Identifying a good Longjing is very simple, just three looks: one look at the dry tea, two look at the tea broth, three look at the bottom of the leaf.

A tea to hand, to first look at the dry tea, for an insider, just through the dry tea can be seen tea varieties, tree species, production process and so on. But as a consumer does not need, just need to see if it is authentic, is not high quality is enough. A good Longjing is not oily and smooth, but has a rough texture. Good Longjing color is not bright green, more of a brownish beige color, especially the old tea tree, the color will be darker.

Good Longjing dry tea shape is not particularly regular, and it is difficult to find some group-buying site on the kind of neatly organized buds uniform exquisite feeling. Not authentic West Lake Longjing, bright green color, smooth surface. Of course, not that this tea can not be called Longjing, just that this is not the traditional West Lake Longjing process and tree species made of authentic "West Lake Longjing".

The tea-making process

In fact, many of the Longjing teas on the market today are not made from the Longjing tree species, but simply use the Longjing tea-making process. These teas generally have a brighter, greener and prettier appearance, but the flavor is far from the real West Lake Longjing. In fact, high-quality and low-quality Longjing purchase, but also with our own willingness to buy. Many friends like to buy tea on some group-buying platforms, which seems very cost-effective.

The dry tea on the group-buying platform is dark in color, and does not have the brownish-beige color that is unique to high-quality West Lake Longjing. And these teas already belong to the summer tea, after the summer temperature rises, the disease will be more serious. Many tea gardens will be sprayed with pesticides to inhibit pests, it is difficult to control pesticide residues. Meanwhile, the color of poor quality Longjing after brewing is completely different from that of high quality West Lake Longjing. Its color is reddish brown with precipitated impurities.