China is a country characterized by a huge production of tea, which can be divided into green tea, black tea, yellow tea and so on, according to different production processes and degrees of fermentation. Green tea is the most abundant production of tea in China. Mengding tea is a tea name that we often hear, so does Mengding Ganlu tea belong to green tea?
Traditional Green Tea--Mengding Tea
Mengding Tea is a traditional Chinese green tea produced in the famous mountainous area of Ya'an City, Sichuan Province. The average temperature of this area is 14.5℃ throughout the year, and the annual precipitation is 2000~2200mm, with fine rain and smoky haze all year round. This ecological environment reduces direct sunlight and increases scattered light, which is favorable to the formation of nitrogen synthesis substances in tea.
According to ancient books, ancient monuments and the Qing Dynasty's "Sichuan Tongzhi", since the Western Han Dynasty, Wu Lizhen, a famous tea farmer, hand-planted seven tea trees at the top of Mengshan Mountain, which has a history of more than 2,000 years. Tea tree "not more than a foot high, not born, very unusual", long-term consumption of the tea is good for the spleen and stomach, can prolong life, so enjoy the "immortal tea" reputation.
The quality characteristics of Mengding tea include: curly and compact appearance, rich in tender green color; fragrant aroma, fragrant and fresh; soup color is turquoise and yellowish, clear and bright, fresh taste, sweet and rich, and the young buds at the bottom of the leaf are beautiful and uniform.
How to brew Mengding tea?
Mengding tea belongs to green tea, so when brewing tea and water ratio of 1:50, while controlling the water temperature at about 80 degrees Celsius, of course, can also be adjusted according to personal taste.
When brewing Mengding tea, the key is to master the time of tea release. For a single cup of brewed Mengding tea, basically in about 1 minute, the tea leaves will be able to basically stretch, and I personally think that it is ready to drink at this time.
If you use the Kung Fu Tea Craft brewing, for unfamiliar teas, the general time for the first brew to come out can be between 15 and 35 seconds, while the single bush takes less time to come out.
After tasting the first cup, you can initially determine the time of the next bubble of tea. Experienced tea drinkers can also determine the time of tea by smelling the aroma of the cover and viewing the color of the soup. Usually as the number of times of brewing increases, the tea time will be gradually extended.
In addition to the abundance of Mengding tea, Mengding Mountain is also famous for its supremacy in the world's tea culture. This is mainly due to the "Zen Tea" created by Mengding Mountain in the eighteen tea offering techniques - the Dragon Walking Eighteen, which combines the tea ceremony, martial arts, dance, Zen science and Yi Li as a whole.
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