Jasmine Tea
Jasmine tea is a bulk product of scented tea, which has a wide origin, the largest output, rich varieties and the widest market.
Jasmine tea is not only an aromatic drink, but also an elegant work of art. Jasmine is white and noble, with a delicate fragrance. They sprout in recent summer, release fragrance at night, and the flowers are overflowing. Tea can fully absorb the fragrance of flowers to improve the taste of tea. As long as you soak a cup of jasmine tea, you can feel the fragrance of jasmine.
Jasmine tea is a kind of reprocessed tea, which is made of dried tea leaves and jasmine flowers in bud. Its color, fragrance, taste and shape are closely related to the type and quality of tea blank and the quality of flowers. Bulk jasmine tea takes fried green tea as the main raw material, which is collectively called jasmine fried green. * * * has the following characteristics:
The appearance is compact and fine, the color is black, brown and oily, the aroma is fresh and lasting, the taste is mellow and fresh, the soup is yellow, green and bright, and the leaves are tender, even and soft.
There are also special green teas such as Longjing, Dafang and Mao Feng, which are used as tea blanks to make scented tea. They are called Longjing, Huafafang and Jasmine Mao Feng. In recent years, Sue, Jasmine and Silver Millie have sold well in the Beijing-Tianjin market. Longdu fragrant tea and Wudu scented tea belong to this kind of products, collectively known as special jasmine tea.
Jasmine tea mostly uses the representative color of famous tea as the tea blank, each with its own appearance characteristics (such as flat, straight and curly), while flowers are made of high-quality Fuji jasmine, whose representative colors are:
(1) Jasmine Dabai
Molly for short. Fuzhou Tea Factory uses the early spring buds of Fuding Dabai Tea and other fine varieties as special blank, and double-petal and single-petal jasmine flowers are replanted in cross. Made of "seven details and one mention", the technology is exquisite and the system is skilled. The product is plump and heavy in appearance, compact and symmetrical, light yellow in color, covered with silver, fresh and rich in aroma, rich in taste, light yellow in soup color and even and bright in leaves.
(2) Tianshan silver millimeter
Produced by Fujian Ningde Tea Factory, it is a special scented tea that won the title of quality product of the Ministry of Commerce. It is made of high-grade Tianshan roasted green tea and "Sanfu" high-quality jasmine, refined by traditional technology. Tea is compact in appearance, beautiful and even, with white hair exposed, light green in color, transparent in water color, fresh and rich in aroma, and fat and soft in leaves.
③ Jasmine Su
It is a unique scented tea created by Suzhou Tea Factory and awarded the title of high-quality famous tea by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries. The tea is made of high-grade roasted green tea and high-quality jasmine through "six flavors and one extraction" and precise scenting. It is deeply loved by consumers for its fresh fragrance and mellow and refreshing taste. The quality is characterized by compact, thin, uniform and straight appearance, green and moist color, fresh and lasting fragrance, bright yellow-green soup color, mellow and fresh taste, and tender yellow and soft leaves.
White orchid tea
The use of white orchid tea has a long history. Pure white orchid tea has a strong, lasting and rich taste, which is mainly sold in Shandong, Shaanxi and other places. It is another large-scale scented tea product after jasmine tea. The main producing areas are Guangzhou, Suzhou, Fuzhou, Chengdu and other places. The annual output is 2000 ~ 3000 tons.
The main raw material of white orchid tea is white orchid, and then it is also useful for the same genus of yellow orchid (already called "yellow orchid") and smiling face.
White orchid, also known as Yinxiang, has leathery leaves, an oval needle shape, or an oval shape with petiole 1.5cm and a wedge-shaped base. Flowers are solitary in leaf axils, with white flowers in summer and autumn, perianth 8~ 10, needle-shaped and rich fragrance. They bloom from late April to September, and they bloom most in summer.
Micheliachampaca, also known as Huangburui and Huangqilan, is very similar in appearance to Bailan, except that its flowers are pale yellow, with long stipules on the petiole and hairs on the back of the leaves. It is also an excellent camellia flower.
Micheliafigo, an evergreen shrub or small tree, is 2-3 meters high with dense branches, dense brown villi on branchlets and petioles, with obovate leaves and pale yellow flowers in the axils, 2-3 cm long, with pure and meaningful fragrance. It is a high-grade scented tea flower and is often used for ornamental purposes.
White orchid has a strong and lasting fragrance and is the main raw material for baking green tea. White orchid tea is characterized by compact appearance, dark green and moist color, fresh and lasting aroma, strong taste, bright yellow-green soup color and smooth, even and bright leaves.
