tea soup entrance are very distinct, pure, delicate and coordinated. The coolness of the palate and cheeks is very obvious, the tea soup into the throat is smooth and lumpy, there is an unconscious sense of swallowing, the soup is delicate and deep, the throat charm is cool, warm, zero astringency, very extreme;
Laozhai: From the perspective of taste, the taste of Laozhai is indeed higher than that of Nanqiang, the fusion of rich, delicate, aroma and tea soup is very good, mild and coordinated, the whole mouth is back to Ganshengjin, after the tea soup is swallowed, the whole mouth is cool, and the throat has shengjin;
Third open soup color leaf bottom:
On the whole, the third and fourth openings should be the most distinctive in the taste, aroma, touch, body feeling, coordination, and characteristics of the two, so everyone must focus on these two openings when tasting.
Nan Qiang: The first feeling of the entrance is pure, followed by the sweetness is rich, just the entrance is sweet, with the flow of tea soup, you can vaguely distinguish the sweetness of tea soup from sweet to melon sweet to sucrose sweet, and finally become rock sugar sweet; the aroma and tea soup fusion degree is super good, as if growing in it, tea soup entrance through the throat, delicate, pure, it seems to be able to clearly capture the flow of tea soup trajectory. The speed and durability of the raw jin back to the gan are very good;
LaoZhai: The first feeling of the entrance is delicate, followed by sweet, moist, thick, slippery; sweet is rock sugar sweet, moist as the rain on the street, thick and thick, if frozen, a whole lump of sliding down to the taste buds, back to the throat charm cool, the entire mouth is filled with this rock sugar charm, a breath between a breath, full of rock sugar aroma; breath into the lungs, soft with rigidity;
Fourth open (second pot of water, three seconds out):
The tasting experience of both openings can refer to the third opening. We skipped this opening and went straight to the fifth opening.
Fifth open (5 seconds out)
Let's compare it directly
This opening is a watershed, the south forced off the soup, but the soup does not fall off, the sweetness of the rock sugar is obvious, the tea soup entrance purity is high, the throat rhyme is cool, delicate, but the astringency has been more obvious, fortunately it can be dissolved; and the taste of the Icelandic old village has not changed much, the soup is stable, the entrance does not feel bitter, too astringent and other strong stimulation, the aroma of the two has not changed much; the soup and sweetness of the old village are much more stable than the south force. However, the age of the trees in the south is indeed not as big as that of the old village!
Sixth open (10s out)
The concentration of the soup aroma and tea soup in the south is lower, and the astringency is more obvious, but the pure gold sense of the tea soup itself is very good, there is no water level in the tea soup, after the concentration of the tea soup drops, the sweetness of the rock sugar is more obvious, the back to the sweet, the raw jin are good, the tea is weaker, and the next opening is heavy;
Icelandic old village soup sense is much more stable, compared to the third open, the fourth open is slightly reduced, but not obvious, the thickness of the tea soup in the tea soup, the delicacy of the sweetness, the sweetness, the sweetness, the raw jin are good, but the cheeks are also a little astringent, the soup aroma has also declined some, but compared to the south forced, or stable more, this opening opened the gap;
Seventh Open:
Nan Qiang: After the smouldering, the tea soup is still not bitter and astringent, the sweetness is very high, the soup is also very thick, but it has been obvious that the tea soup has dropped a lot, the soup aroma and throat rhyme have been like the end of the crossbow, it is difficult to sink; fortunately, the back to the sweet, raw jin is still continuing, the astringency of the cheeks is very obvious; it can also dissolve;
Icelandic old village: after the smouldering, the tea soup has a bitter bottom, the bitterness is fleeting; still not bitter, the endoplasm of the tea soup declines, but it can already feel its richness, the soup aroma, the throat rhyme is good, can sink down; the gap after the smouldering is relatively large.
