The difference between jasmine tea and green tea

Identification of jasmine tea 1. Appearance: evaluated by rope, color and uniformity. (1) rope (famous tea is called modeling): tight and strong. Famous tea has its own unique requirements, for example, Longjing tea requires smoothness and uniformity; Biluochun requires curling, tenderness and smoothness. But generally speaking, spring tea is tight and heavy, while Chaze is lighter, thinner or thicker in summer and autumn. High-grade tea needs a lot of buds and fat. ② Color: Scented tea is made of green tea. The general color should be light green, yellow-green, shiny. Summer and autumn tea is dry and oily, autumn tea is better, and old tea is gloomy. ③ Uniformity: It is better to be clean and uniform, especially to check that non-tea inclusions, such as insects and nails, cannot be doped. 2. Endoplasm: Endoplasm is the main factor of the quality of jasmine tea, which is identified by aroma, taste, soup color and leaf bottom, and is mainly determined by aroma and taste. ① Aroma: judging from the three factors of freshness, concentration and purity, high-quality scented tea has both freshness, concentration and purity, and there are differences and connections among them. A. freshness: refers to the freshness of aroma. When judging a cup of scented tea, what is the first impression of aroma? Is the fragrance fresh in popular terms? High-grade scented tea requires "freshness", that is, the aroma is very sensitive, that is, "you can feel it when you smell it" is a high performance of freshness, and neither freshness nor stale taste is the performance characteristic of low-grade scented tea or aged tea. B. Concentration: refers to the foam resistance of jasmine tea. Jasmine tea with lasting fragrance and foam resistance has good concentration. On the contrary, the fragrance is thin and not lasting, and it will be fragrant after soaking twice, so the concentration is poor. Generally, the concentration of low-grade scented tea is always inferior to that of high-grade scented tea. C purity: refers to the purity of flower fragrance and tea fragrance. For example, jasmine tea can't smell "blue" or other flowers, and there can't be odor such as smoke in the tea fragrance. ② Taste: mainly evaluate the concentration and fresh purity. It is best to taste pure and rich scented tea. Generally speaking, taste and aroma are related. The fragrance is fresh and the taste is cool; Strong aroma and mellow taste; Pure aroma and delicate taste; If you find that the aroma is different, you should carefully identify it on the taste. 3 soup color: yellow-green, clear and bright is the best, and yellow-dark or reddish is the worst. ④ Leaf bottom: light green, yellow-green, uniform brightness is better, while rough, uneven, dark or red is the inferior jasmine tea soaking method (this is the soaking method in Bird's book, which belongs to the conversion category). Jasmine tea combines the taste of tea with the fragrance of flowers. Drinking jasmine tea is like enjoying a tea art. The drinking method is as follows: The special jasmine tea should be brewed in a glass with a water temperature of 80-90 degrees Celsius. Other jasmine teas, such as Yin Hao, Premium, First Class, etc. It should be made of porcelain cups. The water temperature should be high, preferably close to 100 degrees Celsius. Usually, the ratio of tea leaves is 1: 50, and the brewing time is 3-5 minutes. When making jasmine tea, many people like to appreciate the appearance of jasmine tea first. Usually they will take out a cup of brewed jasmine tea and spread it on white paper. The drinker first observes the colorful appearance of jasmine tea and smells its aroma to increase the interest of jasmine tea. Soaking jasmine tea can keep the fragrance from losing in vain. And show the beauty of characteristics, and pay attention to it when brewing. The specific brewing procedure is as follows: (1) Preparation: Generally, the tea set for drinking jasmine tea is a white porcelain cup with a cover, or a bowl with a cover (equipped with a tea bowl, a bowl cover and a saucer), such as brewing jasmine tea with special techniques and advanced jasmine tea. In order to improve the artistic appreciation value, transparent glasses should be used. ⑵ Ironing: Put the teacup on the tea tray, rinse the teacup and saucer with boiling water, then immerse the lid in the teacup filled with boiling water and rotate it, and then take out the water. The main purpose of this process is to clean the tea set. ⑶ Putting tea: gently take jasmine tea out of the tea storage pot with a bamboo spoon and put it into the teacup as required. Dosage should be increased or decreased according to personal