China is a big tea producing country, according to different production processes and fermentation degrees, can be divided into green tea, black tea, yellow tea, etc., of which green tea is the largest tea in China. Mengding tea is the name of a kind of tea that everyone often hears, so do you know that Mengding manna tea belongs to green tea?
Traditional green tea - Mengding tea
Mengding tea is a traditional Chinese green tea, produced in Mengding Mountain, a famous mountain area in Ya'an City, Sichuan Province. The average annual temperature of the production area is 14.5 °C, the annual precipitation is 2000~2200mm, and the drizzle is often misty and full of smoke. This ecological environment can weaken direct sunlight, increase scattered light, and is conducive to the formation of nitrogen substances in tea.
According to ancient books, ancient tablets and the Qing Dynasty's "Sichuan Tongzhi", since the Western Han Dynasty famous camellia farmer Wu Lizhen planted seven tea trees on the top of Mengshan Mountain, it has a history of more than 2,000 years. Tea plant "tall and not inching, not born and not destroyed, very unusual", long-term drinking of the tea, beneficial to the spleen and stomach, can prolong life, so there is a "fairy tea" reputation.
The quality characteristics of Mengding tea are: the appearance is tightly rolled, tender green and moist, the inner aroma is rich, fragrant and tender, the soup color is clear and yellowish, clear and bright, the taste is fresh, rich and sweet, and the young buds at the bottom of the leaves are beautiful and uniform.
How to brew Monty Top Tea?
Mengding tea belongs to green tea, so when brewing, it is necessary to pay attention to the ratio of tea to water is 1:50, while the water temperature is controlled at about 80 pairs, of course, it can also be moderately adjusted according to the individual's taste.
When brewing Montyn camellia, it is necessary to grasp the time of tea. For a single cup of brewed mengding tea, basically, in about 1 minute, the tea leaves have been basically stretched, and I personally think that the tea can be produced.
If you brew with the kung fu method, for unfamiliar tea, the first brewing time can generally be mastered in 15-35 seconds, and the single bush tea is faster.
After tasting the first cup, you can preliminarily judge the time of the next brew of tea. Experienced tea people can also decide the time to make tea by smelling the lid and looking at the soup color. Usually, as the number of brews increases, the tea time also accumulates sequentially.
In addition to the abundant production of Mengding tea in Sichuan, Mengding Mountain also has the supreme status of the sacred mountain of world tea culture, mainly the eighteen tea offering techniques created in the "Zen Tea" of Mengding Mountain - Longxing Eighteen, which is a tea technique that integrates tea ceremony, martial arts, dance, Zen learning, and yili.