Recently, a lot of tea friends asked that there are some insects on the tea cake. Is this tea still drinkable? What should I do when the insects grow in Pu'er tea? Let's get to know. In fact, it is a very common phenomenon that Pu'er tea is infested with insects, so don't throw the tea away.
First of all, there are two kinds of tea insects: one is the white insect you often see, the other is the gray black insect. In fact, we see more white insects. This kind of insect is not the tea insect that eats tea. They just like the paper insect that eats wrapping cotton paper. Another kind of gray black insect is the real tea insect. It is understood that this kind of tea insect only eats tea. Unfortunately, few people have seen this kind of insect in the market.
2. Tea insect eating paper
I don't know if you have carefully observed the wrapping paper of Pu'er old tea, especially if there are some full holes on the back. It looks really scary. These holes are the wormholes bitten by small insects. This kind of insect is called "paper insect". It only likes to eat cotton paper, which is not harmful to Pu'er tea. At this time, it can only be said that the little paper insect has no vision. I don't eat such expensive Pu'er old tea but only know to eat the wrapping paper outside. I'm also drunk. It is also easy to deal with this kind of "paper insect". Clean the tea with a brush and store it in a ventilated and dry place.
When tea is sold on the market, the appearance of its layout is also a major factor affecting the price, so we should always be vigilant to avoid the tea packaging paper being eaten up by the "tea insect"!
3. Tea bug eating tea
Just now, the little white paper insect is for entertainment. The real tea insect is actually gray black, which only appears in some good quality Pu'er tea. They specialize in tea, and they specialize in tea, but don't abandon them because of this. People don't eat "overlord tea". Their life cycle is very short. They are born in tea and die in it. Later, they are integrated with tea and make it better to drink. In addition, tea insects can make 'Longzhu tea' after special processing of the stool pulled out by tea leaves. Its nutritional value is much higher than that of ordinary tea leaves.
Characteristics of tea insect: the small tea insect that appeared before is white, runs very fast, a bit like a cricket, very small, mosquito size. There are also small black tea insects, which are also very small. That is the later stage of the original white tea insects.
The real "tea insect" is gray black, with a short life cycle. Most of them die in tea and mix with tea after a long time. According to some old tea people, "tea insects" are extremely beneficial. They will appear in some high-quality Pu'er tea products. They eat tea specially, and like to eat tea well. After death, they will become part of the tea. It is said that the soup color, taste and foam resistance of this kind of tea are more beautiful and better to drink than the 50 year old Sheng Pu. When it comes to "tea insect", we have to say "Longzhu tea" (also known as "insect excrement tea"). This kind of tea refers to that the excrement pulled out by "tea insect" after eating tea is specially processed. The nutritional value of insect tea is higher than that of ordinary tea.
Tea insects generally have a short life cycle and do not need other processing procedures. If they die in tea for a long time, they will mix with tea.
Warm tip: 'tea insect' appears in the normal storage and aging environment. It should not be compared with the insect caused by Pu'er tea stored in the damp environment!