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Dongting Biluo is one of the top ten famous teas in China, which belongs to the curly shaped fried green tea, produced in Dongting Mountain, Taihu Lake, Wu County, Jiangsu Province. Dongting's Dongshan and Xishan are islands in Taihu Lake, where the climate is mild all year round, the air is fresh, and the clouds are swirling, which is very suitable for the growth of tea plants. There is such a legend about the origin of the name of Dongting Biluochun Tea: Biluochun was originally named "Frightening Incense", in addition to the Kangxi Emperor's visit to Taihu Lake, there is also a legend that Biluochun already had a tea name in the Ming Dynasty. There is also a clever explanation: its color is turquoise, curled like a snail, harvested in spring, harvested from the characteristics of Biluo Peak, so it is named Biluochun. This tea has a long history, and it has become a court tribute tea during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.
A picking production
The harvesting of Biluo spring tea is from late March to mid-April every year, when the tea buds grow to 1-2 cm, it is required to pick the young shoots of the first bud and one leaf (commonly known as one flag and one shot), and the back of the leaf is densely covered with fur, about 0.5-0.7 mm long, visible to the naked eye. The younger the umami taste, the more pekoe after making the dried tea, and the better the quality. The young leaves are picked, killed, kneaded, kneaded, dried and other processes, all of which are manually operated. 0.5 kg of dry tea requires 60,000-70,000 tea buds, which shows the tenderness of tea buds.
This tea is sautéed in 4 pots, each lasting about 45 minutes. The finished biluo spring tea carefully made through multiple processes has a tight shape, slender strips, tender green and hidden green, elegant and fragrant, fresh and fresh, clear and turquoise soup, soft and uniform leaf bottom, and sweet aftertaste after drinking. When brewing Biluochun, first fill the glass with boiling water, and later throw the tea leaves into the cup, wait for it to sink slowly and drink, or you can brew it with boiling water at 80 degrees.
2. Purchase points
When purchasing Dongting Biluo Spring Tea, you should smell its aroma, because biluo spring tea trees and fruit trees are mixed together. Every spring and summer, bees and butterflies will bring the pollen of the fruit tree to the tea tree, which naturally makes the tea tree have the fragrance of flowers, especially the fine biluo spring, which tastes fresh and elegant, with a rich floral fragrance and sweet fruit aroma.
The fine Biluo Spring Tea Dried Tea strips are slender, curled like a snail, covered with nothing, silver and white. Every 0.5 kg of fine Biluochun tea has more than 60,000 buds. Now the Biluo Spring Tea on the market is divided into 7 grades, and with the grade from high to low, the buds and leaves gradually increase and the fur gradually decreases. There are some pigmented Biluochun on the market, compared with the soft and bright color of high-quality Biluochun, its color is green, dark, and the fluff is not white but mostly green.
High-quality Biluo Spring Tea can be seen flying up and down in the cup in an instant when brewing, tea mercury is turquoise, fragrant, cool and sweet, fresh and fresh. However, the aroma of inferior tea leaves is not mellow enough, just with a faint fragrance, and even with a peculiar smell and earthy taste.