In March and April, in the circle of friends of Suzhou street tea shops and locals, spring tea information has become active again, and biluochun can be seen all over the city.
However, although Dongting Biluochun is famous, its output is extremely limited, far from meeting the needs of the market, so a large number of cheap "Biluochun" poured into the market. For consumers, it is often difficult to distinguish between true and false, and today we will teach you 4 ways to quickly identify.
01.
Place of origin
In fact, for Biluochun, as long as it is made according to the process of Biluochun, it can be called Biluochun. Many of the "affordable" Biluochun that can be seen everywhere in the market are Biluochun from other places, such as Sichuan Biluochun and Guizhou Biluochun.
The full name of Suzhou Biluochun is: Dongting (Mountain) Biluochun.
Dongting Biluochun is a National Geographical Indication product. According to national standards, only biluochun produced in the two areas of Dongting Dongshan and Dongting Xishan (Jinting Town) in Wuzhong District of Suzhou can be called Dongting Biluochun.
Dongting East and West Mountain are located in the hilly mountains of western Suzhou, the East Mountain is the Taihu Lake Peninsula, and the West Mountain is surrounded by water on all sides. It belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate, influenced by Taihu Lake and complex terrain, warm and humid, with four distinct seasons.
The mountain soil is developed from the weathered remnants of hill rocks, and the soil contains higher organic matter. The unique climate and geographical environment have created a good growth and development environment for Dongting Biluochun, and also created its unique excellent quality.
The fresh leaves of Dongting Biluochun are picked around the spring equinox to the valley rain, and the tea harvested after the valley rain according to the regulations shall not be called "Dongting Biluochun".
02.
Look at its shape
The shape of Dongting Biluo Spring Dry Tea has four characteristics: "full of hair, copper wire strips, bee legs, and silver-green hidden green".
"Copper wire strip" refers to the slender spring strip of Dongting Biluo, and the tea leaves are tight and heavy like copper wire. Dongting Biluochun tea varieties belong to the "Dongting Mountain group small leaf species", the buds are small, 60,000 to 70,000 buds can be made into a pound of dry tea.
"Bee legs" refer to the slender spring cords of Dongting Biluo, which are curved like "bee legs".
Dongting Biluochun is all handmade, the finished tea shows natural curvature, and the imitation Biluochun is mostly machine kneading, the cord is looser, the tea strip is straighter, and the form is globally curly.
"Full of hair" means that the tea leaves are densely packed, and the fur of Dongting Biluochun tea is erected on the bud leaves, while the hairs of the imitation Biluochun are loosely adhered to the tea strips, or scattered in clumps of off the buds and leaves in the tea leaves.
"Silver green hidden green" refers to the green of the tea leaves, which gives people a shining feeling under the background of pekoe.
Due to hot kneading, the tea strips are green and yellowish, and the tender green color is more vivid. The color of the imitation biluochun is bluish yellow, dull and dull.
03.
Taste it
The most direct way to judge the quality of a tea is to make a cup and taste it.
First, pour 85 ~ 90 ° C water into a glass and put about 3g of dry tea. The spring rope of the cave garden is tight and sinks immediately.
Imitation of Biluochun Due to the loose cord, part of it will float on it, absorb water and slowly sink, and individual buds and leaves have been floating on the surface of the water. Look at whether the tea color is tender green or green, and combine the taste, look at the soup color and the bottom of the leaf to confirm.
Soup color: Dongting Biluo Spring Tea Soup is lighter and turquoise or tender green. Imitation of Biluo spring tea soup has a darker bluish color, and some are bluish green and yellowish darker.
Taste: Dongting Biluo spring tastes tender and refreshing, such as eating fresh fruit, the aftertaste is sweet and mellow. Imitation of biluochun generally has a green and astringent taste, bitter aftertaste, and some tingling.
Leaf bottom: Dongting Biluo spring bud leaves are thin and small, one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves, and the color is tender yellow-green and brighter. The imitation of the spring buds of the green snail has fat leaves and a bluish-green color.
04.
Smell it
Dongting Biluochun also has a characteristic: there will be a faint fragrance of flowers and fruits when soaked out.
This is related to the cultivation method of "tea and fruit intercropping" in Dongting Biluochun, which is based on tea and planted fruit trees in tea gardens.
Dongting Mountain is rich in plant species and grows densely. There are more than ten kinds of fruit trees such as artificially planted ginkgo biloba, loquat, bayberry, chestnut, citrus, peach tree, pomegranate, etc. Tea trees are cultivated in fruit trees and trees, and the fruit tree coverage rate reaches 25% to 35%.
The aroma of Dongting Biluochun is elegant and long-lasting like fruit, while the aroma of foreign Biluochun is low, and there is no fresh floral and fruity aroma.
The authentic Dongting Biluochun produces very little every year and the price is relatively high, so there is often a phenomenon of fish eyes mixed with beads. It is the spring tea season, tea friends who want a taste of Dongting Biluochun "fresh" taste, must polish their eyes when purchasing
"Pingsheng is born in the object of nothing, and consumes a cup of mountain water."