There are six kinds of tea in China: black tea, green tea, green tea, yellow tea, white tea and black tea, and Pu'er tea is a hot product in the current tea market. Is raw Pu'er black tea or green tea? Is it better to drink black tea or green tea? Let's have a look.
Is raw Pu'er black tea or green tea? Pu'er tea belongs to black tea.
Although the color of raw Pu'er is similar to that of green tea, and that of cooked Pu'er is similar to that of black tea, Pu'er tea is classified as special tea because of its essential characteristics (natural transformation, aging, long-term storage, high collection value and practical effect) and unique production technology.
There are many kinds of tea in China. Previously, according to the processing method and quality of tea, and in the order of oxidation degree of tea polyphenols, some scholars divided the primary tea into green tea, yellow tea, black tea, green tea, white tea and black tea.
At the same time, combined with the commercial form of tea, tea can be divided into seven categories: black tea, green tea, flower tea, oolong tea, white tea, pressed tea and instant tea. Over the years, this method has been widely used in the industry. Among them, Pu'er tea belongs to black tea.
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What is black tea?
Black tea is created by fermentation on the basis of green tea. The new shoots and leaves of tea plant were used as raw materials and refined by typical technological processes such as withering, rolling (cutting), fermentation and drying. Because of its dry tea color and brewing tea soup with red as the main tone, it is named black tea. It was called 'black tea' when it was first created.
What is green tea?
Green tea, also known as non fermented tea. The tea was made from suitable tea shoots by typical processes such as green killing, rolling and drying. The color of the dry tea, the brewed tea soup and the bottom of the leaves are mainly green, so it is named. It is made of the fresh leaves which are picked by high temperature to kill all kinds of oxidases and keep the tea green, then by rolling and drying.