With the improvement of living standards, more and more people began to drink tea, which also drove the demand of the tea market, however, the continuous expansion of consumer groups also made some illegal businesses see the benefits, so the phenomenon of tea fraud quietly rose.
In the past few years, it is not uncommon to see news on the market about vomiting and diarrhea and even poisoning due to drinking fake tea, which also makes many people begin to doubt the tea in their hands.
There are endless "fake teas" on the market, and some people will not be so easily fooled when they know the types of tea fraud, but there are still many people who are not interested in these fake teas, thinking that as long as they can drink it, this is actually very bad for health.
So what about the "fake tea" on the market, what are their counterfeiting methods, and what impact will they have on tea drinkers?
Dyeing refurbished tea
Dyeing refurbished tea is a kind of fake tea that many people have heard of, in fact, not long ago, in a small town in a certain part of the mainland because of the meager income from planting tea, so many locals wanted to attract customers to buy through a good-looking appearance, so they began to use dyes to change the color of tea.
So the local developed a new type of drink called "black brick tea", in fact, this is not really brick tea, because brick tea is pressed from green tea, and this "black brick tea" is made of roasted green tea with dyes.
The vendors even gave this "black brick tea" a high-end name, called "Wujin Brick", to hide from the world, but this kind of thing has no nutritional value, and it is even very difficult to digest.
It would be nice if it was just that, but this black brick tea is not only difficult to digest, but it also has a lot of dye added to it, and drinking it may cause food poisoning, so consumers should be very careful when buying.
As long as the tea leaves are brewed with water, the dye will be flushed out, so consumers can wipe it with a white paper towel, and if there is obvious staining, then congratulations, you have bought fake tea.
Even if you encounter something that can't be digested like black brick tea, don't say it's better, so what does a real brick tea look like?
The brick tea in the mainland is roughly divided into two types, one is green brick and the other is red brick.
Green bricks are divided into two kinds: Pu'er green bricks and Liubao green bricks, Pu'er green bricks are made of brick tea made of local sun-dried green hair tea in Yunnan, while Liubao green bricks are made of Liubao tea in Guangxi as raw materials, and their autoclaving procedures are not the same.
The red brick is a brick tea made by a unique process of an ethnic minority in Yunnan, which is made of red hair ancient trees and dried green wool.
From this point of view, most of the brick tea in the mainland exists in Yunnan and Guangxi, so if the origin of the brick tea in your hand matches these two places, then it should be true.
Talcum powder packaging
In addition to silica, talc also contains other elements such as manganese and magnesium, so talc itself has a certain toxicity, and eating talcum powder regularly will cause great harm to the body, especially for those with underlying diseases or vulnerable groups.
But in the eyes of some people, these are small things, as long as they can improve the taste, for some people who pursue taste, these diseases can be ignored.
For this reason, some vendors are not motivated and start adding talcum powder to improve the taste, which is also a very common counterfeiting behavior.
If a consumer buys a brew of cloudy tea soup, then congratulations, there is a good chance that you have bought tea packaged with talcum powder, which can be identified according to this trick.
The brewed tea soup should be bright and bright, if it is muddy, it means that it may contain some impurities or talcum powder.
Sugar fried tea
Sugar stir-fry is also a relatively fresh food, and many people may not know what is sugar stir-fried so what?
In fact, sugar frying is to mix white sugar with fried raw mung beans, and then put a piece into the pot to fry, wait until no sound can be heard in the pot, and then evenly sprinkle it with salt and other condiments and stir-fry evenly before turning off the heat and leaving the pot.
For the sake of the prestige, some vendors don't even give enough materials, so that customers feel that they have bought good things and are proud, and many consumers take them as dried fruits in restaurants to give away.
Although sugar stir-fried can improve the taste, but not everyone is suitable for drinking sugar fried tea, you can try it if you have a good foundation, but people with underlying diseases should pay attention to it, it is not suitable for regular drinking.
In fact, although counterfeiting can bring benefits in a short period of time, but in the long run, the benefits are always short-lived, people will eventually cause a series of problems because of long-term consumption of counterfeit products, and will not buy again, so merchants should remember that long-term development is the most important.