Eighth Open:
The last opening of the smouldering, the south has appeared water flavor, tea soup and then down the brewing value is not much; Icelandic old village also appeared astringent, but the thickness of the tea soup, the richness of the taste is still good, high and low has been divided, no need to drink again.
Comprehensive comparison: (8 grams of tea)
Taste: The taste of both can be called coordination and characteristics coexist, but each has its own style.
The taste of Nanqiang is highly pure, the taste is refreshing and sweet, and the various tasting factors are well matched, to make a metaphor, the tea soup of Nanqiang seems to have purity that has not been impregnated by the world;
The taste of Icelandic old village is rich and full, the taste is more abundant than the southern force, and you can feel the bitter bottom with a few openings;
Aroma: both are fragrant in the soup, the integration of aroma and tea soup is good, the aroma is different, but both show floral fragrance; the aroma of Nanqiang is more intense and deep, while the aroma of Laozhai is more durable and rich;
Soup feeling:
The south is pure and delicate; the Icelandic old village is full of clumps; when passing the throat, it can be called "smooth"; but the stability of the tea soup in the south is indeed not as good as the icelandic old village; this point, the south force has fallen downwind;
Oral sensation:
The speed and durability of the return to Ganshengjin in Nanqiang and Laozhai are good, and even after the water falls, there can still be a good Performance of Ganjin; but from the characteristic point of view, Icelandic Laozhai is obviously more advantageous, and there are obvious "rock sugar rhymes" and "ice sugar aroma" after swallowing tea soup;
Body Sensation:
When individuals drink most of the tea, they do not have a particularly strong sense of body, which is difficult to evaluate.
Degree of coordination:
From the overall tasting experience, the coordination of Iceland's old village is better, and the middle and back section of the south forced water drop is faster and the astringency is more obvious;
Characteristics:
The characteristics of both are very prominent, and from the high sense of tea soup, individuals are more inclined to Icelandic south force;
Foam resistance:
Icelandic old village: 8 grams of tea, 120cc lid bowl, normal brewing, the seventh open about the water, foam resistance in 15 ~ 17 open about;
Iceland south force: 8 grams of tea, 120cc lid bowl, normal brewing, the fifth open about the water, foam resistance in 12 ~ 14 open about;
Brewing Recommendations:
3 people to drink, Iceland laozhai tea 6 ~ 7 grams, drinking experience is better; tea 8 grams of tea soup performance is slightly stronger; South Force is recommended to invest 8 ~ 10 grams, so that the tea soup performance is thicker and fuller.
Overall Evaluation:
Nanqiang Laozhai is indeed worthy of the last secret realm of Mengku tea. Tea soup shows a super high "sense of purity", "cool feeling", which is the unique atmosphere of forest tea, in addition, the nanqiang old village waterway is delicate, the soup is fragrant, the throat rhyme is deep, the sweetness is long, the astringency is extremely low, and the sense of drinking experience is full; the beauty is insufficient, the overall structure of the tea is unclear, the soup is unstable, the previous drinking experience is extreme, after five bubbles, there is a tendency to drop water, which has a greater relationship with the age of the tree. Personally, I feel that if it is a kind of ancient tree in the old village of Nanqiang, the victory and defeat may not be so obvious, but unfortunately, this year's backfire can only be so!
Icelandic Laozhai is a good tea with both coordination and characteristics. Tea soup has distinct characteristics: "soup feeling into a ball", "rock sugar rhyme". Tasting the process of drinking, I have to sigh the magic of nature, the various tasting factors "mixed" just right, coordination, but also the formation of "huge" tension, delicate sweetness in the tang of the soup unique, it is difficult not to let people indulge in it, can not extricate themselves; after the tea soup into the throat, the rock sugar rhyme, rock sugar aroma began to spread in the mouth, for a long time. Iceland still has rock sugar sweet, the world's famous mountains are eclipsed, such a performance, worthy of the name of the Queen of Pu'er Tea!