The Biluo Chun produced by Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake combines the aura and essence of Wuyue landscape and is a tribute tea in Chinese history. After the founding of New China, it was rated as one of the top ten famous teas in China.
Competing to drink Jiangnan's "first bite of fresh", it is said that Biluo Spring Tea.
Dongting Biluochun is a treasure of China's famous tea, known at home and abroad for its beauty, color, aroma and taste.
Dongting Biluochun is famous, but the output is extremely limited, far from meeting the needs of the market, and a large number of cheap "Biluochun" pours into the market during the listing season. For consumers, it is often difficult to distinguish between true and false, and truly understanding Dongting Biluochun can better distinguish its authenticity.
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The origin of "Biluochun"
Biluochun's original name was "Scary Incense",
In China, which has a history of more than a thousand years, the earliest record of Biluochun is in the "Suizhi Record":
"There is tea in Dongting Mountain, which is slightly like a mist and fine, the taste is very sweet and fragrant, commonly known as 'scary people', and the one who produces Biluo Peak is especially good, and the name Biluochun is."
Wang Yingkui of the Qing Dynasty recorded in "Essays on Liu Nan": When the Kangxi Emperor toured Taihu Lake in the south, he was deeply attracted by Biluochun and felt that "frightening people's incense" was indecent.
Therefore, it takes the tea color turquoise, curled like a snail, harvested in spring, and obtains the characteristics of Dongting Biluo Peak, and gives the good name of "Dongting BiluoChun" and becomes a tribute tea that pays tribute every year.
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The special geographical environment nourished by Taihu Lake
Dongting Biluochun is produced in Dongting East and West Mountains, located in the hilly mountains of western Suzhou, the biluochun of these two tea producing areas is "Dongting Biluochun", and the "Geographical Indication Protection Products of the People's Republic of China" logo can be used.
Dongshan is close to the Taihu Peninsula, and Xishan is surrounded by water on all sides. The east and west mountains are not high in altitude, there are many gravel on the slopes, the soil mineral content is rich, the breathability is good, it belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate, affected by the Taihu Lake and the complex terrain, warm and humid, and the four seasons are distinct.
The mountain soil is developed from the weathered remnants of hill rocks, and the soil contains higher organic matter. The unique climate and geographical environment have created a good growth and development environment for Dongting Biluochun, and also created its unique excellent quality.
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Ancient traditional craftsmanship
Dongting Biluochun is very strict in picking, and can only rely on the spring equinox to the Qingming period to pick, usually picking a bud and a leaf for the first time, and the fresh leaves are shaped like a finch tongue.
The harvested buds and leaves are finely selected, killed, kneaded, kneaded, kneaded, and displayed, and each step from picking to finished products needs to be completed within one day to make this "first bite of fresh".
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The fragrance is a unique taste of the top product
As one of the top ten famous teas in China, Dongting Biluochun has the name of "one tender and three fresh", the color and flavor are complete, and the annual output of Dongting Biluochun accounts for 2% of the entire Biluochun market, and the authentic Dongting Biluochun can be distinguished from the following points:
● Shape: Biluochun dry tea shape as its name, color turquoise, curled like a snail, of which, pekoe is the symbol of the quality of Biluochun, the higher the grade of pekoe revealed more obviously,
● Qi: In the Ming Dynasty's "Tea Solution", it is said: "Tea gardens should not be mixed with evil wood, but the planting of gui, plum, Xinyi, magnolia, rose, cang pine, green bamboo and the like is also enough to cover the frost and snow and cover the autumn sun." ”
Biluochun production area is China's ancient tea and fruit intercropping tea area, tea trees and loquat, peach, plum, apricot, plum and other fruit trees intercropping planting, tea trees and fruit tree root veins are connected, so that tea absorbs fruit aroma, with a natural floral and fruity taste.
● Color: After brewing, the biluo spring tea soup is clear and bright, the soup color is tender green and slightly yellow, and the soup color is slightly less turquoise.
● Taste: Biluochun is known as "a drink of fresh and elegant fragrance, two drinks of fragrant and mellow, three drinks of fragrant and sweet", Dongting Biluochun drink to the mouth has a sweet, cool, mellow feeling, there is an aftertaste.
● Bottom: The bottom of the leaf is bright and uniform, and the flowers are delicate.
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The brewing method of Dongting Biluochun
When appreciating the biluo spring, the transparent and clean glass is generally used to brew by the upper throwing method, first pour the water about 80 ° C into the cup, and then put in the appropriate amount of tea, when the tea leaves are put into the cup, the bottom is immediately sunken, the tea is in the cup, look at its shape, you can enjoy the wonders such as snow wave spray beads, spring dyeing cup bottom and so on.
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The storage method of Dongting Biluochun
Improper storage during the placement period will also affect the quality of Biluochun, it is best to refrigerate in dry and avoid light, 0-5 ° C temperature, drinking and holding need to choose clean and odorless utensils to prevent the tea skewers from deteriorating.
In the Qing Dynasty's "Taihu Lake Preparation", it is said that "there is not much to produce, and the city is more fake",
From 2009 onwards, Dongting Biluo Spring Tea will implement new national product quality standards, and the implementation of new standards will dominate the core of the development of the Biluo Spring Tea Industry, adjusting tea planting, processing, production, sales and consumption and various fields of government supervision.
Although the production of Dongting Biluochun has doubled now, it is not easy to drink this "first bite" of Jiangnan.
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