According to the official account of the British royal family, on the afternoon of September 8, local time, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom died peacefully in Balmoral Castle at the age of 96. The death of the Queen of England represents the end of an era.
As the first head of state in British history to visit China, the Queen of England is of great significance, when China presented Yunnan Fengpai Dian black tea to the Queen as a national gift. Since then, China's Dianhong and the British royal family have formed an indissoluble relationship, and have also knocked on a door for Dianhong to go to the world.
Although Dianhong is very popular in the UK, it seems that the enthusiasm of the Chinese people is not high, probably because it was mainly exported to the outside world in the early days, but it does not matter, today follow the small editor, re-understand the comprehensive understanding of Dianhong.
Mechanical tea making
Feng Shaoqiu, the father of Chinese mechanical tea, is the founder of Dianhong. In September 1938, he successfully produced black tea in Shunning County, and Dianhong was born.
According to the "Fengqing County Tea Chronicle" published in 1995, Feng Shaoqiu was mechanically developed when he first developed Dianhong, and there was no ancient method of hand-made tea.
Some people may think that it is easy to make tea by machine, as long as the parameters are set, but in fact, the machine is operated by people after all.
Making tea is affected by various factors, its procedures are complex and changeable, and the method of making tea naturally cannot be unchanged, which is what people in the industry often talk about watching tea to make tea.
The essence of watching tea is to take different tea making methods according to different weather, different seasons, different fresh leaves, in order to make a good tea. No matter what kind of tea you make, you must follow this principle.
Hero Tea
Unlike other black teas, Dianhong was originally born as a tea for the War of Resistance.
China is the home of the world's tea plants, Yunnan is the origin of tea plants, tea production has a long history, until the 20th century has been the world's largest tea exporter.
After entering the 20th century, the rise of black tea in India, Sri Lanka and other countries has seriously impacted the foreign trade of Chinese tea, changed the status of China's tea exports, and further dominated the world tea market.
After the "July 7" incident, with the continuous deepening of Japan's all-round war of aggression against China, the Japanese army invading China soon occupied most of China, the key tea areas in the southeast fell, and black tea, which was a traditional export product of the mainland, was cut off from supply.
In order to maintain the export market of black tea, it is planned to open a new black tea production base in the southwest region where the smoke is not so strong, so as to consolidate the market position of Chinese tea and maintain the supply of war supplies.
In this case, the birth of DianHong made a great contribution in exchange for more foreign exchange support for the War of Resistance, which can be described as a real hero tea.
Excellent quality
Dianhong black tea has two types of Dianhong Gongfu tea and Dianhong crushed tea, The appearance of Dianhong Gongfu is majestic, fat and tightly knotted, the golden millimeter is revealed, the color is dark, the color is dark, and the bottom of the leaf is red and bright; Yunnan red crushed tea has a uniform appearance, the buds are fat, the leaf bottom is soft, and the tenderness is good.
From a traditional point of view, the color of Yunnan red in Fengqing is mostly chrysanthemum yellow, and the Yunnan red in Menghai, Lincang and other places is mostly golden yellow. There are also tea garden teas that are light yellow for spring tea, chrysanthemum yellow for summer tea, and golden yellow for autumn tea.
Yunnan black tea is "red soup red leaf", in the process of processing must destroy chlorophyll, promote the oxidation of polyphenols, the formation of theaflavin and thearubicin and other colored substances.
Dian black tea, the aroma is strong, a mouthful, accompanied by sweetness in the mouth diffuse, lips and teeth left fragrant, let people for a long time aftertaste.
The tea flavor picked in spring is thick and fresh, the summer taste is strong and irritating, and the autumn aroma is sometimes higher, called autumn fragrance, and the taste is not as strong as the freshness of spring tea.
After reading it, have you fallen in love with Dianhong? If you want to know more about other tea leaves, welcome to leave a message in the comment area to tell the editor.
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