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丨Author: Village Gu Chen
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At the tea table, washing tea is a hot topic.
Do you want to wash the tea before drinking tea?
For this problem, the village girl Chen has always had a very clear view - good tea does not need to be washed.
But when I drink tea with my friends on weekdays, I have collected a lot of different views one after another.
Sister Zhang, who loves to drink cake tea, said that after pressing the tea cake, the tea cake is washed again when the right to "run tea", the tea flavor release effect will be better, if it is loose tea, it does not need to be washed.
The last time he drank tea in Fuding, there were also tea farmers who sighed, he felt that shoumei this kind of large-leaf tea, or wash the tea again is better, white silver needles and peony king washing tea poured head soup is more regrettable.
Coincidentally, the first two days there were also foreign tea friends messages, stored for many years of old white tea he will wash tea, new tea can not be washed directly.
Wuyishan's old friend who opened a tea shop, he is a "pragmatic faction", whether to wash tea before drinking rock tea, all listen to the opinions of customers. The other party said that we would wash the tea, and the other party said to leave "soul soup" and we would stay.
In addition, there are also those who have heard the idea of "washing tea on the basis of price".
Referring to the tea drinking method of an acquaintance around her, in her eyes, only tens of thousands of tea per kilogram is wasted when it is washed.
These various views and opinions cannot be explained clearly or completely.
For a thousand spectators, there are a thousand Hamlets.
For a thousand tea guests, there are a thousand different tea washing practices.
Everyone has their own independent ideas, whether to wash tea before drinking tea, mainly depends on personal freedom.
After all, I am in charge of my turf, and I am in charge of my tea leaves.
There is no standard answer to the matter of washing tea.
However, the following 5-point discussion on tea washing can be used for your reference.
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First, after pressing the tea cake and washing the tea, can you moisten the tea?
The range of pressed teas is very wide.
Including white tea cakes, white tea bricks, shoumei and white peonies pressed into biscuit slices, round dragon ball tea, and yuanbao tea, mooncake tea, and zongzi tea with different shapes.
It also includes black tea and tuo tea, brick tea, cake tea and so on, which are common in Pu'er.
In short, based on loose tea, the tea leaves that have been tightly pressed and shaped are all classified here.
Brewing tightly pressed cake tea, many tea customers will have the habit of washing tea.
Pour boiling water into a lid bowl or teapot and quickly pour out the soup.
The first tea soup is poured out as a warm-up for the tea, followed by the formal brewing and drinking.
But to be honest, this tea-making practice has a greater sense of ritual than reality.
Because, as long as you ensure that the tea quality is good and the endoplasm is sufficient.
Even if you don't warm up after running tea, directly boiling water into it and quickly pour out the tea soup.
The taste of the first tea soup will not be dull and tasteless.
If you encounter a particularly tight tuo tea, or a special part like a white tea cake - the cake nest, etc.
After pouring water to make tea, sitting in a cup for a while and then pouring out the tea soup can also promote the leaching of tea flavor, and it is not necessary to wash the tea.
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Second, only cumbersome kung fu tea, pay attention to washing tea?
An old tea guest came over to reflect that he had been drinking tea for more than 40 years, and from the 90s to the present, as long as he had free time, he would sit down to make tea and drink.
According to the old tea guest's personal experience of drinking tea, the current tea brewing statement is much more cumbersome than in the past.
In his youth, making tea was just putting the tea leaves into a large tea pot and adding water to rinse them.
Up to now, after changing to a bowl to make kung fu tea, everyone is saying that it is best to wash it before drinking tea.
He really didn't understand, is this a tea problem, or is everyone's tea drinking mentality changing?
How is it all tea, why do you not pay attention to washing tea when brewing and boiling tea with a glass.
When it comes to making kung fu tea, it is best to wash it?
This is indeed a big truth.
The practice of washing tea is more popular in the brewing method of kung fu tea.
If it is just for the sake of speed and simplicity, and use a large cup to make tea to drink, very few people will choose to wash tea.
At this point, it may also illustrate a problem: washing tea is not an essential ritual for drinking tea.
As long as the quality is assured, it does not hurt not to wash the tea.
After all, if the same tea leaves are brewed in a glass, you can rest assured that you will not wash the tea and drink it directly.
How to change to a covered bowl after brewing, you have to wash the tea?
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Third, entertain guests to drink tea, do not wash tea is disrespectful to guests?
While watching the video, I heard something like this - head pouring tea without washing, insulting guests!
Just after watching that short video, I was very disgusted, because it was clearly alarmist.
