What is the most fragrant green tea?

What is the most fragrant and delicious green tea? There are many types of green tea in my country, and different types have different tastes and aromas. The editor below introduces five green teas with very good taste and aroma, hoping to help you.

What green tea is the most fragrant and delicious?

1. West Lake Longjing

West Lake Longjing is a green tea and one of the top ten famous teas in China. It is produced in the mountains surrounding Longjing Village in West Lake, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, hence its name. It has a history of more than 1,200 years. When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited West Lake in Hangzhou, he praised the West Lake Longjing tea and named the eighteen tea trees in front of Hu Gong Temple at the foot of Shifeng Mountain as "Imperial Tea". West Lake Longjing is divided into grades 1 to 8 according to the appearance and internal quality.

Special-grade West Lake Longjing tea is flat, smooth and straight, with a bright green color, fresh and clear aroma, fresh and mellow taste, and tender and flowery leaves at the bottom. The Longjing tea picked before the Qingming Festival is referred to as Mingqian Longjing, and is also known as Nv'erhong. "Outside the courtyard, lotuses smile with flowers, and Mingqian Longjing's Nervhong is red." West Lake Longjing tea, like West Lake, is the perfect crystallization of man, nature, and culture. An important carrier of West Lake regional culture.

West Lake Longjing

Quality characteristics:

West Lake Longjing tea has a flat and tall appearance, green color, and a refreshing and mellow aroma inside. When soaked in a cup, the buds The leaves are green. It is known for its four unique features: "green color, fragrant aroma, sweet taste and beautiful shape".

Special-grade West Lake Longjing and Zhejiang Longjing among spring teas are flat and smooth in appearance, with sharp tips, buds longer than leaves, light green color, and no hair on the body surface; bright green (yellow) soup color; fresh or tender chestnut aroma , but some teas have a high fire aroma; the taste is refreshing or mellow; the bottom of the leaves is tender green and still intact. As the grade of the other grades of Longjing tea decreases, the appearance and color change from light green to green to dark green, the tea body increases from small to large, and the tea sticks change from smooth to rough; the aroma changes from tender to thick, and the fourth-grade tea begins to have a coarse taste; The bottom of the leaves changes from buds to pinched leaves, and the color changes from bright yellow to green to yellow-brown. Xia Qiu Longjing tea has dark green or dark green color, larger tea body, no hair on the surface, yellow and bright tea color, fragrant but rough, strong and slightly astringent taste, yellow and bright leaf base, and the overall quality is worse than the same level of spring tea.

West Lake Longjing

2. Dongting Biluochun

Biluochun is a traditional Chinese tea and one of the top ten famous teas in China. It belongs to the green tea category and has been in existence for more than 1,000 years. history. Biluochun is produced in the East Dongting Mountain and West Dongting Mountain areas of Taihu Lake in Wuxian County, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province (now Wuzhong District, Suzhou), so it is also called "Dongting Biluochun".

It was listed as a tribute in the Tang Dynasty. The ancients also called Biluochun "Kung Fu Tea" and "New Blood Tea". High-end Biluochun requires 60,000 to 70,000 tea buds for 0.5kg dry tea. After frying, the dried tea strips are tightly knotted, the pekoe is exposed, the color is silver-green, attractive green, and curled into snails. It is produced in spring, hence the name "Biluochun". After this tea is brewed, white clouds billow in the cup and a delicate fragrance enters the cup. It is a famous tea in China. The main processes are fixing, kneading, rolling into balls to reveal texture, and drying.

Dongting Biluochun

Quality characteristics:

The quality characteristics of Biluochun are: slender cords, curled into snails, covered with hairs, silvery green, subtle fragrance, Elegant, rich and mellow, fresh and refreshing, with a long aftertaste.

To taste Biluochun tea, put 3 grams of tea leaves into a white porcelain tea cup. First soak the tea leaves with a little hot water. After the buds and leaves expand slightly, continue to brew with hot water for 2-3 minutes, and you can smell it. Smell, look at color, and evaluate. The green and slender buds and leaves float in the cup, and the aroma is fragrant. After drinking, it is refreshing and refreshing.

Dongting Biluochun

3. Xinyang Maojian

Xinyang Maojian, also known as Yu Maofeng, belongs to the green tea category. It is one of the top ten famous teas in China and one of the famous specialties of Henan Province. The main producing areas are in Xihe District, Xinyang City (formerly Xinyang City), Pingqiao District (formerly Xinyang County) and Luoshan County. Created by Han tea farmers. In the early years of the Republic of China, because the five major tea houses in Xinyang tea area produced high-quality Benshan Maojian tea, it was officially named "Xinyang Maojian".

Xinyang Maojian has the unique style of "thin, round, light, straight, many pekoe, high fragrance, strong taste, and green soup color". and many other functions.

In 1915, it won the gold medal with Kweichow Moutai at the Panama International Exposition. In 1990, Xinyang Maojian brand participated in the national competition and won the first place in the comprehensive quality of green tea. Xinyang Maojian is known as the "King of Green Tea". Xinyang Maojian brand has ranked third in value of public brands in China's tea region for many years. In 2017, in the evaluation of regional tea brand value in China, Xinyang Maojian ranked second in the brand value rankings with 5.991 billion yuan.

