丨 This article was originally produced by Xiao Chen Tea
丨 First published in the headline number: Xiao Chen Tea Affair
丨Author: Village Gu Chen
《1》
Before going to bed, I will brush the circle of friends for a while.
With a swipe, I saw that the high school classmates who had not seen each other for a long time sent a message.
I heard that after graduating from college, she stayed in her hometown to do infrastructure construction.
It was a hello to September.
The picture is a glass health pot, two pieces of tea cake, and the back of the tea cake is written on April 15, 2009.
After seeing it, two thoughts appeared in my mind.
First, more and more friends are now drinking tea.
Everyone seems to have a mysterious attachment to old white tea, and drinking tea loves to drink old white tea.
Moreover, the years of the tea leaves are super high.
Second, the vintage of this tea cake is catty.
You know, 2009 has been 12 years ago, to be honest, such a high vintage of old white tea is very difficult to encounter in the market.
In order to satisfy your curiosity, leave a message under this circle of friends: You have also begun to drink tea.
Later, she came to talk about the village girl Chen privately.
After chatting for a while, I shifted the topic to tea cakes.
She said the tea cakes tasted good and were given to me by a friend.
It is said that as long as the five cakes are 288, you know more about tea to help me see how the quality is.
After that, I sent several pictures in succession, clicked on a look, and the tea cake was all black and dark.
Now, there is an answer in my heart.
《2》
The price of these white tea cakes exists in catty.
5 cakes only need 288 yuan, which is equivalent to less than 60 yuan for a cake, as long as 57.6 yuan.
And those tea cakes are quite old, 12 years old.
We know that the number of white teas that are circulating in the market for 10 years, 15 years and 20 years old is very small.
Except for some large factories or a small number of tea friends who will have inventory in their hands, it is basically rare to meet.
The number of white teas with higher vintages is very small and extremely rare, and those who own it will not easily sell it for circulation.
Therefore, it is not easy to meet real, vintage old white tea, how can it be sold at such a low price.
Anything comes at a cost, and old white tea is naturally no exception.
Tea green needs a cost, production needs a cost, storage needs a cost...
For old white tea, the cost of storage is not low.
White tea is extremely afraid of water vapor, and it needs to meet the requirements of sealing, avoiding light, coolness, and no odor in the process of storage.
In order not to affect the quality of white tea, air conditioners and dehumidifiers are used to control the temperature and humidity in the storage space.
These devices generate electricity bills when they are in operation, and the electricity bills generated in the past 12 years are probably higher than the price.
Not counting the storage space, personnel management costs, etc., you can imagine how pompous the price of 57.6 yuan is.
Combined with the color of those tea cakes, it can only prove that it is inferior tea.
The overall color of the tea cake is mainly black, dark brown, and coffee color, and the overall look is gray and full of life.
The leaves are black, while the buds are bright white, obtrusive in a dull color.
According to the experience of so many years, during the aging process of white tea, the color of the leaves does not tend to be black.
Under normal circumstances, the overall color of the tea leaves will become slightly darker, for example, light green becomes dark green, and it is absolutely abnormal for the color system to change.
In addition, during the aging process, the bud head will gradually turn silvery gray due to the reaction with the trace oxygen molecules.
Vintage real old white tea, basically will not appear silvery white, bright white buds, unless its year appears to be fake.
Combining various factors, it can be concluded that these tea cakes are naked old teas.
《3》
There is a reason why the price of aged tea is low.
For example, the quality of tea green is worse.
Good quality products, the price is certainly not low.
Objects with poor quality can only rely on low-cost promotion methods to obtain profits.
Would you like to ask, will the treasurers who make old tea use the excellent quality tea green as a raw material?
To be honest, it's a bit of a fantasy.
If you use high-quality tea green as a raw material, then there is no need to make it into inferior tea.
You know, the price of white tea from high-quality production areas is bound to be higher than that of 5 cakes and 288.
Instead of wasting good tea green, it is better to use it to make high-quality tea, not only to obtain profits, but also to gain a good reputation.
People who sell old tea with a clear conscience have only one purpose, that is, to make money.
In order to obtain higher profits, then the success of tea green needs to be controlled very low, after all, the cost of materials is easy to control.
The tea greens that make old tea are certainly some bargains.
Let's say foreign tea.
The so-called foreign tea refers to the tea green produced in other regions outside Fuding.
For example, many cities, counties and villages bordering Fuding have begun to make white tea, but due to various problems, climate, craftsmanship, etc., these white teas will be cheaper because of quality problems.
Let's say provincial tea.
It refers to white tea produced outside Fujian.
As white tea gradually became hot, tea farmers from other provinces were also eager to move, and all came to Fuding to transplant tea trees and go home to plant.
However, one side feeds the other.
The quality of tea bred by different climates is different, and some places are not suitable for planting tea trees at all, and the inherent nutrients of the tea that grow out are scarce, and the price cannot be raised naturally.
Or maybe the tea green that makes the old tea is not the bud leaf of the great white tea and the daffodil tea tree at all, but some unknown tea leaves with milli hairs.
Cost has a decisive role in price.
Only when the cost is controlled very low can it be sold at a very low price.
《4》
To make old tea, there is no need to consider the cost of storage.
Storing tea has always been the focus of tea friends.
If you want to save high-quality tea, you need to spend a lot of time in your daily life.
Let's say storing tea packaging.
Meet the requirements of sealing, moisture-proof, drying, cool, odorless, etc., can be regarded as suitable for tea storage packaging.
According to years of experience, three-layer packaging is a relatively safe choice.
White tea is protected by aluminum bags, plastic bags and corrugated boxes with five thicknesses.
Only in this way can we provide a better aging environment for white tea.
Let's say the temperature and humidity in the tea storage environment.
If the temperature and humidity of the tea storage environment are not well controlled, it is difficult to save high-quality good tea.
After all, if the tea leaves are stored in a damp and dark place for a long time, the tea leaves will only be inadvertently spoiled by moisture.
Therefore, if you store tea in large quantities, it is recommended to use air conditioning and dehumidifier.
However, making old tea can save a lot of silver in storage.
Imagine those who make and sell old teas and give it such a good treatment?
Store in three-layer packaging, open the air conditioner dehumidifier to control temperature and humidity, regularly check out the box...
To be honest, it's really hard.
But even if these things are done, it will not change the fact that the quality of the old tea is bad.
In addition, some tea dispensers do not need to spend any storage costs at all.
After the old tea is made, it is sold in large quantities at a low price or bought in large quantities by other treasurers.
In this way, even the cost of renting a warehouse is saved.
The cost control is extremely low, and the price will naturally not be high.
In this way, there is 288 yuan five cakes "old white tea".
《5》
Don't look at some old teas at a very low price, but the profit can be quite a lot.
Those who sell used tea with a clear conscience will only drive down the cost and then lower it.
These costs are deducted from materials, processes or storage.
Surely how to save money and how to come.
Perhaps, tea lovers have encountered a very expensive old tea outside.
This phenomenon gives the illusion that the quality of these teas is not bad.
As everyone knows, it is just a blindfold.
The price does not necessarily equal the value, and the high cost of old tea will not be too high.
Spending high prices on inferior tea is only to make better profits for those who have malicious intentions.
All we can do is not pay for old teas and let them gradually go into decline.
At that time, the tea circle may not see the figure of old tea.
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Xiao chen tea village gu Chen, columnist, tea industry original new media "Xiao Chen tea matter" chief writer, has published a white tea monograph "White Tea Tasting Notes", 2016-2020 has written more than 4,000 original articles.