Before the article starts, answer some questions from tea friends?
Many tea friends feedback, do the comparison of the two hills, tea is their own, the conclusion is out of their own, it is difficult to achieve objective evaluation!
A: Yes, but not for that purpose. There are three intentions:
1. Comparison is to provide novice tea friends with a set of mountain tea tasting reference.
When many novice tea friends get a tea, the tasting system is very chaotic, do not know from what dimension to judge the value of this tea, and we through countless times of tasting, the understanding of the process to establish a contrast dimension, just to provide tea friends with a reference for drinking;
2. Comparison, you can find better quality products faster.
Generally speaking, high-end Shantou tea players have their own purchase channels, and there is more than one, compared with the same different channels of Shantou tea can be easier to find better quality products;
3. Contrast, so that tea friends can more quickly understand the difference between the mountains.
In the process of my comparison, it is not only the comparison of tasting, but also the comparison of the environment, climate, technology and tea plants of the mountain tea garden, which can make everyone understand these mountains more quickly and deeply;
First, the boundary of the land vs the south force, the comparison of fame.
From the map, the Old Village of Iceland is in the middle, the boundary is in the south, and the south is forced to be in the north. If the Icelandic old village is regarded as an emperor, then the southern force and the land boundary are undoubtedly its right and left. But it is obvious that the fame of the southern force is much greater than that of the earth boundary. Why?
1. Near the water tower platform first get the moon. The ancient tea gardens of Nanqiang and Laozhai are bordered by each other. The tea garden of The Old Village in Iceland and part of the tea garden in the South Forced Old Village are bordered, and the taste of the southern forced ancient tea part of the plot is very similar to the old village tea, and the south forced material is sold in the old village, and it is not unreasonable that the south forced material is called the "uncrowned king" in Mengku tea;
2. Nanqiang is the first ancient village of the Lahu people in Shuangjiang, and at the same time has the oldest artificially cultivated ancient tea tree in Mengku (rumored to be 800 years old), from the perspective of tea making history and national culture, Nanqiang Tea District is the undisputed boss of Mengku Town;
3. Nanqiang Tea Garden has excellent forest coverage. Nanqiang statue is a jewel embedded in the forest of the Western Mid-Levels, with high forest coverage, known as "the last secret tea garden of Mengku".
Ancient trees in the south
Therefore, objectively speaking, the fame of Nanqiang is greater than that of the earth boundary.
Don't underestimate the size of the fame, in the first-line famous mountain production areas, especially in the famous production areas like Iceland's Wuzhai, the fame is largely proportional to the price of tea, which has nothing to do with the tasting experience.
Among the five villages in Iceland, the price ranking of fame is: Laozhai - South Force - Dam Crooked - Boundary - Nuowu, from this point of view, the attention of the boundary is really not high.
As for why in the first-line famous mountain production area, the price is directly proportional to the fame, and it has little to do with the tasting experience, which we will talk about later.
Nanqiang Ancient Tea Garden
2. What is the difference between the land boundary and the southern boundary?
Among the five villages in Iceland, the boundary, the southern boundary, and the old village are almost on the same line. According to my observation, the boundary of the earth and the south force have the following characteristics:
1. Altitude: The altitude of the boundary, Laozhai and Nanqiang is not much different, and the average altitude of the tea garden should be between 1750 and 1800.
2. Direction and distribution of tea gardens: The direction of tea gardens in the boundary is not much different from that of the south, and the tea gardens are more eastward.
The difference is that the ancient tea gardens in the territory are relatively concentrated, and the ancient tea gardens in the territory are mainly concentrated on the slopes behind the old villages in the land boundary, and the area of the ancient tea gardens that are currently recognized by everyone is about 50 to 60 acres, and there is almost no dwarfing.
