Tieguanyin is a kind of tea that we are all familiar with. Many people have drunk Tieguanyin, but at the same time, many people have not drunk it and do not know its taste characteristics. So let’s learn about Tieguanyin. taste and characteristics? What are the advantages and disadvantages of Tieguanyin?
The taste and characteristics of Tieguanyin
After brewing, Tieguanyin soup turns golden yellow, clear and free of impurities. The fragrance type has a lighter taste and a slightly sweet taste on the tongue. It is made with modern technology. The strong-flavor type has a mellow taste, a long aroma, and a relatively sweet aftertaste. It is a product made from tea leaves fried with traditional techniques and then roasted. The strong-flavor Tieguanyin tea is a traditional semi-fermented Anxi Tieguanyin tea. It is suitable for experienced tea drinkers because it has a heavier taste and the color of the leaves looks like there are light black and yellowish leaves behind the green tea leaves. Aged-flavor type, also known as old tea or cooked tea, is made from strong-flavor or light-flavor Tieguanyin after long-term storage and repeated processing. It is also a semi-fermented tea. The aged-flavor Tieguanyin has the characteristics of "thick, mellow, moist and soft".
Benefits and Disadvantages of Tieguanyin
Tieguanyin tea is bitter, sweet and slightly cold. It enters the heart, lungs and spleen meridian and has the effects of clearing away heat, lowering fire, dispelling wind and relieving summer heat. For dizziness and pain in the head caused by wind-heat attack, Tieguanyin tea can be combined with Chuanxiong and Angelica dahurica. For headaches, irritability, and thirst caused by heatstroke, you can drink Tieguanyin tea mixed with watermelon green peel. If you suffer from intestinal wind and blood, you can burn Tieguanyin tea and take it with rice soup. This product also has the effect of clearing the mind and diuresis. It can be used for difficulty in urination. Tieguanyin tea and Plantago seed can be used together. People who like to eat greasy food and drink alcohol will increase blood lipids. Elevated blood lipids will promote arteriosclerosis, which is the main cause of hypertension. Drinking Tieguanyin has the effect of lowering blood lipids. After the blood lipids decrease, the blood vessels will gradually regain elasticity, and the blood pressure will increase. decline. Tieguanyin tea is cool in nature. Drinking it if you usually have abdominal distension or indigestion will cause aggravation of abdominal distension or diarrhea, so you need to pay attention to avoid it.
Is Tieguanyin Oolong tea?
Oolong tea is one of the six major tea categories in China, and Tieguanyin is a variety of Oolong tea and is the representative of Oolong tea. Although there is a subordinate relationship between the two, there are still differences between oolong tea and Tieguanyin. Oolong tea is a general term for a large category of tea, with many types, including Wuyi Rock Tea, Tieguanyin, Dahongpao, Taiwan Oolong Tea, Arhat Agarwood, Oriental Beauty, Phoenix Narcissus, Northern Fujian Oolong Tea, Southern Fujian Oolong Tea, Guangdong Oolong Tea, etc. Tieguanyin is one of the oolong teas. Oolong tea is a general term for tea. Different varieties are classified and their aromas have different characteristics. There is no unified standard. And Tieguanyin has a unique "Guanyin charm" due to the variety of tea trees. After brewing, there is a natural orchid fragrance, which is fragrant and long-lasting, and there is still a lingering fragrance after seven brews. In addition, Tieguanyin finished tea can be divided into three categories: light aroma, strong aroma, and aged aroma according to the degree of fermentation and production technology.
Where is Tieguanyin a specialty?
Tieguanyin is produced in many places, but the most famous one is Anxi. Anxi is the birthplace of Tieguanyin tea tree. Tieguanyin comes from Xiping, Anxi, and has a planting history of more than 300 years. Regarding the origin of Tieguanyin, there are two concepts: Wei theory and Wang theory. No matter which way you say it, the main point is that Tieguanyin is a good variety with a fragrant orchid, rich and sweet aftertaste, and this variety characteristics need to be preserved through methods such as asexual branch pressing or cutting. As the origin of the species, it is naturally somewhat famous.