Puerh is a specialty tea.
Puerh tea does not belong to the six tea categories, but is a specialty tea outside of them, named for its production from the city of Puerh in Yunnan Province, and is a post-fermented tea. There are five basic conditions that must be met in order for it to be Pu'er tea: the place of origin must be a certain area within Yunnan, the tree species must be Yunnan big-leaf species, the raw material must be sun-dried green Maocha, and it must undergo a certain degree of fermentation, with a water leachate content of not less than 38%.
Based on the fermentation process, Puerh tea includes raw tea and ripe tea, raw tea after withering, killing, kneading, sun drying and other processes into the sun green tea, and then put into the mold shaping and pressing, and drying, it became a pressed tea products. The production of ripe tea has one more fermentation, and the rest of the process is the same as that of raw tea.
Differentiating Puerh Tea Methods:
1, look at the appearance
First of all, see whether the tea body is intact, the surface of the rest of the impurities (such as yellow flakes, hair, rope); Secondly, look at the Puerh tea raw tea the overall luster of the cords, the old, young, fat, and so on. The general recommendation is to take tea cakes from different hills and different ages to make comparisons, so that it is easy to read and understand Puerh tea with a reference.
2, smell tea
First, smell the aroma of the dry tea, there is no odor; secondly, you can distinguish between new tea or old tea through its aroma, new tea and old tea aroma is not the same, the former has a green flavor, the aroma is more pronounced, while the latter, there is a taste of wood.
3, taste its flavor
In addition to tasting the tea soup there is no odor and odor, but also pay attention to the speed of the bitter and astringent melt away, is the bottom of the tongue or the cheeks of the sweetness, sweetness is persistent, the new tea than the old tea, the entrance is strong.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Puerh Tea