1, the appearance of the color is very different

Sheng tea tea cake to green, dark green, some of the yellow red, white for the bud. Ripe tea cake color is black or reddish brown, some bud tea is dark golden yellow, there is a strong smell of wu heap, similar to the smell of mold, the fermentation of light has a taste similar to longan, the fermentation of heavy has a stuffy wet smell of grass mats.

The picture above is Puerh raw tea

2, taste and flavor is very different

Raw tea, strong taste, tea gas, raw Puerh tea gas is relatively strong, the tea broth is fragrant, bitter and astringent. But a good tea is bitter can be sweet, astringent can be tasty, if there has been a bitter and astringent flavor in the mouth can not be dispersed, then the quality of this tea is certainly not good or not Puerh tea at all. Raw tea is refreshingly sweet and smooth in the mouth.

Ripe tea, thick water sweet, almost no bitterness and astringency (except for half-ripe), there is a heap of flavor, slightly watery. Inferior ripe tea has a strong ripe flavor, odor, with the passage of time, the ripe flavor will also gradually fade, dry taste, no obvious sweetness and shengjin.

The picture above shows Puerh ripe tea

3, soup color leaf bottom is very different

Raw tea raw! After brewing, raw tea leaf bottom is soft, fresh, stretchy and vital! Even if the antique tea is stored and sent for a long time, it can make people feel its vitality, vitality and natural charm. The soup color of raw tea is clear, bright, translucent and clear.

Ripe tea is different. After brewing the bottom of the leaf is dry and thin, black, without that kind of youthful and lively vitality. If it is a serious watery old tea, the bottom of the leaf is moldy like rags. Inferior ripe tea soup color dull, turbid, and even black death.

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