How to choose a small green orange
First, determine the origin of oranges.
"Orange crosses Huaihe River, and the north is bitter orange", which vividly illustrates the femininity of orange and has strong regional exclusiveness. The wise ancients, after thousands of years of comparative tasting, now realize that the better producing area of green oranges is in Xinhui area. Authentic green oranges are produced in Zixinhui, and the orange peel is Xinhui tea branch oranges, while counterfeit products are mostly Yangshan oranges, Imperial oranges and other green oranges, usually produced in Fujian, Guangxi, Hunan and other places. Authentic Xinhui mandarin orange has thick cortex, hard texture, uniform color, dense and clear oil-in-oil particles, light green skin color, thick cortex, good toughness and fine pores after brewing; Pretending to be Xiaoqing is generally a small orange oil bag. After brewing, the color is dark green, the cortex is soft, the pores are thick, and it will rot when pulled by hand. However, with such a large demand in the whole country, the amount of Xinhui is basically insufficient and the price is relatively high. So naturally, oranges outside Xinhui appeared as raw materials. In the central and non-central areas, the taste of citrus is complete and different, and the personality is complete and different. Soil, geographical latitude and longitude, climate, temperature, humidity and moisture are all subtle things, and only coincidence can achieve the best effect.
Second, look for small green oranges.
Literally: small+green+orange can be understood separately. "Small" means small and immature; Blue represents the color of skin. At this time, the content of hesperidin [dài] is high, the content of polysaccharide is low, the oil package is small but not very full, the peel is bluish green, the color of dried tangerine peel is bluish brown to bluish black, and it is hard, thin, hard, fragrant and storable. It can be seen that if you want to buy small oranges, you must buy small ones.
Third, we should know how to look at the surface of small green oranges, smell the aroma, taste the taste and pinch the bottom of the leaves.
Excellent Xiaoqing orange is characterized by good packaging, no mildew and frost; The color of orange peel is even and not too deep, and the brewed tea soup is clear, bright and not heavy; The brewed tea has a faint fruity aroma, quiet and moving, without astringency and musty taste; At the entrance, the tea soup is rich and smooth, with a sweet aftertaste and no stimulation; Gently pinch the bottom of the leaf, the color is bright, flexible and elastic, and there are no other inclusions at the bottom of the leaf.
Please identify the raw materials for filling Pu 'er.
Most people who love tea know that the authentic citrus tea is made from the tea branch citrus in Xinhui, Jiangmen, Guangdong. This leads many merchants to emphasize that their citrus tea is authentic Xinhui citrus when promoting their citrus tea products, but it can be saved by introducing another raw material, that is, cooked tea. Such citrus tea products often mean that the quality of cooked tea raw materials used is not good. Therefore, in the process of purchasing "Xiaoqing Citrus", the raw materials of cooked tea can not be ignored. The price of green oranges is transparent and the cost is easy to calculate. The processing cost of each factory is similar, but there is not much difference between us. At this time, the only thing that can be made a fuss about is the quality of the built-in tea. 20 yuan/Jin of tea can be packaged, and 500 yuan/Jin of tea can also be used as raw materials. This determines the price difference. Therefore, beware of shoddy, please polish your eyes to identify raw materials.
5. Please find the technology of Xiaoqing orange.
In fact, there are five processing methods of Xiaoqing orange: full sun drying, half sun drying, half sun drying, low temperature drying and high temperature drying. This sour and pungent taste has a strong green taste, so it can inhibit the activity of enzymes by deactivating enzymes, otherwise it will taste like grass green directly. The difference between full sun and half sun is that one is not dried, and the other is dried and then dried. Full-sun-dried and half-sun-dried Xiaoqing oranges are more fragrant, so they are generally stored for a long time, and can be sun-dried and sun-dried, and the old peel can be fragrant with the same medicine. And its color is different, it is bluish yellow, and bluish black is the most. Therefore, the length of drying time and baking method will be the most intuitive differences that affect the taste of Xiaoqing orange. Of course, high-temperature baking or low-temperature baking without thorough drying will have a very serious impact on the tea bottom. Such a small green orange will not only lose the dry flavor of cooked tea, but also have a burnt or rotten taste. As the old saying goes, there are traditional skills of three generations of orange farmers in Xinhui, which are organically planted, handmade in the whole process and exposed to pure natural sunlight. Each process embodies the experience and painstaking efforts of the tea maker, and its ingenuity is natural. The cup mouth is authentic and the drip mouth is mellow, which has won praise from the industry.