taste. (4) Brewing: when brewing jasmine tea, the head bubble should be low, and the mouth of the brewing pot should be close to the teacup and sprayed directly on the tea to make the fragrance slowly leach out; Pour the second bubble in the middle, and pour the boiling water a little away from the mouth of the cup to make the tea blend; The third bubble uses high-pressure water, and the spout rushes into boiling water slightly away from the mouth of the teacup, so that the tea leaves roll, the tea soup echoes and the flowers are overflowing. Generally, it is full to eight points, and it is covered immediately after it is washed to ensure the fragrance of tea. 5. Smell the fragrance: After the jasmine tea is soaked, let it stand for a while. You can lift the teacup, uncover the side of the lid, smell the fragrance with your nose, and suddenly feel the fragrance coming. Those who are interested can also take a deep breath with the aroma and fully appreciate the pleasant feeling of the aroma, which is called "nose product". [6] Tasting: After smelling the fragrance, when the tea soup is slightly cool and palatable, take a sip and let the tea soup stay in your mouth for a while. Breathe in through the mouth and exhale through the nose. The tea soup flows back and forth on the tongue 12 times, fully contacts with the taste buds, and swallows after tasting the tea and aroma. This is called "tasting". Therefore, there is a folk saying that "one mouthful is for drinking, and three mouthfuls are for tasting". ⑺ Appreciation: Jasmine tea with special craft shape and high-grade Jasmine tea are soaked in a glass. You can appreciate its aroma and taste while enjoying its graceful dance in the cup. Or ups and downs, dancing; Or unearthed like mushrooms after rain, silver guns everywhere; Or like chrysanthemums, refreshing. Scented tea is one of the important teas produced in China. The product not only maintains pure tea fragrance but also has rich floral fragrance and unique charm, so it is known as "attracting floral fragrance and benefiting tea flavor". Scented tea is made of plain tea (or tea blank) and fragrant flowers for tea by traditional scientific formula in a specific tea-making environment. Due to the different types of fragrant flowers used for making tea, there are different scented teas such as jasmine tea, white orchid tea, tortoise shell tea, pearl orchid tea and rose tea. 1 Fujian Jasmine Tea Jasmine tea is a major product in scented tea and occupies a considerable share in the domestic market. There was a saying that "there is no flower in Jiangbei that is not tea". Jasmine tea is favored by consumers for its elegant aroma and mellow taste. Consumption promotes production. Up to now, the production center of jasmine tea has expanded from Fuzhou and Suzhou to other tea-producing provinces. According to the China Tea Dictionary, the famous producing areas of jasmine tea in China are Fuzhou, Suzhou, Jinhua, Chengdu, Guilin and Guangzhou. The main producing areas are described as follows. Fujian jasmine tea is a kind of jasmine tea produced in Fujian. During Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, Fuzhou produced and sold jasmine tea on a large scale. At that time, Tianjin, Beijing, Shandong, Anhui and local tea merchants set up factories in the local area to transport Mao Feng, Qian Qi, Dafang, Biluochun, Longjing and Chaoqing tea from Anhui, Zhejiang and Fujian green tea areas to Fuzhou to process scented tea and sell them to North China and Northeast China. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, tea merchants in Taiwan Province Province transported tea from Taiwan Province Province to Fuzhou to plant flowers, becoming pioneers in producing colored scented tea in Taiwan Province Province. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Fujian jasmine tea gradually weakened. 1949. Fujian jasmine tea is based on fried green tea, and its famous varieties include Dabaihuo, Hao Min, Tongkui, Qianmingqing and Dragon Ball, as well as jasmine tea, organic germanium scented tea and selenium-enriched scented tea. Domestic sales are spread all over the country and exported to more than 40 countries and regions. The quality characteristics of Fujian special jasmine tea are made of special green tea and high-quality jasmine, which are finely crafted and fragrant, and belong to special jasmine tea. With the development of special green tea processing technology, the shapes of jasmine tea are constantly enriched, such as needle bud shape, pine needle shape, flat shape, bead circle, curly shape, ring shape, flower shape, bundle shape and so on. The appearance and leaf bottom of this scented tea have artistic ornamental value, and the