Flower tea, also known as smoked flower tea, fragrant flower tea, fragrant pieces, is a unique aromatic tea in China.
"Flowery fragrance, tea flavor". Flower tea takes advantage of the characteristics of tea leaves that are good at absorbing odors, and smoulders fragrant flowers and new tea together, called kiln/smoking.
After the completion of the smoking, the dried flowers are sieved, so that the flower tea made is fragrant, the fragrance is dissolved in water, both the refreshing and mellow taste of the tea leaves, and the fragrant and rich atmosphere of the flowers, which is deeply loved by tea customers who prefer heavy flavors and florals, especially northern friends.
It is worth noting that not all flowers in flower tea will be eliminated, and some flower teas will have some dried flowers as embellishments, so the quality of flower tea cannot be judged by whether there are dried flowers in flower tea.
China's flower tea, which began in the Southern Song Dynasty, has a history of more than a thousand years, and first appeared in Fuzhou, represented as jasmine tea. Until now, jasmine tea is also the largest and highest-selling flower tea among the flower teas.
Flower tea is mainly made of green tea, but also made with black tea or oolong tea, and then accompanied by flowers that can spit out incense as raw materials, such as jasmine, magnolia, osmanthus flowers, roses, etc., and then made by the kilning process.
Generally, the smoking of flower tea is 3-5 times, up to 9 times, and the more times it is smoked, the more integrated and long the aroma of tea and flowers.
And the flowers used to smoke are not as much as possible, the Ming Dynasty Gu Yuanqing said in the "Tea Recipe": "When the flowers bloom, pick their half-contained and half-put aromas, measure how many tea leaves, and pick flowers for tea." Flowers are too fragrant, and de-tea rhymes; If the flowers are few, they are not fragrant and not beautiful. ”
Flower tea has different effects according to the different types of smoked flowers, such as jasmine tea to clear the liver and eyes, raw and thirst-quenching, osmanthus tea laxative detoxification, heat removal, magnolia flower tea to remove greasy blood pressure, sterilization, honeysuckle tea heat detoxification, refreshing and annoying.
The above is a flower tea made from tea leaves as tea blanks, and there is also a kind of flower tea made directly from the flowers, leaves, or fruits of plants.
This flower tea is divided into herbal tea and flower and fruit tea, which belongs to a class of reprocessed tea. Because of its beautiful appearance, changeable taste and its health effect, it is quite popular with contemporary female friends. For example, rose tea, honeysuckle tea, chrysanthemum tea, fig tea, lemon tea, monk fruit tea and so on.
The flower tea with tea leaves as the blank is generally used to use a porcelain cup or lid bowl with a lid, and the beautiful shape of the flower tea can be selected from a transparent glass cup in order to appreciate the blooming process of the flower tea and the discoloration process of the tea soup.
Brew flower tea about 3g each time, brew with water from 85 ° C -100 ° C.
Before drinking, smell the incense, lift the lid, and the aroma of the flower tea immediately escapes, the aroma is pleasant, and the spirit is refreshing. When sipping, leave the tea soup in your mouth for a while to fully taste and feel its aroma.
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