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
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In mid-autumn, there is a cool breeze.
When drinking tea, black tea is also the dominant tea of this season.
For example, Golden Junmei, Silver Junmei, Copper Junmei, Little Chigan, Big Chigan...
Among many paulownia black teas, there are heavy smoky flavors, light smoky flavors, nectar fragrances, flowers and fruits, pure fruit aromas, and aromas, as well as guiyuan dry aromas.
Drinking them, you feel the flow of colorful tea aromas, like a kaleidoscope.
Colorful and colorful.
It was dazzling to watch.
Before drinking a certain copper Junmei, a friend asked the name of this black tea, it felt incredible.
According to his original words, "Black tea and copper junmei? I always thought it was only Jin Junmei! ”
In fact, on the tea table, similar to this black tea cold knowledge, you can also give many examples.
Presumably, tea lovers who usually like to drink black tea will be interested in listening to it.
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What is the gold, silver and copper eyebrow in paulownia black tea?
Previously, when drinking tea in Wuyi Mountain, I heard a song "Junmei Order" from an old tea person.
"Gold and silver copper, Ming Yu Xia, three three see nine, nine nine to one, heaven gives Junmei to Wuyi, tea god sniff does not leave."
The song "Junmei Order" mentions the protagonist in this topic.
Among the six major types of tea, the phenomenon of making tea with buds has a variety of green tea buds and hair tips, white tea has white silver needles, and yellow tea has Junshan silver needles.
Later, since Jin Junmei officially came out in 2005, it filled the gap in the tea industry at that time to make black tea with buds.
Jin Junmei, who has taken the high-end route since its inception, became a hit.
What is Jin Junmei?
According to the definition given by the industry standard, it needs to take the single bud of the local alpine tea tree of Paulownia as raw material, and after withering, kneading, fermentation and other specific processes, it is made into a black tea with the characteristics of soup color golden yellow, flower-like honey, and tea flavor fresh and mellow.
However, soon after Jin Junmei was founded, it faced the problem of high cost of tea making, limited output, and short supply.
In the face of the successful demonstration of Jin Junmei, and then silver Junmei, copper Junmei, etc., successively came into being.
Gold, silver, copper Junmei these three black tea that sound very similar to the name, the most distinctive difference, reflected in the different picking standards.
Jin Junmei, picking single buds.
Silver eyebrows, pick one bud and one leaf.
Copper jun eyebrows, pick one bud and two leaves.
On fame, Jin Junmei should not give in.
Because the picking period of Jin Junmei is limited, and although The silver Junmei is picking one bud and one leaf, the requirements for tea picking and tea making are almost the same as those of Jin Junmei, and the output is also not high.
The finished product made by Silver Junmei has a similar flavor to Jin Junmei, but its fame and pricing are much weaker than That of Jin Junmei.
Therefore, in these black teas, the cost performance of silver junmei is very high, which can be regarded as the replacement of jinjunmei.
But in today's market, it is not so easy to pick a silver eyebrow that meets the standard and taste!
In contrast, the yield advantage of copper junmei is more obvious.
According to the customs of the local tea farmers in Tongmu, they generally do not mention "copper Junmei", but use "Xiao Chi Gan" to replace it.
Xiao Chi Gan, that is, another name for Copper Junmei.
In paulownia black tea, the focus of small chigan is highlighted in the word "small". It picks the branches of the tea tree, and at most it picks one bud and two leaves.
Because it is tender, it is fresh.
Tea soup flavor, extremely fresh and fresh, floral fragrance, fruity aroma, is a very cost-effective black tea.
Of course, further down in the small red gan, there is also the big red gan.
The picking of da chi gan is a bud of three or four leaves, similar to the shoumei in white tea.
Its tea making process is also the traditional process of paulownia black tea - non-smoked, the flavor is fresh and pure, and the fragrance of cinnamon and nectar is available.
Compared with Xiao Chi Gan, Da Chi Gan has unique characteristics because the raw materials are thicker and larger, and the soup water is more mellow and thick.
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Is Jin Junmei a small species of Zhengshan? How should they be distinguished?
