Tea soup can reflect various problems of tea in origin, production process, storage and transportation. The origin of the tea is ecological and the growth of the tea tree is good. The tea must be clear and bright. The tea with excellent processing technology and no obvious processing defects has good brightness and will not be gray or dark. During the storage and transportation process, strictly control the tea, less broken pieces, and the tea soup is clean and transparent.
It can be seen that tea soup is one of the important indexes to distinguish the quality of tea. So how to distinguish the quality of tea through tea soup?
Observe the quality of tea soup mainly from three aspects of chroma, brightness and clarity.
Different teas have different colors. Generally speaking, green tea is light green, black tea is red, white tea is apricot yellow, ripe tea is brown and so on. As long as the tea basically conforms to the basic characteristics of the tea, there is no problem.
Light refers to the light and dark color of tea soup. But brightness is often confused with color. Some colors look very bright, such as golden yellow, some colors look very dark, such as turquoise. In color, in addition to chroma, brightness can not be ignored. Just like black tea, some high-quality black tea soup colors are very gorgeous, while the low-grade black tea soup colors are dark brown, even in the sunshine, they do not feel bright at all.
The clarity of tea soup can be easily recognized by the naked eye, but it is still necessary to avoid the interference of some external factors, such as tea millipede, broken tea, etc.
Good tea soup can allow some tea pieces to sink at the bottom of the cup, but it is clear from the top to the bottom. Or use glass justice cup, clear or turbid, more obvious from the side.
From the perspective of tea soup, we should pay attention to two points:
One
Observe while hot
After tea is soaked and placed for a long time, the tea polyphenols in the tea soup will oxidize quickly in contact with the air, resulting in the discoloration of the tea soup and the combination of oxygen, and the color will change. Therefore, the color of the tea soup in the tea color should be identified from the tea soup just after tea is soaked.
Two
Observation on the selection of white porcelain bowl
It is better to use white porcelain tea set to observe the color of tea soup. Transparent glass is good for appreciating tea soup, but its characteristics will affect the real presentation of tea soup.
The basic color characteristics of six kinds of tea
One
Green tea, green leaf and green soup
The process includes three steps, i.e. green, rolling and drying. The color is green, clear and transparent.
Two
Black tea, black leaf and red soup
The method is divided into four processes: withering, rolling, fermentation and drying. The color looks more gorgeous. Under the sunshine, the tea soup can feel the color bright and fresh, and there is no precipitation at the bottom of the bowl.
Three
Green tea, golden soup
The main method is wodui discoloration, that is, after tea rolling, wodui more than 20 hours, so that the color of the leaves into oil black. The color is black, brown and glossy, the soup is red, bright and amber, and the taste is mellow.
Four
Yellow tea, yellow leaf and yellow soup
Compared with green tea, the method of making green tea has many stuffy processes. The soup is generally light yellow with green color, clear and bright.
Five
Black tea, orange or brownish red in soup
The process consists of five steps: withering, making green, frying, rolling and drying. The soup is orange or golden, clear and bright.
Six
White tea
White tea and apricot yellow soup can be divided into two processes: withering and drying. The soup is light, usually apricot yellow. It is not difficult to find that although the color of each kind of tea soup is different, there is one thing in common: high-quality tea soup usually needs to have the characteristics of obvious color, clear and bright, and full of oil. Different teas have different colors. For ordinary people, although it is difficult to judge the quality of tea at a glance, it is advisable to use tea soup as an auxiliary means to judge whether the tea is good or not. First look at the tea soup and then drink tea. If you can confirm your judgment, it means that the level has improved again.