There are generally 7 types of Puerh tea, and the tea broth colors are red, yellow and green.

1, Pu-erh tight tea, according to the post-fermentation method, there are "raw Pu-erh", that is, made of sun-dried green and then made into a tightly pressed tea in the natural storage of the slow fermentation of aging, such as "green cake" and "ripe Pu-erh" division, the taste of "ripe Pu-erh" and "green cake" and "ripe Pu-erh" division. The taste of "Raw Pu-erh" is better than that of "Green Cake" and "Ripe Pu-erh".

2, Pu-erh green tea quality is characterized by clear soup green leaves, green tea after refining, after further processing, one is made into a celling Pu-erh flower tea, the second is made into Pu-erh Tuo-Tuo-Tea, Pu-erh Tea Brick, Pu-erh Cake Tea.

3. Puerh black tea is made through four processes: withering, kneading, fermentation and drying. Through withering and strong enzyme activity, the tea polyphenols are fully oxidized in kneading and fermentation, forming the unique color, aroma and taste, and then drying at high temperature to destroy the enzyme activity, so that the formation of the unique quality can be fixed. Its quality is characterized by red soup and red leaves, from its appearance and quality points, there are three kinds of black tea, black tea and kung fu black tea.

4, Puerh green tea, light fermentation tea, its production through withering, greening, frying, kneading, drying five processes, which is characterized by greening, through the greening and green tea to achieve the characteristics of "green leaves and red edges". This is a semi-fermented tea between black tea and green tea, with the sweetness and freshness of green tea and the color and fragrance of black tea, but without the slight bitterness of green tea and the astringency of black tea, with a pure aroma, bright soup color and refreshing throat rhyme.

5, Puerh yellow tea, lightly fermented tea, its basic process is similar to green tea. Production after killing, kneading, smothering yellow, drying four processes. The smothering process, is the main feature of yellow tea production, through the kneading of warm billet smothering yellow to change the quality of tea, its quality is characterized by yellow soup yellow leaves.

6, Pu-erh black tea, post-fermented tea, four processes. The production is characterized by osmosis, after killing and kneading osmosis for 24 days, so that the color of the leaves become oily black. Its quality is characterized by leaf color oil black, soup color orange yellow mainly used to make pressed tea (ripe).

7. Puerh White Tea is a slightly fermented tea, characterized by white hairs on the outside and white and green color. Its production is characterized by neither destroying enzyme activity nor promoting oxidation, and it goes with the flow. The fresh leaves are withered and then dried by air-drying method. Selection of fresh leaves, usually one bud and two leaves, white tea is characterized by the color white as silver, pure aroma, yellowish soup color, sweet and refreshing taste.

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