Many people don't actually pay attention to the difference between "Longjing" and "West Lake Longjing" when drinking tea in normal times. Even many people have been drinking "Longjing" as "West Lake Longjing", and some people have mistakenly regarded "Sichuan Longjing" and "Gansu Longjing" as West Lake Longjing to drink.
Today, we use some standards of national and industry methods to see how different is "Longjing" and "West Lake Longjing"?
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West Lake Longjing: Based on the buds and leaves of the Longjing group, Longjing 43 and Longjing long-leaf tea varieties in the area under the jurisdiction of the West Lake Scenic Area and the West Lake District of Hangzhou City, the traditional process of stalling green, green pot, hui pot and other processes is used as raw materials, and the flat green tea with the quality characteristics of "green color, fragrant, sweet taste and beautiful shape" is adopted.
Longjing tea: Longjing tea geographical indication picking Longjing group, Longjing 43, Longjing longye, Yingfeng, Pigeon pit species and other audited (recognized) suitable for processing Nongjing tea tea tea fine varieties of tea tree fresh leaves, in accordance with the traditional process within the scope of geographical indications processing, with "green color, fragrant, mellow taste, shape beauty" flat green tea.
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West Lake Longjing:
The West Lake Longjing Tea Protection Base designated by the Hangzhou Municipal Government is specifically a 168 square kilometer area of West Lake in Hangzhou, starting from Hupao and Maojiabu in the east, yangfumiao, Longmenkan and Hejiacun in the west, Shejing and Fushan in the south, and Laodongyue and Jinyujing in the north, involving the West Lake, Zhuantang, Shuangpu and the four townships (streets) left behind.
Longjing:
The current administrative area of Xihu District (West Lake Scenic Area) of Hangzhou is the West Lake Production Area;
Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Binjiang, Yuhang, Fuyang. Lin'an,Tonglu,Jiande. Chun'an and other counties (cities, districts) currently administer administrative areas as Qiantang production area;
Shaoxing, Yuecheng, Xinchang, Shengzhou, Zhuji and other counties (cities, districts) of Shaoxing City currently administer administrative areas, as well as Shang'ao, Pan'an, Dongyang, Tiantai and other counties (cities) now administer some township areas as Yuezhou production areas.
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West Lake Longjing: Longjing Group, Longjing 43, Longjing Longye.
Longjing: Longjing Group, Longjing 43, Longjing Longye, Yingfeng, Dove Pit Species and other tea plants that have been examined (recognized) as suitable for processing Nongjing tea.
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West Lake Longjing
Longjing
Described above
West Lake Longjing from: "GH/T 1115-2015 West Lake Longjing Tea".
Longjing source: GB/T 18650-2008 geographical indication product Longjing tea.
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Conditions of use of the "West Lake Longjing" geographical indication certification trademark
1. Geographical requirements.
The geographical scope of commodity production is the West Lake Longjing Tea Protection Base designated by the Hangzhou Municipal Government.
2. Quality requirements.
West Lake Longjing tea shape "flat, flat, light, straight", presented as the middle of the large, two small, like "bowl nails", tea strips flat and smooth without fur; dry tea color phrysipal green leaves slightly brown beige or emerald green; elegant and clear, with egg yolk fragrance or orchid fragrance; taste sweet and mellow; soup color turquoise yellow ying; leaf bottom fine and tender into flowers.
When brewing Longjing tea with a glass, a flag and a shot stand at the bottom of the cup, like an orchid, the tea soup is turquoise, the fragrance is overflowing, the aroma is clear, and the taste is mellow. At the same time, West Lake Longjing Tea has strict requirements for the length of finished tea, with the length of special grade tea between 1.5-2.0cm and the length of primary and secondary tea between 2.0-2.3cm.
3. Variety requirements.
The goods must be selected from the Longjing group species, Longjing longye and Longjing 43 and other tea plants selected from the Longjing group species and approved by the adaptation of West Lake Longjing tea.
4. Picking requirements.
Each batch of fresh leaves picked tea is required to meet the requirements of "tender, uniform, clean and fresh";
Picking each batch of tea leaves requires "three no picking" and "four no belt".
Three no picking: do not pick purple bud leaves, do not pick disease and insect bud leaves, do not pick crushed.