Xinyang Maojian

Quality characteristics:

The color, aroma, taste and shape of Xinyang Maojian all have unique characteristics. Its color is fresh, clean and contains no Impurities, the aroma is elegant and fresh, the taste is fresh, mellow and sweet, and the appearance is even, bright green and shiny, with obvious pekoe. The shape is thin, round, smooth, straight, with many pekoe, the color is emerald green, the fragrance is high and long-lasting after brewing, the taste is rich and mellow, the aftertaste is sweet and promotes body fluids, and the soup is bright and clear. High-quality Xinyang Maojian soup is light green, yellow-green or bright in color and has a fragrant taste, while inferior Xinyang Maojian soup is dark green or yellow, turbid and dark, cannot withstand brewing, and has no tea aroma.

Xinyang Maojian

4. Anji White Tea

Anji White Tea, a specialty of Anji County, Zhejiang Province, is a national geographical indication product. Anji white tea has an upright and slightly flat appearance, shaped like an orchid; the color is emerald green with pekoe exposed; the leaf buds are like gold-inlaid green sheaths with silver arrows wrapped inside, which is very pleasant. After brewing, the fragrance is high and long-lasting. The taste is fresh and refreshing. After drinking, the fragrance will linger on your lips and teeth, and the aftertaste is sweet and refreshing. The bottom of the leaves is green and bright, and the buds and leaves can be distinguished.

Anji White Tea

Quality Characteristics:

Anji White Tea belongs to the green tea category. It is processed according to the green tea processing principle and based on the quality characteristics of Anji White Tea itself. Anji White Tea looks like a phoenix feather, with green and yellow color, bright and oily, fresh and long-lasting aroma, fresh and mellow taste, clear and bright soup color, tender bottom buds and leaves with green veins. Anji White Tea is rich in 18 nutrients needed by the human body. It is a kind of amino acid with an amino acid content of 5-10.6, which is 3-4 times higher than that of ordinary green tea. It has fewer polyphenols than other green teas, so Anji white tea tastes particularly fresh and refreshing, without bitterness.

Anji White Tea

5. Huangshan Maofeng

Huangshan Maofeng is one of the top ten famous teas in China and belongs to green tea. It is produced in the Huangshan (Huizhou) area of ??Anhui Province, so it is also called Hui tea. It was created by Xieyu Tea House during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. Every year during the Grain Rain period during the Qingming Festival, the first fat and tender buds of the fine tea trees "Huangshan species" and "Huangshan big-leaf species" are selected and fried by hand. The tea is slightly curled in shape, like a bird's tongue, with yellowish green and silver hair exposed. , with golden fish leaves (commonly known as golden flakes). When brewed in a cup, the mist forms on the top. The soup is clear and slightly yellow in color, with vibrant yellow-green leaves at the bottom. The taste is mellow, the aroma is like orchid, and the flavor is profound. Because the newly made tea leaves are covered with white hair and have sharp awns, and the fresh leaves are collected from the peak of Huangshan Mountain, the tea was named Huangshan Maofeng.

Huangshan Maofeng

The four major types of green tea and representative teas

1. Fried green tea

Fried green tea refers to the Green tea that is greened and dried by drum or pan frying has a tight shape, green color, fresh aroma, green soup color, and strong and refreshing taste. Roasted green tea is the most abundant among green teas, and can also be subdivided into long roasted greens, round roasted greens, flat roasted greens, etc. Representative famous teas include: Wulu, Pingshui Pearl Tea, West Lake Longjing, Biluochun, Lu'an Guapian, Usnea Tea, Xinyang Maojian, etc.

2. Roasted green tea

Baked green tea refers to the green tea that is dried in a drying cage or dryer in the drying process. It has a complete appearance and a dark green and moist color. , high aroma, clear and bright soup color, fresh and mellow taste. Among the famous products are Huangshan Maofeng, Taiping Houkui, Jingting Green Snow, Tianshan Green Tea, Jiangshan Green Peony, Emei Peak, Nannuo Pekoe, etc.

Huangshan Maofeng

3. Steamed green tea

Steamed green tea is the earliest method of making green tea in China. It uses hot steam to kill the fresh leaves. Then knead and dry. Steamed green tea has a tight, needle-like shape, bright green or dark green oily and shiny color, clear soup color, light yellow-green color, fresh fragrance, and mellow or slightly astringent taste. At present, the production volume of steamed green tea in my country is small, and the main varieties include Enshi Gyokuro, Chinese Sencha and products from some tea areas in Taiwan.

4. Sun-dried green tea

Sun-dried green tea is green tea dried by sunlight. It has a thick shape, dark green color and oily texture, high aroma, bright yellow-green soup and good taste. Strong and mellow, with strong astringency, it is mainly distributed in Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, and is produced in small quantities in Yunnan, Guizhou and other provinces. Among them, the Yunnan large-leaf variety has the best quality and is called "Dian Qing", but most of them are It is used as a raw material for pressed tea.

We see a lot of green tea in our lives, some of which we can’t even name. It may not be very famous, but it tastes very good. Therefore, drinking tea should be based on your own taste. As the saying goes, tea is neither noble nor cheap, but the taste is better.