Buying method of small green orange
1, look at the appearance. The package is complete and free from mildew. The color of orange peel is even and not too deep, and the brewed tea soup is clear, transparent and not heavy.
2. smell the aroma. The brewed tea has a faint fruity aroma, is quiet, and has no astringent and musty taste.
3. Try it. At the entrance, the tea soup is mellow and smooth, with a sweet aftertaste and no stimulation.
4. Look at the bottom of the leaves. Gently pinch the bottom of the leaf, the color is bright, flexible and elastic, and there are no other inclusions at the bottom of the leaf.
How much is this green orange?
First: the price of oranges.
If you use the green oranges from the core production area of Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, the fruit price is more than ten yuan a catty, and if you remove the pulp and count the wages, then the finished products of a catty of green oranges, plus the wages and the cost of Pu 'er tea, are estimated to be around 380-680 yuan. If you make Fujian oranges, the cost of oranges is lower, and the cost of making a catty of small green oranges is lower, about 120- 180 yuan.
Second, the price of Pu 'er tea.
If the price of Pu 'er tea is different, so is the price of tea. Because there are nine grades of Pu 'er tea, from the palace to the ninth grade Pu 'er tea, their cost performance is different, and the prices they make are different.
Third, the price of workers.
If you make green tangerine peel Pu 'er tea in first-tier cities, the labor cost is higher than that in rural areas, so the price of green tangerine peel is different. The processing cost of a kilo of green oranges is different because of the labor cost in different regions.
Fourth, the technological characteristics of sun drying.
Sunbathing also requires manpower and material resources. For sun-drying, the longer the sun-drying time, the more mellow the taste and the better the fermentation and transformation characteristics of tea. Therefore, it has an insurmountable advantage for the overall storage of Xiaoqing orange. Of course, Xiaoqing orange can also be roasted at low temperature, but the taste of sunshine is less, and the soup is sweet and greasy, which is also a distinctive taste and suitable for teenagers.
Fifth, the packaging cost of Xiaoqing orange.
If there is no packaging, or the packaging is simple and the label is Pu 'er, the price will be different. Some brand products have higher requirements for their own small green oranges, and they invest a lot in packaging costs, which will also cause the overall price of small green oranges to rise.
Sixth, the advertising cost of Xiaoqing orange.
If you name an advertisement, or participate in exhibitions, press conferences and other brand planning and promotion, the overall cost of small green orange will increase accordingly, so it will have a direct impact on the price of small green orange. Generally, only powerful manufacturers or distributors will have such promotion methods. The added value has increased a lot, and there are greater requirements for brand promotion.
Differences between Xiaoqing Citrus and Chenpi Pu 'er
Xiaoqing Citrus is a kind of tea made from immature citrus, and it is a kind of Pu 'er tea in Yunnan. They will choose an orange peel in autumn. At that time, the peel has no color, and it has a bluish-brown appearance, even bluish-black, which is a little uneven and hard, and then it tastes a little spicy. Usually Pu 'er tea here is the kind of cooked tea that has been stored for a long time.
Chenpi Pu 'er tea is a kind of tea made of new red orange and Yunnan Pu 'er tea leaves. The raw materials of this kind of tea are generally collected when it snows in winter, which is about 65438+February, and then made into mature orange peel. At this time, the phlogiston content is relatively low, but the polysaccharide content is relatively high, and the oil chamber is relatively large and full. The color of the peel is red, even big red, and the color of the tangerine peel is brownish red or brownish black. Soft texture, thick peel and good taste.
What's the difference between these two teas?
The first point: different functions. The first kind of tea is slightly bitter, pungent and warm, which is suitable for gallbladder meridian, liver meridian and stomach meridian, and has certain analgesic, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. The latter tastes bitter, pungent and light, but it acts on the lung and spleen meridians. Its main function is also to help us replenish spleen, resolve phlegm and eliminate dampness, which is mainly the function of red orange.
The second one: the size is different, because the picking time is different, so the second one is usually much larger than the first one. Generally speaking, the first one can only be brewed once, and the second one can be brewed many times.
The third point: the taste is different. The first taste is the combination of the clear fragrance and bitter taste of green oranges. Compared with the mellow taste of ordinary tea, this one is more refreshing. The latter is a mixture of sweeter red orange and mellow Pu 'er cooked tea, so it is more like cooked tea than the first one.
Fourth: different brewing methods. The first one can be put into some small utensils for making tea, and the second one needs a large container, such as a tea maker. If you use a smaller one, you might as well take out a little of its tea and put it in for brewing. Although the first one can be put like this, the drinking time will be shorter.