The difference between Puerh Tea Ripe Tea and Raw Tea are: different appearance, different type of aroma, different taste Raw Tea, different color of the bottom of the leaf, different brewing methods.
1, appearance: the quality of the new production of raw Pu-erh tea cord fat, gray-green, dark green, mainly well-proportioned cords, with a clear aroma; and ripe tea cord tight, dark brown or maroon, buds and hairs for the golden yellow, reddish-brown, with a ripe aroma.
2. Different types of aroma: Puerh raw tea is mostly fragrance, lotus, clear, chestnut, Chen; Puerh ripe tea is mostly ginseng, bean, Chen, date, camphor. Due to the different types of aroma, if Puerh raw tea and ripe tea are mixed and stored, the aroma substances will inevitably be cross-absorbed, covering or changing each other, making it difficult to obtain a pure and natural aroma.
3, taste different raw tea: chestnut, light yellow or light red, and there is a sense of translucency, there will be a bitter taste, but the aftertaste is sweet, tasty, between the lips and teeth to leave a fragrance, ripe puerh is sweet, smooth, thick, fine and soft. Ripe tea: good ripe tea is chestnut red, maroon, dark maroon, red, thick and transparent, containing rich taste of Chen Xiang, ginseng, jujube and so on.
4, the bottom of the leaf color is different: the bottom of the leaf color of raw tea, with the deepening of the storage time, from tender green - tender yellow - apricot yellow - dark yellow - yellow-brown - red-brown, gradual change. While the degree of fermentation is better Puerh ripe tea, the bottom of the leaf color is generally pig liver color, and with the increase in storage years gradually to dark brown transformation.
5, different brewing methods: raw Puerh (new tea) water temperature is slightly lower, the steeping time should be shorter. Brewing: between 90 to 95 degrees Celsius is appropriate, to avoid high water temperatures produce hot cooked taste, in principle, strong flavor water temperature is slightly lower, the steeping time should be shorter, the opposite of the taste of light. ripe Pu (old tea) high temperature tea washing, high temperature brewing: brewing old ripe Pu can take a low punch water, fast soup.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Puerh Ripe Tea Baidu Encyclopedia-Puerh Raw Tea for more information