Whether or not to wash tea is based on personal habits and will not rise to the height of insulting guests.
Besides, hospitality to drink tea from the etiquette requirements, is definitely "guest-oriented".
Is it green tea, white tea, rock tea, or black tea? Consider the taste of the guest's tea.
Is the first tea soup poured out as a washing tea, or is it directly drunk separately, or is it like drinking rock tea, leaving a special "soul soup" to drink at the end? It is definitely based on the habits of the guests.
Entertain guests to drink tea, do not care about courtesy.
Pragmatic, sincere, considerate, so that guests can drink tea comfortably, is the key.
Carefully pick tea, and entertain guests with good tea with good production area, good craftsmanship and good storage.
Far more sincere than treating guests with a "problem tea" that has a strange taste, has a clear warehouse taste, and cannot be drunk without washing tea!
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Fourth, expensive tea is reluctant to wash, cheap ration tea washing tea is not a pity?
How much is a pound of tea sold to be expensive?
Is it hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands? There is no fixed standard, it depends on the level of personal consumption.
Combined with daily experience, expensive tea is reluctant to wash, which is indeed the common sentiment of people.
For example, the well-known "high goods" representatives in the rock tea, the cinnamon of the cow pen pit and the old cong daffodils of HuiYuan, a brew of tea must be in units of 100 yuan, and it is a pity to turn around and not drink the tea.
For example, the golden junmei of Tongmu Zhengshan, although the cheap jinjunmei on the market abounds, but the authentic tongmu jinjunmei of the origin has always been not cheap, the market price per kilogram is more than 10,000, and the first flushing tea is not drunk, which is too wasteful.
For another example, the tea leaves of famous mountains such as Lao Ban Zhang, Yi Wu and Iceland in Pu'er (provided that they are genuine), and the wilderness silver needles, organic rice needles, and head rice needles that are known for their rarity in the white tea circle.
Expensive, not cheap tea, reluctant to wash before drinking tea, is the real idea of many people.
But when you buy tea, you must pay attention to the fact that expensive does not equal good.
Expensive tea may be genuine materials, or it may be inflated.
When buying tea, it is not recommended to blindly believe that "buying expensive" is equivalent to "buying well".
In order to avoid buying tea and stepping on the pit, or look for the core elements such as good aroma, good taste, and good rhyme, so as not to suffer losses!
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Fifth, tea that is not resistant to brewing is not suitable for washing?
In the live broadcast room, there have been tea friends who have shared.
If a tea is particularly resistant to brewing, when making tea in a covered bowl, it can brew more than a dozen tea soups (like the horsehead rock daffodil he drank before).
For this kind of good tea that is resistant to brewing, even if you quickly wash the tea through the water, it will not hurt your bones and bones, and it is not wasteful.
But if you buy tea that can only be brewed once or twice, don't toss it.
If such a tea is turned around as a washing tea, what else can it drink?
Brew green tea in a glass, the first cup of tea tastes the best, and then add water to brew the next cup, the tea taste immediately fades.
Now the instant tea bags of the internet celebrities, one bubble at a time, are dissolved in water, and do not give you the opportunity to wash tea at all.
After chopping red crushed tea, the tea flavor leaching speed is extremely fast, and at least 70% or 80% of the tea flavor will be leached out of the first tea soup...
The analysis of tea friends is not without reason.
Not all teas are suitable for washing before drinking tea.
Let go of the obsession of "every tea must be washed", and drink good tea more comfortably!
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In the tea circle, there is still a lot of controversy around the topic of washing tea.
Wave after wave, wave after wave.
In addition to what has been mentioned above, there are many different ideas.
Some people say that when encountering old tea with a warehouse flavor, wash the tea twice to drink it with confidence;
Some people say that whether to wash tea or not to make tea depends mainly on personal mood, and sometimes on a whim, the first tea soup will be left to drink;
Some people say that within the first tea soup, the amount of tea flavor leaching is limited, and it is not a pity to wash it off and not drink it.
Some people say that to make kung fu tea, no matter what kind of tea must be washed, this is the embodiment of the sense of ceremony.
Finally, there are people who tell the truth, washing tea is just for psychological comfort, and it can't wash away anything at all.
If a tea makes you think of "not washing or drinking", it is best not to drink it!
It is interesting to integrate this series of views, opinions, opinions.
Around whether to wash the tea or not, there is no need to struggle.
The first tea soup that has just been brewed, as long as you can trust it, you can drink it with confidence.
Really good tea, even if you don't wash the tea and drink it directly, why bother?
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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.