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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Regarding the change of seasons, there is a summary in "Zhuangzi".
"The husband is full of spring and the grass is born, and the autumn is full of treasures."
In autumn, everything is treasured, and the branches bear round and full fruit.
A good year of good times must be remembered, the most is orange yellow orange green time.
As the rainfall decreases, the dry gas rises, the weather is dry, and it is easy for people to "catch fire".
Before, there was a private message from a Shanghai tea lover who had just started drinking rock tea, he had just bought two boxes of Tianxin rock cinnamon, how long does it take to fade?
At that time, the reply to him was that the cinnamon was already in the drinking period at this stage, and there was no need to fade the fire, just take it apart and drink it.
Tea friends are puzzled, "I see on the Internet that different types of tea need to fade, and some people have also specially made a table." You see, this six major tea fading time reference table, how much credibility? ”
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According to the content of the table, when making tea, the rock tea that has been roasted, the fire of the new tea is very large, if the time for fading is insufficient, then drinking such tea will not only not moisten the throat, but will add oil to the fire.
Such a starting point, there is nothing wrong with the idea.
However, it is very strange to put the fading fire of rock tea into green tea, yellow tea, black tea, and white tea, which is completely equivalent to Zhang Guan li dai, which makes people look very anxious.
For example, green tea and yellow tea need to fade for half a month before drinking;
For example, smoked small varieties of black tea must wait until the next year to fade;
For example, oolong tea has different degrees of roasting, mainly depending on the level of fire power to determine the fading time;
For example, the fire of Pu'er new tea also has to wait for a month to fade;
For example, the fading time of new white tea should be put for more than half a month...
Any column, all slot points.
Obviously, the watchmaker's understanding of tea is very unprofessional!
The main thing is that the other party confuses the concept of fading.
What is fading fire?
Only roasted tea needs to fade.
For example, Wuyi Rock Tea, Traditional Tieguanyin and so on. When their new tea first came down from the roasting cage, they couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and they couldn't drink it in a hurry.
Instead, we must patiently wait for the fire on the new tea to fade away, and when there is no longer a strong smoke and fire breath, we can fully appreciate the unique aroma and taste charm of the tea itself!
But in addition, green tea, yellow tea, white tea, Pu'er, black tea and so on.
When they are processed and produced, they have not experienced the process of roasting at all, so why should they fade the fire?
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Green tea and yellow tea have always advocated drinking new tea to taste fresh.
In principle, the optimal flavor maintenance time of these fresh-based teas is limited, usually only about 12 months.
After the time has passed, the flowering period is no longer, the chlorophyll and other substances inside the green tea are easy to oxidize and darken, the aroma becomes dull, the fresh flavor begins to decline, and the color and fragrance performance is hit across the board.
At that time, even if the storage conditions of green tea were good, the tea leaves were not damp, spoiled, and tasted, and the taste of tea soup would be much worse than before.
It is like, even if a person's skin care is done well, after reaching a certain age, it will more or less reveal a sense of the vicissitudes of the years.
Therefore, when drinking green tea and yellow tea, take advantage of the best flavor of the new tea to drink.
Otherwise, you will miss the good tea in vain, resulting in waste and regret.
However, it is worth noting that although green tea yellow tea has not been roasted, the flavor performance of the new tea has not yet stabilized shortly after the processing is completed.
In particular, green tea that has just been fried in an iron pot.
At this time, the interior of the new tea will retain a few traces of dryness, making it difficult for the fresh and fragrant flavor of the green tea itself to be fully exerted.
In order to drink the ultimate tea taste of green tea when drinking tea, the freshly made green tea should be left for about ten days and half a month before drinking.
At that time, after the new tea entered a stable period of flavor, it was not too late to drink tea again.
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Smoked small black tea to be drunk every other year, which is completely the product of conceptual confusion.
In the name of the small species of tobacco, although it has the word tobacco, it does not bake. Smoking and roasting rock tea are not the same thing.
When making small black tea, after sufficient fermentation, it only needs to be dried and set, and the fermentation results are stabilized with high temperature to avoid excessive fermentation.
There is no need to be like rock tea, after doing green fermentation, but also to go through many times roasting tea, roasting, fading, roasting again, and then fading...
It is not until the final roasting level of a rock tea reaches the ideal state.
The smoke of small varieties of smoke is similar to smoked dried bamboo shoots, smoked bacon, and smoked persimmon cakes.
When making tea, the tea blank of the small seed of smoke only comes into contact with smoke, and does not touch the fire.
The traditional processing of small varieties of Zhengshan tobacco, by burning pine resin-rich masson pine wood, allows the tea leaves to continuously adsorb into this unique pine smoke fragrance, which smells long and lasting, and the aroma is very unique.