The tea garden is connected with the primary forest of the daxue mountain branch, the ancient tea forest is in pieces, the average height of the tea tree is more than 4 meters, and the age of the tree is more than 300 years, because it is connected to the primary forest, the tea plant has a good growth trend. The soil is fertile, the climate is excellent, the natural environment is good, and the sun is sufficient, which has created the excellent tea quality of the land boundary tea.
Ground boundary tea is a typical large-leaf species, with thick, dark green leaves, oval shape, fat, uniform, beautiful, black stripe and white buds. Dried tea has a faint hint of fruit.
The old village of the land boundary
The ancient tea gardens in the south are relatively scattered, and the scope is relatively wide, and there are patches and scattered tea gardens, hidden in the mountains northwest of The Old Village of Iceland, and its tea gardens are located on a branch of the Mengku Bangma Snow Mountain Yanshen to The Mengku, about 5 kilometers away from the Old Village of Iceland. The altitude is 1700m, the average annual temperature is 20 °C, and the annual precipitation is 1800mm, which is suitable for the growth of tea plants.
According to local villagers, the ancient tree covers an area of about 500 acres, and the dry tea production should now be more than 6 tons, but most of the ancient tree tea has been rented out, and as far as I know, most of the Icelandic old villages in the market are filled with Icelandic south force.
Nanqiang tea is also a typical large-leaf species, with the characteristics of typical forest tea, the leaf shape is fat, the color is black, oily, and the dry camellia flower fragrance is obvious.
Overall, the ecological environment of the tea gardens in Nanqiang is better, but if you choose the tea leaves of the two hills, you still have to look at the specific tea gardens.
Ancient tea plantations in the ground
Third, the contrast between the spring tea of the big tree in the boundary and the spring tea of the big tree in the south!
This year, just made the boundary tree and the south force tree, the age of the tree is not much different, both between 100 and 300 years, are processed by the same primary system, the date of tea is in late April 2022.
After more than 10 tastings, let's make the following comparison:
1. Taste: In terms of taste, both are mainly sweet, the difference is:
The sweetness of Nanqiang is sweet and pure, closer to the sweetness of Iceland's old village, and in addition to sweetness, it is more pure and cheerful, which is the unique atmosphere of forest tea;
The sweetness of the earth is sweet and cool, after the tea soup is passed into the throat, the cool feeling extends from the upper jaw to the cheeks, and has continued to return to sweetness, sweetness, and long afterglow;
2. Aroma: Both are watery and fragrant.
The aroma of the soup of nanqi, the integration of tea soup and aroma is high, the aroma is orchid fragrance, the aroma is more colorful, rich and long-lasting, easy to capture;
The soup aroma of the boundary, the integration degree of tea soup and aroma is high, the aroma is fruity, fruity, the aroma is calm, into the soup, the aroma is not as easy to catch as the south forced;
3. Soup sense and waterway:
Nanqiang's tea soup is the characteristic of typical forest tea, tea soup gum texture is good, but the thickness is average, the waterway is delicate, and the throat is strong;
The tea soup and tea soup in the boundary of the land have a good sense of lumping, the waterway is similar to the south force, and the throat rhyme is not as good as the south force;
4. Oral sensation:
Nan forced throat raw jin, tea soup entrance raw jin, duration is longer, back to gan slightly slower (this is the most obvious difference from Icelandic old village, Icelandic old village back to gan after the mouth will show a feeling of rock sugar dissolved, while south force will not);
The birth of the earth boundary and the return to the sweet are excellent, especially to mention that the back of the earth boundary will continue in the mouth, forming a cool feeling, very comfortable;
5. Body sensation: No comparison is made here.
Comprehensive evaluation: the two styles are close, both belong to the sweet and delicate type, the south is delicate and deep, the layers are rich, and the characteristics are distinct; The throat rhyme is deep and refreshing, and the forest rhyme is better; The boundary is delicate and full, continuously sweet, cool and long-lasting. The emphasis is different, but the overall tasting experience is similar and belongs to the same style. Before the article starts, answer some questions from tea friends?