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What is the old tea head of Pu'er tea? How to choose the old tea head of Pu'er tea

our domestic tea culture has a long history. Pu'er tea is also a major category of tea in our country. So what is the old head of Pu'er tea? How to choose the old tea head of Pu'er tea? Let's let Xiaobian take you to have a look.

tea head refers to the tea agglomerated when Pu'er tea is fermented in wodui. Compared with the strip shaped tea, the content of tea head in the normal range of fermentation degree is more abundant, the tea soup is more thick and more resistant to brewing. However, most of tea heads will not disperse or stick together until the end of brewing. Pu'er ripe tea is fermented by artificial watering and pile fermentation. In the process of fermentation, the middle of a pile of tea will be heated up, and then the tea will be fermented by the enzyme contained in itself, and become ripe tea for a long time. In this process, every time, we need to turn the pile of tea over a few times manually, so as to avoid the high temperature inside and scorch the tea. During the fermentation process, the tea leaves will secrete some pectin after repeatedly turning. Because pectin is relatively thick, some tea leaves will stick together and become lumps. After the fermentation of tea leaves, people will pick out these lumps of tea leaves, untie them by hand, and then put them back in the tea pile. Some of them are too sticky. If they want to untie them, they will break the tea leaves, so they have to put them in another pile, and become 'lumpy tea', so it is also called 'old tea head'.

Choose the relatively loose particles, which are as tight as a stone. Don't drink them. The requirements should be clear, the surface should be clean, the aroma should be pure, the taste should be mellow, the soup color should be transparent, the taste should be normal, the tea head is not garbage, the storage is good, the quality is good, the same is good. If it's broken by hand, it's not impossible. It's just that the loss is too large and the powder is too much.

It's a long time, just wash the clean old tea head once. For new tea head, it is recommended to wash it by hand for about 20 seconds, or twice in 10 seconds. In some years, although the old tea head does not necessarily disperse after brewing for many times, at least the rope is clear and the fermentation degree is clear at a glance. If you see the bottom of the leaves with the red mud color or the soup is extremely turbid, it is recommended not to drink it! After brewing, mainly observe whether the soup color is bright and transparent, and whether there is miscellaneous smell.