Of course, considering the tea-making characteristics of small black tea, when the new tea is just processed, the pine smoke aroma brought by the pine smoke will smell slightly strong, and it should be dried and placed.
Wait until the flavor becomes calmer and softer before taking it out and drinking.
As for the time of this release, is it long or short? The key is to look at personal taste.
Long story short, the lover's eyes are out of the west.
As long as you can accept the unique smoky flavor of small black tea, then it is enough to simply put it for about three or four months.
If you are a new tea friend, the first contact, feel that the smoky taste is too heavy to accept, may wish to wait for more than half a year to taste!
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Oolong tea, all need to be roasted?
Of course not. According to the geographical division, oolong tea can be divided into four major factions.
The earliest was Oolong in northern Fujian, followed by oolong in southern Fujian, oolong in Guangdong and oolong in Taiwan.
Wuyi Rock Tea is an outstanding representative of Oolong in northern Fujian.
Among them, not all oolong tea will undergo roasting.
For example, in the minnan oolong tea, the fragrant iron Guanyin that was once very popular.
Another example is the phoenix single bush in Guangdong Oolong.
Obviously, the so-called "oolong tea has different degrees of roasting, mainly depending on the level of fire power", such a statement is inconsistent with the common sense of the tea circle.
Taking 10,000 steps back, even if it is Wuyi rock tea, its fading time is not fixed, and it cannot be one-size-fits-all.
In principle, the fading time of rock tea is directly proportional to the degree of roasting.
When roasting tea, the more fire is eaten inside the rock tea, the higher the degree of roasting, and the later period of fading time is naturally longer.
Like the fading time of foot fire rock tea, it must not be the same as light fire rock tea. But when it comes to the length of the fading time, there are many variables to consider.
For example, the way of fading.
In what kind of environment is it placed for defoliation? Is the packing team fading? What is the temperature and humidity of tea storage?
For example, the way of roasting tea.
Is it simmered slowly, or is it roasted all at once? What kind of charcoal is used? Is there any baking? How long is the interval between one fire and two fires? What is the roasting temperature and duration of each roast? Is there a timely baking...
Suppose that when a rock tea is roasted, the charcoal selected is not of good quality, there are many impurities, and when it is burned, it will emit a strong and choking "charcoal taste".
Then, when the rock tea is adsorbed into this choking breath and becomes smoky and fiery, if it is to be repaired to a relatively soft and drinking flavor that is not so big, it is necessary to wait for a longer fading time.
One-size-fits-all circle of fading time is not reasonable in itself!
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Finally, including Pu'er, black tea, and white tea, they are not roasted and naturally do not need to fade.
But when does a new tea taste good after it has been processed?
This question is universal and suitable for any type of tea.
Referring to the previous content, how long does Pu'er, white tea, etc. take to drink?
There are three main points.
First of all, after the new tea has just been processed, it is necessary to give at least ten days and half a month to calm the tea endoplasm that undergoes frequent fluctuations in the process of tea making.
Secondly, what time period should the new tea be put in to drink? It's a matter of personal taste. If you are a tea lover who loves to drink new white tea, you can choose to taste it early.
Finally, Pu'er and white tea, which have the value of late aging.
At different time periods, with different flavor highlights.
It's like looking at a natural landscape, and spring is full of flowers and vitality.
In summer, the trees are shaded and the cicadas are like rain.
Autumn leaves are quiet and beautiful after autumn, and the frost moon is in the middle of the day.
After the cold winter, a school of solemnity, falling snow into poetry, the distant view is a spectacular white expanse.
Choose to combine white tea and Pu'er, while storing, while taking out a few bubbles of tea from time to time, feel their flavor changes.
Time flies, and the years fly by.
With a change in tea aroma, quietly appreciate the transformation of tea flavor, wonderful!
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When the new tea is just made, it needs to be put away to drink, which is true.
But for ordinary tea customers, should the new tea they buy be put away before drinking?
Answer, most of the time do not need to put, take it apart and drink it directly.
Unless it is, the merchant has special notes, explanations, and instructions.
Because when a new tea is processed, the tea maker needs to constantly try the tea to adjust its final flavor.
After the finished product is made, responsible merchants need to try and inspect the goods.
Ensure that the tea taste does not travel to the pool, and then deliver the logistics and transportation, and deliver the new tea to thousands of households.
Otherwise, it will be shipped out without tasting.
When the guests receive the tea, they are not satisfied with the drink and feel that it does not taste like the flavor you describe.
From a business point of view, it is completely self-destructive!
It can be seen that from tea tasting, to packaging, to logistics and transportation.
During this period, a lot of time has passed, and the new tea bought does not need to be deliberately put away.
If you want to understand this layer of truth, it is not difficult to see that the reference table of the six major tea types mentioned at the beginning of the fading fire time.
From start to finish, it was just a joke!
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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.