White orchid tea is mostly made of middle and low-grade roasted green tea blank, and its scenting process mainly includes four steps: flower protection, tea blank treatment, scenting and mixing, and even stacking and boxing.
Zhu Lan scented tea
Cynthia scented tea is one of the main scented tea products in China, which is favored by consumers because of its elegant aroma and long storage time. The main producing area is Shexian, Anhui, followed by Zhangzhou, Fujian and Guangzhou, Guangdong. And Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan and other places. There are two kinds of fragrant flowers in different families, namely Milan and Zhu Lan. Although their flower shapes are the same, their fragrance types are slightly different, so many people confuse them. Now introduce their respective characteristics.
Milan: Also known as Mizailan, Caviar Orchid and Tree Orchid. Native to South China and Southeast Asia, the botanical classification belongs to Meliaceae and Eupatorium. The scientific name is Aglaiaodorata, but it is also called Pearl Orchid in many places in China. It is said that people regard its flower shape as a pearl, which is called Pearl Orchid, and it is called "Orchid" after simplification. Actually, it's very different from Zhu Lan. It is a small evergreen tree with many branches and joints, odd pinnate compound leaves, alternate, 8~ 13cm long, 3~5 leaflets, opposite, obovate, hairless, dark green and smooth. Flowers axillary, panicle-shaped, yellow, calyx divided, lobes round, 5 petals, 5 stamens, style tube slightly shorter than petals, top edge. Flowers are like orchids, fragrant and elegant, lasting for 2-3 days. It is a good raw material for refining essence and scenting scented tea. There are two kinds of Milan with big leaves and Milan with small leaves. Milan has dense branches and beautiful trees. When flowering, panicles are first drawn from the axils of the upper leaves of the branchlets, which are covered with golden buds as thin as fish eggs. Make the room full of fragrance and refreshing. There is a 300-year-old Milan in Zhangzhou, Fujian, which is 6 meters high and 20 centimeters thick. The annual output of flowers per plant100kg, commonly known as "the king of Lan Shu".
Eupatorium odoratum: Also known as Eupatorium odoratum, it belongs to Chlorella and Chlorella. It is a herbaceous creeping evergreen shrub with cylindrical stem, hairless, opposite leaves, long oval shape, length of 12~22 cm, serrated edges, glandular teeth, terminal inflorescence with veins, usually panicle with more than 2~3 branches, sessile, yellow and white flowers, elegant and fragrant, arranged on the inflorescence axis. It blooms in April-June, and it is in full bloom in May, accounting for 70-80% of the annual output. It is best to make Zhu Lan scented tea in summer.
Cynthia scented tea takes Cynthia and Milan as raw materials, which is delicate, elegant, fresh and lasting. It is made of high-quality green tea such as Huangshan Mao Feng, Huizhou Baking Green and Laozhu Dafang, and its fragrance is overflowing.
Zhu Lan Huangshan bud is a treasure in Zhu Lan scented tea. Its product system is characterized by tight and thin appearance, beautiful front seedlings, white hair, dark green and oily, dried flowers and bunches. Once soaked, the tea leaves slowly sink to the bottom of the cup, and the flowers are like beads, hanging in the water, which is full of fun. If you sip it carefully, it will not only have the unique elegant fragrance of orchids, but also have the fresh and sweet taste of high-grade green tea.
Ordinary Cynthia scented tea has a compact and uniform appearance, dark green and oily color, yellow and green flowers, pure and meaningful fragrance, fresh and sweet taste, light yellow and transparent soup color, and tender yellow and green leaves.
Because the fragrance of Zhu Lanhua is meaningful and lasting, it will take some time for the volatilization of flower aroma molecules and the complete absorption of tea leaves to reach a balance after scenting, that is, it takes about 100 days to mature after scenting. According to the experienced master of Shexian Tea Factory, it is more refreshing to store high-grade Cynthia scented tea in a sealed and dry tea box for 3~4 months than when it was just brewed.
rose tea
Most flowers in the world are colored and tasteless, or fragrant and colorless. Only roses, Chinese rose, red plum and so on. It not only has rich ornamental value, but also is a good raw material for scenting tea and extracting aromatic oil.
Rose, formerly known as Fallen Flower, is a deciduous shrub of Rosaceae, which is native to China, Korea and Japan. There are many varieties, plus the rose, which can be described as the largest family among flowers. Rose is rich in citronellol, nerol, geraniol, phenylethanol and benzyl alcohol, so it has a sweet fragrance. It is the main additive of food and cosmetics and the main raw material of black tea. People in China, Guangdong, Shanghai and Fujian all like to drink rose black tea, such as Guangdong rose black tea and Hangzhou Jiuqu red rose tea.
