What kind of tea is considered good tea
What kind of tea is considered good tea? This may confuse many people! In fact, tea is essentially a beverage. Tea is made using different techniques and grades of raw materials. Different types of tea have different tastes, which are suitable for different people. Just choose your favorite tea according to your own taste
However, regardless of the type of tea, it is also divided into three, six, and nine categories. So what elements should good tea have, and what are the standards for good tea? How can a cup of tea be praised? This may be defined differently by everyone.
The basic elements of good tea
1、 The soup has a clear and transparent color. Firstly, the soup for waking tea (washing tea) must be clear and bright.
2、 Good lubrication. Using a regular small tea cup, the three cups must have saliva in the mouth.
3、 Go back to Ganhao. After drinking three cups, there must be a unique aftertaste of this type of tea in the throat.
4、 The odor is mellow and positive. Different types of tea have different odor characteristics, and the richness of the odor determines its quality.
5、 The fragrance is long-lasting. The persistence of aroma is an important factor in determining its quality.
basic standard
1. Is the soup transparent in color
This is the most intuitive criterion for judging whether a tea is good. The tea soup should be “transparent”, which not only looks good, but also indicates:
a. The production process of tea is excellent, without any breakage.
b. Good storage conditions, no dust, and no mold.
c. Tea contains abundant substances and is well released.
d. The brewing method is scientific. Sometimes, due to brewing reasons, good tea may become cloudy, such as when the water temperature is too high, using high brewing method for a small amount of tea.
2. The bitter taste can dissipate quickly, rather than converging.
Not bitter or astringent is not tea. Bitterness is the nature of tea. When drinking tea, never think that the tea is not good just because it tastes bitter.
The key to whether tea is good or not depends on whether the bitter taste can dissolve and how quickly it dissolves. If the bitter taste stays in the mouth all the time, the so-called ‘tongue watching’, usually the tea will not be too good. Some people are fond of this, but it can only be considered as a subjective standard. If the bitter taste melts in the mouth and can quickly produce saliva and return to sweetness, then tea is usually good.
3. No odor, strange smell, or water smell.
No matter what kind of tea, the first thing is to be clean, which means there should be no peculiar, strange or mixed flavors.
a. Odor refers to the smell that is not the tea itself. It is generally because the tea absorbs other smells, such as perfume or cosmetics, smoke, and other miscellaneous smells during production and storage. Because tea has excellent adsorption properties, it is important to pay attention during production and storage. Once the odor is absorbed, it is almost impossible to remove it, and even the best tea will be destroyed.
b. Strange taste refers to the unpleasant taste of tea itself, such as moldy taste. There are also some flavors that cannot be expressed in language and make people feel uncomfortable. Some people also say that this is what makes this tea special. Don’t listen to his nonsense. The strange taste often indicates that there is a problem with this tea, such as harmful substances like Aspergillus flavus, which are harmful to health when consumed.
c. Water flavor refers to the separation of tea flavor and water flavor, resulting in a light fishy smell. The taste of water often appears when the tea soup becomes light, and good tea will not have tea water separation, being light but not fishy.
4、 The bottom of the leaves is soft, bright, and vibrant
The leaves of good tea have a common characteristic of being fresh and vibrant. Fresh leaf bottom description:
a. The raw materials for tea are good. The bottom of the leaves is the restoration of tea leaves.
b. The tea production process is good, and the tea is not made dead.
c. Brewing properly, allowing the tea leaves to fully brew, without fully steeping the tea and causing it to spoil.
Not all cheap teas are bad, nor are all expensive teas good. Nowadays, tea has too much added value. Don’t blindly pursue high prices, especially when buying some private tea. Big brand tea, on the other hand, generally has strict grading and standardization, and the expensive ones usually have better quality.
Good tea makes people happy because the aromatic substances and certain components in good tea can promote the secretion of dopamine after drinking, thereby making people feel happy and clear headed, while bad tea can make people feel more depressed as they drink it.
So when you are not sure about the above standards, take this as the only standard, after all, tea is loved by almost all countries and ethnic groups in the world, not through education and dissemination, but through the essence of tea: drinking tea makes people feel comfortable.
In short, when it comes to drinking tea, everyone has their own preferences, and everyone has different definitions of good tea and standards for tea leaves. Not all cheap teas are bad, nor are expensive teas impeccable. For tea drinkers, no matter how many standards there are, they cannot compare to good taste. A cup of tea, a good cup of tea, the most important thing is the taste