In the eyes of many tea customers, Jin Junmei is an upgraded version of the top Zhengshan small species.
In fact, this point is controversial in the tea industry.
Although the production areas of Jinjunmei and Zhengshan are consistent, mainly Basaki Masayama.
But their picking standards, development history, and production process are all different.
Zhengshan small seed, using the process of small black tea.
The production of Jin Junmei is closer to Gongfu black tea.
Moreover, their raw materials are picked differently.
The raw materials of Jin Junmei are mainly picked from the single buds of local alpine tea trees.
The tea green of the small species of Zhengshan is divided according to different grades, from one leaf and two leaves, to one bud and three leaves, and then to a bud with three or four leaves.
According to DB35/T 1228-2015 "Geographical Indication Products Wuyi Black Tea", the definition given by this local standard.
Jin Junmei is not a small species of Zhengshan, but "strange red".
The classification of Qi Hong is relatively niche, and many tea friends estimate that they have never heard of it before.
The "odd" here can be understood as the meaning of novelty and strangeness.
However, it is not difficult to understand that Zhengshan small black tea, as the originator of black tea in the world, has a long history of birth.
As a rising star, Jin Junmei's picking requirements and tea making technology are different from the traditional Zhengshan small black tea.
At this point, it is indeed inappropriate to list the two as a side of the road.
Therefore, when the relevant local departments drafted the standards, they deliberately set up a new sect for these rising stars, called "Qi Hong".
First-class red, tea green is a single bud.
Grade 2 strange red, tea green for one bud and one leaf.
Grade 3 strange red, tea green for one bud and two leaves.
Just can correspond to the gold, silver, copper Junmei (Xiao Chigan) mentioned above!
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In paulownia black tea, what is the difference between small varieties of tobacco and small varieties of black tea?
What is small black tea?
The old rules, or the definition given by the national standard, have the most reference value.
In the national standard of black tea, the concept of small black tea is written in the opening paragraph.
"This part is suitable for small varieties of black tea made by withering (smoked pine smoke), kneading, fermentation, drying (smoked pine smoke) and refining processing technology using the buds, leaves and young stems of tea plants as raw materials."
From the perspective of tea making technology, the highlight of the process of small black tea is smoking.
When smoking small varieties of black tea with masson pine, it is not carried out all the time
The national standard stipulates that there are only two links that need to be smoked, one is withering and the other is drying.
The more elaborate tea farmers will smoke for a third time after picking up and before packing.
After smoking, pack and seal.
The black tea that comes out according to this has a fuller smoke flavor, can be stored for a longer time, and has a more traditional flavor.
Therefore, we can refer to this line of thinking and understand.
In line with the relevant definitions, according to the small black tea process process, are called small black tea.
A small black tea produced in a nature reserve centered on Kiriki Village is a small variety of Shozan.
Produced in the local area of paulownia wood, and specially smoked during refining, it is called Zhengshan tobacco small seed.
Produced outside the village of Tongmu and the nature reserve, and smoked during the refining period, it is called (Waishan) tobacco small species.
According to this, I wonder if you can understand the distinction between small varieties of tobacco and small varieties of black tea?
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The development process of black tea has gone through several ups and downs.
It is the "black tea" of the foreign population, the protagonist of the British afternoon tea, and the focus of the export tea.
However, in the present, with the Tieguanyin, Pu'er tea, white tea has been famous.
On the other hand, black tea is much more low-key.
In fact, looking back at the history of the development of black tea, it is quite emotional.
In the special period, many tea-producing areas have the grand situation of "green to red", "black to red", "black to red", and "the mountains and rivers of the motherland are red".
At that time, black tea made a lot of contributions to the export of foreign exchange.
Nowadays, on the tea table, the tea taste is mild, or rich and full, or fresh and sweet black tea taste, which is also suitable for all seasons.
After drinking the white silver needle, and then drinking the cinnamon and daffodils of the main rock.
Drink another bubble of paulownia black tea in the small red sweet, in the daily tea drinking process, is also a good flavor conjuring!
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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.