Rose, rose and modern rose all belong to the genus Rosa, and * * * has a sweet and rich fragrance and is an important raw material for scenting scented tea.
Rosa rugosa: Deciduous shrub with dense and pointed stems, pinnately compound leaves, 59 leaflets, oval or obovoid with wrinkles on it. Summer flowering, solitary flowers, purple to white, strong fragrance. Flowers and roots can be used as medicine, which has the functions of regulating qi, promoting blood circulation and astringing.
Eupatorium odoratum, usually a vine, is 4-6 meters high, with few thorns, scattered and curved leaves, oval, shiny, pointed teeth, flowers 1-3, white, pink and purplish red, such as the new variety "Mohong" cultivated in China.
Rose (r.multiflora): vine, plant height 3-6 meters, multi-branched, spiny, scattered, 9 oval lobules, small flowers, single petals, white or dark red, mostly clustered corymbose inflorescences, flowering in May, double petals of pink, mostly cultivated and ornamental, with slightly fragrant flowers.
Making scented tea with smelling roses was recorded in detail as early as Qian Chunnian's compilation and Gu's Tea Spectrum in Ming Dynasty. At present, the domestic production of rose tea mainly includes rose black tea, rose green tea, dark black tea, rose Jiuqu Hongmei and other varieties.
After picking roses, unfold and fold them properly, remove pedicels and stamens, and make them with net petals. Guangdong rose black tea is fragrant, with flower consumption 100 kg and tea consumption 10~ 16 kg. Fujian rose green tea was picked twice, and the total flower amount was 50 kg flowers 100 kg tea; Wang Hongmei's nine songs, one touch at a time, cost 20 kilograms.
Osmanthus tea
Osmanthus fragrans is not only rich in meaning and ornamental, but also the first-class raw material for scenting scented tea, refining aromatic oil and making sweets and cakes. Osmanthus tea is the most popular in Guilin, Guangxi, Xianning, Hubei, Chengdu, Sichuan and Chongqing. Osmanthus fragrans baked in Guilin, Guangxi, Osmanthus fragrans Oolong baked in Anxi, Fujian, and Osmanthus fragrans black tea in Beibei, Sichuan, all set off the mellow fragrance of tea with strong osmanthus fragrans fragrance, which is unique and has become a treasure in tea, and is favored by consumers at home and abroad. In recent years, baked osmanthus has also been exported to Japan and Southeast Asia, and its price has surpassed that of top oolong tea. In particular, the successful development of osmanthus oolong and osmanthus black tea has added new varieties for the export of oolong and black broken tea.
In China, osmanthus fragrans suitable for making scented tea mainly include Jingui, Dangui, Yin Gui and Sijigui.
Osmantaisfragrans(var, thamburgii): evergreen tree with light brown branches, short stalks, opposite leaves, long oval shape, broad lanceolate shape, sharp ends and fine teeth on the upper edge. Flowers form cymes in leaf axils, with small pedicels. The flowers turn yellow at first, then golden yellow, with rich fragrance, oval fruit and blue-purple color. The flowering period is September. The main varieties are round leaf Jingui (Hangzhou), Xianning Late Gui (Xianning), Qiugui and Liu Ye Sugui (Wuhan).
Var.aurantiacus: A variety of Jingui, with rich color, near golden red and slightly light aroma. The main varieties are' Zhusha Dangui' and' Daye Dangui'.
Var。 It is an evergreen tree. Dense leaves, dioecious. The leaves are oval, opposite, with short tips, dark green, cymes, divided corollas, oval lobes and rich aroma. It is the main raw material of tea fragrance. The flowering period is September, and the variety is' pure silver cinnamon'.
Var.semperflorens: This variety can bloom in all seasons except August, with yellow-white flowers and elegant fragrance. It is the main tree species for ornamental flowers, and scented tea is rarely used because of the low yield of flowers.
Osmanthus fragrans is rich in fragrance, elegant and lasting. Whether it is green tea, black tea or oolong tea, it can achieve good scenting effect and is a multifunctional fragrant flower for tea. The main osmanthus teas are:
Fried green tea with osmanthus basket
It is a large variety of osmanthus tea, with the largest output in Guilin, Guangxi and Xianning, Hubei, and some of them are exported to Japan and Southeast Asia. The main quality features are compact and uniform appearance, dark green and oily color, flowers hidden in leaves like gold, golden color, rich and lasting fragrance, bright yellow-green soup color, mellow and palatable taste and Huang Liang leaf color.