appearance characteristics are shown in table 1. Table 1 Main product names and appearance characteristics of special jasmine tea Product names and appearance characteristics Jasmine silver needles are needle-shaped, fatty, white, uniform and beautiful. Jasmine pine needles are tight and straight, with sharp ends and dark green color. Jasmine snow buds are delicate in appearance, with two flower-shaped leaves, green in color and white in hair. Jasmine lobster king has a flat shape, and the base of bud head is slightly curved like shrimp, fat and white. The shape of the jasmine needle core is tightly rolled into a disc-shaped flower, revealing white hair. Jasmine pearl snail is delicate in appearance, tightly rolled into a disc flower, revealing white hair. Jasmine Dragon Ball is round like a pearl, with a loud voice and green and moist color. The shape particles of Jasmine phoenix eye are eye-shaped, the visual image is realistic, and it has white hair, which is even and beautiful. The shape of Jasmine white-haired monkey is fat and curly, and the white hair is exposed. Jasmine Mao Feng looks plump and tender, and its color is green and moist. Jasmine-silver chrysanthemum bundle tea is chrysanthemum-shaped, green in color and white. There are two kinds of single-sided chrysanthemum and double-sided chrysanthemum. Jasmine silver ring is a small ring in shape, generally made of single-bud leaves, with white hair, symmetrical and beautiful. This style is also called Yuhuan. In addition, there are some special jasmine teas, such as the spherical and twisted litchi (about 1-2cm long). The essence of special jasmine tea has the characteristics of fresh and rich aroma, fresh and mellow taste, bright yellow soup color or bright and clean Huang Liang. However, the fragrance of different colors varies with the amount of flowers and the steaming time. 3 Jasmine Tea Tasting 3. 1 Selection of Jasmine Tea Tasting Method Because jasmine tea is mostly made of green tea, it has * * similarities with green tea in drinking methods, and local tea drinking habits have formed these ways, which are divided into cup-covered brewing method and porcelain pot soaking method according to the selected drinking utensils. For special jasmine tea with beautiful appearance, glass brewing method is also useful, which can meet the requirements of ornamental leaf bottom. Usually the ratio of tea to water is 1: 50. Take an appliance with a capacity of 150 ml as an example, the amount of tea is 3g, the brewing time is 3-5 min, and the water temperature is 90- 100℃. The first-class tea can be brewed in a porcelain pot for 5 minutes, and the water temperature is required to be 100℃, and it can be drunk after brewing for 5 minutes. White porcelain cups can hold tea, which can give full play to the color and fragrance of tea, clean and elegant. It is a common way for families in the north to drink scented tea with one pot and many cups, which is convenient and hygienic. 3.2 Special jasmine tea is generally brewed in a transparent glass with 90~C boiling water for about 3-5 minutes, and the brewing times are 2-3 times. When brewing, you can enjoy the delicate and unique shape of tea through the glass. For example, when brewing Super Jasmine Mao Feng, you can enjoy the vivid scene of slow, upright and ups and downs of Mao Feng buds, which has a unique taste. After soaking, open the lid of the cup, smell its fragrance, fresh and pure, and suddenly feel fragrant. Taste it again. The fragrance of flowers and tea makes you feel refreshed and relaxed. Cover-bowl brewing is a common method for Sichuan people to drink scented tea. A set of tea has a bowl, a saucer and a tea cover. Everyone has a set of tea, while drinking, while posing as a "dragon gate array", leisurely and happy. Teahouses in Beijing and other cities are also often used. The soaking procedures of jasmine tea mainly include (1) tea tasting: (2) water injection: cup moistening; (3) clean the cup; (4) Tea pouring: 3g per cup,150ml; (5) Tea moistening: about 1/4 water; (6) Brewing: Phoenix three-nod technology is adopted. When you drink scented tea, you can enjoy the natural fragrance of flowers, such as being among flowers and enjoying the pleasure of rural life. It is said that scented tea is poetic tea, which combines the charm of tea and the fragrance of flowers. Through "absorbing flowers to enhance fragrance, raising tea to enhance flavor", the fragrance and taste of scented tea are perfectly integrated and complement each other. Jasmine is fragrant, elegant and rich, which distinguishes it from other scented teas by its freshness. Fragrant but not floating, fresh but not turbid. There is quite an artistic conception when drinking.