How to buy a good cake of Pu er tea?

I have been drinking Pu'er for many years, and under the influence of my husband, I still have a few cakes of tea I like at home, and I will drink it when it is cooked.

First of all, for novices, don't challenge yourself, try to choose a big Pu'er brand, so that there are more types of selection, ** is also relatively transparent, basically according to the quality of the tea to price, although you can't buy a big bargain, the most important thing is not to be deceived.

Secondly, it depends on the state of the tea cake, the tea cake should feel solid in the hand, if the tea cake has not been opened has looked loose and fragmented, it is probably pressed with broken leaves, and the quality is not high.

In addition, it is necessary to smell the taste, first of all, the taste of tea cakes, to have a little taste of tea after fermentation, if the taste is bitter and sour or has other peculiar smells, it is not a good tea.

Finally, if you can brew and try to drink it, the color of the good tea soup is shiny, generally dark red or jujube red, different teas, try it yourself more, and choose a palatable variety.

How to choose ripe Pu-erh tea?

What is ripe Pu-erh tea?

Pu'er ripe tea: Loose tea and pressed tea formed by fermentation and processing of Wudui with Yunnan large-leaf sun-dried green tea as raw materials. It has the appearance of reddish brown, the soup color is red and bright, the aroma has a unique aged fragrance, mellow taste, reddish brown at the bottom of the leaf and other quality characteristics.

Good ripe Pu-erh tea has these characteristics:

Appearance. High-quality Pu'er tea is generally golden, tightly knotted, heavy, brownish, and moist in color. If it is black or miscellaneous and has the phenomenon of green and dull, it means that the craftsmanship is poor or the preservation is not good, and it is generally not a good ripe tea.

In pressed ripe tea, taking cake tea as an example, the main thing is to see whether the cord is clear and even, not missing edges and corners, consistent thickness, moderate tightness, and neat and tight cords; The color is normal to be black-brown, tan, and maroon-red. If there are mold flowers on the surface, the ripe Pu'er tea with moldy spots is of inferior quality.

Omani Pu'er tea.

Soup color. The soup color of ripe Pu'er tea should be thick and bright, and dark red is normal. Yellow, orange or dark, cloudy soup color is inferior tea. If the soup is orange or dark in color, it is generally caused by poor mastery of the "fermentation" process, poor fermentation or excessive fermentation.

Aroma. What has to be mentioned in ripe Pu'er tea is the aged aroma and the "Wudui flavor". Aged aroma is the most basic aroma of ripe tea; The "Wodui flavor" is due to the fact that ripe Pu'er tea is fermented using Wodui, which is unavoidable.

However, the "Wudui Bi bad smell" can be reduced or even avoided, and after two or three years of transformation, the Wudui flavor will fade. High-quality ripe Pu'er tea will have camphor fragrance, medicinal fragrance, jujube fragrance, aged fragrance, etc., and good raw materials and craftsmanship make the aroma of ripe Pu'er tea pleasant.

Omani Pu'er tea.

Taste and texture. High-quality ripe Pu'er tea, its tea soup has a strong and mellow taste, smooth mouth, throat moisturizing, and glycol; On the contrary, the poor quality ripe Pu'er tea tastes bland, has low smoothness, and even produces a feeling of "astringency and numbness", which makes the mouth feel obviously uncomfortable when drinking.

Leaf bottom. After fermentation, the color of the bottom of the leaves of ripe tea is brown or maroon-red, and the bottom of good ripe Pu'er tea leaves is less broken and there are no debris; Poor quality Pu'er tea, the bottom of the leaves is incomplete and even mixed with some impurities. The integrity of the bottom of the leaves may be broken to a certain extent after fermentation, so when distinguishing the quality of ripe Pu'er tea from the bottom of the leaves, the main hail is to see if there are impurities in the bottom of the leaves.

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Pu'er cakes are generally mentioned as seven cakes, and there are 12 pillars of bamboo shoot wrappers, with a total of 84 cakes as one piece.

Pu'er tea (scientific name: , big acacia embedded, up to 16 meters high, the young branches are slightly hairy, and the top buds are pubescent. The leaves are thin and leathery, oval, brownish-green after drying above, slightly shiny, light green below, pubescent on the middle ribs, the rest is pubescent, and the old leaves become bald.

Pu'er cakes are generally seven cakes for one mention, and there are 12 pillars of bamboo shoot skin packaging, and a total of 84 cakes are one piece.

Pu'er tea (scientific name: , large tree, up to 16 meters high, positive chain shoots with slight hairs, terminal buds with white pubescence. The leaves are thin and leathery, oval, brownish-green after drying above, slightly shiny, light green below, pubescent on the middle ribs, the rest pubescent, and the old leaves become bald.

Pu'er tea cake is Pu'er tea, and Pu'er tea cake is compressed into the shape of a cake with Pu'er tea, commonly known as Pu'er tea cake. Pu'er tea is mostly stored and transported in the form of cake-like pressing, with a cake of 357 grams and seven cakes for a pick.

How to save it. 1. Raw cakes and cooked cakes are separated, and loose tea is stored in different ways according to raw and cooked methods.

Second, it is better to place the first floor close to the ground, so that the tea can be in contact with the air naturally, and the humidity and temperature can be used to mellow the mountain hunger.

3. How to preserve Pu'er tea cakes There is a tea tasting room in the apartment, and tea can be placed. Do not put a dehumidifier or air conditioner to absorb the water of the tea in the tea room, and it should be stored at a natural temperature.

Fourth, the storage space is protected from sun exposure or sunlight. This is also the key to storage. Light has a strong destructive effect on the tea, be careful!

Fifth, if the tea cake is a tube of seven pieces, it is not suitable to wrap a plastic bag on the outer layer, the original bamboo leaves are the patron saint of tea, and the storage depends on her.

Sixth, the material of the tea urn should be porcelain and pottery. Pu'er tea cake preservation method can be used porcelain urn to place tea to pay attention, cooked cake with sour vertical only acorn gas should not be put into this container, should be put into the pottery urn next to the better. It is advisable to release raw cakes in porcelain urns; Pottery urns are also glazed and unglazed.

The glazed urn has better moisturizing and moderate activity, and can be put into aged tea. The unglazed pottery urn has better tea transfer performance, and it is advisable to put new tea.

The way to drink Pu'er tea cake is.

1. Pry tea, Pu'er tea cake is a large piece of tea cake that has not been opened and needs to be pried open, use a tea needle or tea Qingyin knife and other tools, insert it from the concave surface of the tea cake, and then push the tea knife into it with some upward force to pry the tea cake successfully, and pry it open layer by layer along the gap of the tea cake in the same way;

2. Wake up the tea, put the pry off Pu'er tea in a clean and dry environment, spread it out and blow it naturally for a few days, and the environment should be free of miscellaneous smell and sunlight;

3. To store tea, the purple clay pot can preserve the original fragrance of Pu'er tea, and it is necessary to pay attention to preventing moisture and avoiding direct sunlight;

4. The amount of tea can be decided according to your preferences and the size of the teapot, and you can vote for tea according to one-third or one-half of the teapot capacity;

5. Brewing, the Pu'er tea stored for a long time in the Yu Clan Hall uses boiling water to brew, and the Pu'er raw tea cakes that are not stored for a long time can have a lower water temperature, while the Pu'er ripe tea cakes need boiling water. The first brew of tea is poured first, and the second brew is started again, and after brewing, wait for a minute before drinking.