Four without: no old leaves, no old stems, no things, no clamps.
5. Process requirements
West Lake Longjing tea processing process: fresh leaf stalling → spread leaf sieving → green pot → resurgence → two green leaf sieving → Hui pot → dry tea sieving → Fuhui (long head) → Re-sieving → storage. The ten processes complement each other, the spread is the premise, the green pot is the foundation, and the glow pot is the key.
West Lake Longjing tea stir-frying adopts the "ten major" techniques of grasping, shaking, taking, pinching, pushing, buckling, flinging, grinding, pressing, etc. The "ten major" techniques are used alternately according to the actual situation when stir-frying, organic cooperation, so that the action is in place, the tea does not leave the pot, and the hand does not leave the tea. It is required to maintain the emerald green color, mellow aroma and beautiful appearance of the tea leaves.
Conditions of use of the "Longjing" geographical indication certification trademark
1. Geographical requirements
The planting area is the following counties (cities, districts): Xihu District (West Lake Scenic Area), Xiaoshan District, Binjiang District, Yuhang District, Fuyang District, Lin'an District, Tonglu County, Jiande City, Chun'an County, Keqiao District, Xinchang County, Shengzhou City, Zhuji City, Shangyu District, Yuecheng District, Pan'an County, Dongyang City, Tiantai County.
2. Quality requirements
The product quality of longjing tea certification trademark shall comply with the provisions of GB/T18650 "Geographical Indication Product Longjing Tea".
3. Process requirements
Products with longjing tea certification trademarks shall be produced and processed in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 18650 "Geographical Indication Products Longjing Tea".
Processing utensils: traditional stir-frying tea stove, electric stir-frying tea pot and other processing machinery can be selected.
Processing technology: fresh leaf spreading. Green pot, spread cool tide, glow pot.
Processing technology: manual processing adopts traditional techniques such as "grasping, shaking, building, tatating, twisting, pushing, buckle, flinging, grinding, pressing", etc., but should meet the requirements of Longjing tea processing technology.
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The logo is divided into two styles: "Certification Standard N (Tea Farming)" and "Certification Standard Q (Enterprise)". The logo content contains the words "West Lake Longjing" and "Longjing Tea (West Lake Production Area)", year, specification, number and anti-counterfeiting information.
Claim Specifications
"Certification Label N (Tea Farmers)" has a label size of 250g per piece. Each logo specification of "Certification Standard Q (Enterprise Use)" is divided into eight types: 20g, 30g, 50g, 100g, 125g, 150g, 200g and 250g.
Longjing tea certification trademark logo should be unified and standardized.
The basic pattern of Longjing Tea Certification Trademark Logo and Shang Standard Certificate number is composed of "Longjing Tea" Chinese and English standard words, registered trademark symbols, certification marks and permit numbers, green (C: 100 M: 0 Y: 100 K:0) and black (C:0 M:0 Y:0 K: 100) is the basic color of the trademark logo.
In the process of use, it can be enlarged or reduced in equal proportions as needed, but the text and graphic combination of longjing tea certification trademark logo may not be changed at will.
West Lake Longjing comes from: Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the "West Lake Longjing Tea Origin Certificate Identification Management Measures" notice.
Longjing comes from: Zhejiang Longjing Tea Certification Trademark Management and Protection Committee Office on the issuance of the "Longjing Tea Certification Trademark Use Management Implementation Rules (2018 Edition)" management specifications.
Through the above content, we can intuitively find that there is a relatively large difference between "West Lake Longjing" and "Longjing".
How to judge whether the tea you buy is "West Lake Longjing", "Longjing" or "Foreign Longjing", the most intuitive is to look at the "certification trademark".
Finally, in addition, I do not deny the quality of Longjing or Longjing in other places, nor do I say that West Lake Longjing is necessarily better than Longjing, but I just want consumers to buy the tea they want. For example, I have always felt that some of the shape of "foreign Longjing" is very beautiful, and Longjing tea is also a good choice for tea customers who like aroma and stronger taste.
Well, I will talk about this today, "Longjing" and "West Lake Longjing" are clear? Feel free to leave a message in the comments section, I've been there all along.