Osmanthus oolong tea
It is the traditional export product of Anxi Tea Factory in Fujian, the hometown of Tieguanyin, which is mainly sold to Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia and Western Europe. Mainly takes tea in summer and autumn of the same year or the next year as raw materials. Quality characteristics are: thick and heavy rope, brown and moist color, elegant and meaningful aroma, mellow and sweet taste, bright orange soup color, dark brown and soft leaves.
Osmanthus black tea
According to the development trend of the international market "fragrant tea" prevailing in Europe, the tea-making teaching and research section of Southwest Agricultural University used natural osmanthus fragrance instead of artificially perfumed black tea to make red broken tea, and the products were sent to the United States and France, which was well received. The main features are: dense and uniform appearance, moist color, rich fragrance, sweet and palatable taste, bright red soup color and uniform leaf color; The fragrance of the processed teabag is particularly delicate and long, and it will last for a long time.
Honeysuckle tea
Honeysuckle, as a scented tea spice, was pioneered in Xianning County, Hubei Province in recent years.
There are many varieties of honeysuckle, and the common one is red honeysuckle. Lonicera japonica and Lonicera japonica. White honeysuckle is the best fragrance. This kind of flower is pure white at first, but it turns yellow the next day, and its fragrance gradually loses, so it is best to make tea on the day of flowering.
Honeysuckle tea is made of roasted green tea, which is compact, thin, uniform and straight in appearance, gray-green in color, pure and meaningful in aroma, yellow-green in soup color, mellow and sweet in taste, and tender and even in leaves.
White honeysuckle and other varieties should be selected for tea scenting, because it is white, fragrant and rich in components, and the tea scenting effect is the best.
After the honeysuckle is harvested, the miscellaneous leaves, stems and pedicels should be picked off, and the rainwater flowers should be removed from the surface moisture, and flowers should be picked in time.
The blending amount of honeysuckle depends on the grade of tea blank and the quality of flowers. High-grade tea, blending amount is 45-50 kg, scented tea is 4-5 kg, and the whole flower is fragrant.
The scenting method is to spread the flowers evenly on the tea blank to be scented and mix them evenly. High-grade tea is best brewed in a box, and the size of the pile is determined according to the temperature. Generally, the pile width is100 ~120cm and the height is 40 ~ 50cm.
According to the habit of gold and silver, the brewing time is generally controlled within 20~30 hours, which should not be too short or too long, otherwise the tea will turn yellow and the taste will be dim.
Nerium oleander
Tortoise shell scented tea is a new flower in China scented tea family. Because of its mellow quality and pharmacological action, Tortoise shell flower is deeply welcomed by domestic consumers and is known as "Miss Scented Tea". Best-selling in North China, Northeast China, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Amara, also known as Citrusaurantiumvar, is an evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Citrus in Rutaceae. Its branches are dim and slender, alternate leaves are leathery and oval, with white flowers in spring and summer (April-May) and rich fragrance. Its fruit is oblate, orange-red in winter and green in summer.
Tortoise shell flowers bloom twice a year;
Spring flowers: they bloom in early April-May, earlier than Cymbidium and Jasmine, but the flowering period is short, only about 1 month, and the amount of flowers accounts for more than 90% of the annual harvest, so the quality of flowers is good. If you are sleepy, you should pick flowers in time, and it is advisable to pick flowers that have blossomed but not fully blossomed to make tea.
Summer flowers: They mainly bloom in July-September, and seldom harvest. Let them bear fruit. But it is specially designed for scented tea, and it also picks flowers as raw materials for scenting tea. Harvesting is mostly carried out in the early morning when the buds are ready to bloom.
Tortoise shell scented tea is generally made of medium-grade tea. In the first year, you must prepare enough tea blanks and store them in a dry and cold environment to keep their green tea style as usual, especially to avoid mildew. Before smoking, the biscuits should be baked well, so that the old flavor will evaporate and the tea fragrance will be exposed, which is beneficial to the development of Zan-Zan aroma.
The openness of praise is closely related to the strength of aroma. Before opening, it was called "Mitouhua", with a low fragrance. What is in bud is the "headdress flower". The fragrance emanates with the rupture of petals. After entering the factory, apply it a little, and it will be fragrant after emitting a sultry smell, with the best effect. The second kind is called "flowering", the petals are cracked, the stamens are exposed, the aromatic substances have evaporated, and the fragrance is low. Therefore, the flowers entering the factory should be spread out immediately to dissipate heat, with a thickness of 4~6 cm, and the yuhua district should wait until the surface moisture evaporates, so a fan should be used to evaporate the surface moisture quickly. Because hawksbill flower petals are thick, aromatic oil is easy to be distributed at high temperature, so it is often heated to facilitate the volatilization of aroma and the absorption of tea blank. After the camellia is mixed, it is sent to a dryer for heating, and immediately stored around after drying.