Introduction and efficacy of oolong tea (green tea).

Oolong tea is green tea!

It is a semi-fermented tea (fermentation degree of 10%-70%), named after the founder of this tea.

There are many kinds of tea, which are unique tea categories in China.

The most prestigious ones are Fujian and Guangdong Second Estate, of which Fujian's "Wuyi Rock Tea" is one of the few

1. Process: Fresh leaves are withered (sunburned, dried) to make green (shake green), kneading, wool roasting, kneading, foot fire, drying, etc. Because there is withering and green processing in the processing process of green tea, there are both withering and fermentation processes similar to black tea, and there is also a green tea killing process similar to green tea, so that the appearance color of green tea has both the green of green tea and the dark brown of black tea. The color of the tea soup is between green tea and black tea, and with the gradual deepening of the degree of fermentation, it changes from green to yellow to red, and the color of the leaf bottom also changes from emerald green to yellow-green or even reddish-brown, and the red trim is gradually obvious.

2. Classification:

1) Northern Fujian Oolong (Wuyi Rock Tea, Daffodil, Da Hong Pao, Cinnamon, etc.)

2) Minnan Oolong (Tieguanyin, Daffodil, Golden Gui, etc.)

3) Guangdong Oolong (Phoenix Single Longitudinal, Phoenix Daffodil, Lingtou Single Fir, etc.)

4) Taiwan Oolong (Frozen Top Oolong, Bao species, etc.)

Northern Fujian oolong fermentation is heavy, not wrapped kneading; southern Fujian oolong fermentation is light, there are wrapping kneading.

3, raw materials: two buds and one leaf, branches and leaves, most of them are opposite leaves, buds and leaves have matured.

4. Appearance: green, dark green.

5. Soup color: orange and yellow bright (from green to yellow until red)

6, aroma: flower and fruit fragrance, from fresh floral fragrance, fruit aroma to ripe fruit aroma, the taste is mellow and sweet, slightly bitter can also return sweet, is the most attractive tea.

7. Nature: warm and cool. Slightly curlyl, vitamin C. Caffeine and theophylline are about 3%.

Efficacy of oolong tea

1. Skin care, anti-aging. Oolong tea can improve soD enzyme activity and has a certain health effect on the skin. Drinking 1 liter of oolong tea a day can improve skin allergies.

2, the effect is large, consume calories. The efficacy of oolong tea can last for 5 hours, and a cup of 300cc oolong tea can consume 10 calories (equivalent to 15 minutes of brisk walking, 10 minutes of going up and down stairs)

3. It can dissolve fat and reduce cholesterol. (Can dissolve fat, help fat metabolism, experiments have proved that drinking one liter a day, has the effect of inhibiting the rise of cholesterol)

4. Slimming down

5. Gourmet matching, eliminate greasy. (When the food is too greasy, with oolong tea, not only has a feeling of fullness, but also can remove greasy, with a burst of tea aroma, medicinal health effect)

Brewing method of oolong tea:

1, the upper projection method: this method is very ornamental, the best choice is a transparent glass, we need to first pour the glass full of suitable hot water, fill the glass after filling the glass in one place, and then we take the appropriate amount of oolong tea, from the top of the cup mouth by hand to sprinkle oolong tea, and then we just need to stand to watch the tea slowly sinking in the water.

2, the middle throwing method: it is also necessary to choose a transparent glass, and then first pour half of the hot water into the glass, and then put the oolong tea into the glass, and then quietly observe the tea slowly sink to the bottom of the cup, and then add the other half of the hot water, at this time we will find that the oolong tea that has sunk to the bottom is stirred up by the hot water poured again, and it is a very beautiful scene to fall together.

3, the method of lower casting method is the most common way to brew tea, only need to put the appropriate oolong tea into the teacup first, and then pour the appropriate hot water into the teacup. If you want to use a transparent tea set, you can also observe the tea leaves slowly soaked in hot water and then gradually unfolded.

The above is about the brewing method of oolong tea, these methods are not only brewing methods, but also very ornamental, especially for people who want to cultivate themselves, a person sitting quietly in a place to brew a cup of tea, slowly watching the tea leaves fall into the bottom of the cup in the teacup, in the slow stretch, is a very magical thing.