Select a flat desktop, unfold the outer wrapping paper of the tea cake, and take out the tea leaves on the paper. The area of the wrapping paper is enough to ensure that the tea leaves do not overflow, and then it is slowly broken or pried open.
At first, the pressed cake tea had a strong grass flavor. After repeated practice, people invented steaming green tea: that is, steaming fresh leaves of tea leaves, crushing them, punching holes in cakes and tea leaves, and drying them all to remove their green flavor. But it still has bitter taste, so the bitter taste of tea leaves is greatly reduced by washing fresh leaves, cooking and pressing, and removing juice to make cakes.
Tea cake is a kind of small tea cake produced in Song Dynasty. This is the first time that Ding Wei made it when he was an official in Fujian in the Song Dynasty, and it was for the palace to drink. The tea cake is printed with dragon and phoenix patterns. Those who print dragons are called "Dragon Group" or Dragon Tea, Dragon Tea, Dragon Bake and Dragon Group; The people who print the phoenix are called "Phoenix Group" or Phoenix Cake, Little Phoenix Group and so on. The production process has experienced the historical evolution process of adding spices first and then not adding spices. Tea cakes must be fried and drunk.
Matters needing attention in buying tea cakes
1. Appearance: Tea cakes should be uniform and complete. Appearance should be clean and tidy, without mildew or foreign bodies.
2. Aroma: Smell the aroma of the tea cake. A good tea cake should have a fragrant tea fragrance. Avoid choosing tea cakes with bad smell or mildew.
3, texture: gently pinch the tea cake, the texture should be firm and elastic, not dry and not wet. Tea cakes that are too dry will taste hard, and tea cakes that are too wet will easily become moldy.
4. Color: The color of the tea cake should be uniform and natural, without obvious discoloration. Different kinds of tea cakes have different color characteristics, but they should be stable and consistent.
5. Origin and brand: You can choose a regular tea origin and a reputable tea brand to ensure that the purchased tea cakes are authentic and of high quality.