Oolong tea, as a semi-fermented tea, is deeply loved by tea lovers, suitable for all ages, in addition to pure tea, tea drinks made of oolong tea are also all the rage, and in Japan it once surpassed Coca-Cola and other giants.

What do you think about the disappearance of the red edge of the green leaves of oolong tea?What does it mean to remove the red edge?

Anxi Tieguanyin red edge slowly disappeared, should start from the production process in recent years, in recent years the market light fermentation Tieguanyin occupies the vast majority of the market, the traditional deep fermentation production process is now very few people will produce. After the light fermentation production process, there is a process called "red horn wei" (Hokkien), that is, to remove the red edge, because now the industry believes that removing the red edge can remove the astringency, increase the taste of the tea and improve the quality of the tea. Therefore, Tieguanyin with clear soup and green water became popular, and Tieguanyin produced by light fermentation technology gradually occupied most of the market.

Therefore, in the light fermentation production process of Tieguanyin, when the green is fried and fried, the tea maker will wrap the tea in a tea towel cloth, and then pat it vigorously on the ground. This beating requires that the force should be even, and the action should be fast, otherwise the tea green wrapped in the tea towel cloth will be overripe due to the high temperature, which will affect the quality. Of course, now more and more tea farmers or tea factories are using wrestling machines to wrestle (remove red edges).

As far as the current situation is concerned, it is impossible for Tieguanyin to have no red edges, and it is often more or less with some red edges, and it is not easy to rub them all off. In fact, rubbing off the red edge, the income of tea farmers is not greatly affected, for example, the original 4 catties of fresh leaves can produce 1 catty of hair tea, because the red edge is removed, now it may take 5 catties to produce 1 kg of wool tea.

Now I probably understand why the red edging of oolong tea will disappear, it turns out that the production process has been improved and removed. Therefore, it is normal for oolong tea to have no green leaves and red borders, and everyone should not think that the tea is bad. As for whether it is good to remove the red edge, tea lovers disagree with each other, but innovation is at least a good thing, and everything will prove over time.

However, this is exactly what we regret very much: due to the transmission of market demand, oolong tea has a trend of green tea and black tea, although it is called technological innovation, it is actually tantamount to a self-destructive behavior of oolong tea.