1, different places of origin
Anji White Tea: a specialty of Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and a national geographical indication product.
Longjing: The place of origin is Hangzhou, Zhejiang. According to the history and present situation of Longjing tea, it is determined that there are 12 counties (cities, districts) in Xihu District, Yuhang District, Lin 'an City, Fuyang City, Xiaoshan District, Tonglu County, Chun 'an County, jiande city, Shaoxing County, Zhuji City, Shengzhou City, Xinchang County and Shangyu City, which are adjacent to Shaoxing. Longjing tea production is divided into three major producing areas: Longjing tea West Lake producing area, Longjing tea Hangzhou producing area and Longjing tea Shaoxing producing area.
2, the quality is different
Anji white tea: According to the processing principle of green tea and the quality characteristics of Anji white tea itself, it belongs to green tea. Anji white tea is shaped like a phoenix feather, with green and yellow color, bright and moist color, fresh and lasting aroma, fresh and mellow taste, clear and bright soup color, tender leaves at the bottom and green veins. Anji white tea is rich in 18 kinds of amino acids needed by human body, with an amino acid content of 5- 10.6%, which is 3-4 times higher than that of ordinary green tea, and less polyphenols than other green teas.
Anji white tea is straight and slightly flat, shaped like an orchid; The color is green, revealing white hair; Leaves and buds are inlaid with green sheaths like gold and wrapped with silver arrows. They are very lovely. After brewing, the fragrance is high and lasting. The taste is fresh and refreshing, and the lips and teeth remain fragrant after drinking, and the aftertaste is sweet and smooth. The leaves are bright and green, and the buds and leaves are distinguishable.
Longjing: Longjing was called the top grade in Ming Dynasty, belonging to a kind of flat fried green tea. Super Longjing tea is flat and smooth in shape, light green and smooth in color, fresh and high in aroma, fresh and sweet in taste and tender and white in leaves.
The super West Lake Longjing and Zhejiang Longjing in spring tea have flat and smooth appearance, sharp seedlings, longer buds than leaves, light green color and no fuzz on the body surface; The soup is light green (yellow) and bright; Fragrant or tender chestnut fragrance, but some teas are highly fragrant; The taste is refreshing or mellow; The leaves are light green and intact.
With the decline of other grades of Longjing tea, the appearance color changed from light green to turquoise and dark green, the tea body changed from small to large, and the tea strips changed from smooth to rough. The fragrance changed from tender to thick, and the fourth-grade tea began to thicken; The bottom of the leaves changed from tender buds to sandwich leaves, and the color changed from light yellow-turquoise-yellow brown.
Longjing tea in summer and autumn is dark green or dark green in color, with large body and no fuzz on the body surface. The color of the soup is Huang Liang, fragrant and thick, thick and slightly astringent, with bright yellow leaves. The overall quality is much worse than that of spring tea of the same level.
At present, machine-made Longjing tea is fried by multi-functional machine, and also by combination of machine and manual assistance. Machine-made Longjing tea is mostly rod-shaped, incomplete, dark green in color, and the overall quality is worse than that of manual frying under the same conditions.
3. Different treatment methods
Anji white tea: fresh leaves of "Bai Ye No.1" tea tree; The picking period should be in spring; The main processing methods such as spreading, fixing, finishing and rubbing, spreading and cooling, primary baking, baking and finishing are adopted. The water content of tea is not higher than 5%; The total amount of free amino acids in tea is not less than 5%.
Longjing: The production process of dragon tea is drying, kneading and frying. The whole process of tea frying is divided into three stages: green pot, resurgence and bright pot. The frying of West Lake Longjing needs to be done by hand, and the common methods are "shaking, holding, squeezing, throwing, standing, stretching, buckling, grasping, pressing and grinding".
4. Different tastes
Anji White Tea and Longjing Tea are two kinds of green tea, but they certainly have different tastes. First of all, Anji white tea entrance gives people the feeling of being smooth, sweet, comfortable, elegant and mellow. The entrance of West Lake Longjing will give people a mellow feeling, which can make people feel refreshed instantly, and the refreshing effect is not generally good.
5. The history created is different.
Anji white tea: Anji white tea has a history of nearly a thousand years. As early as the Hui Zong period in the Song Dynasty, Anji white tea was recorded in Evonne's Daguan Tea Theory.
Longjing: West Lake Longjing tea has a long history, which can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty in China. At that time, the famous Cha Sheng Lu Yu wrote the world's first monograph on tea, Tea Classic, which recorded the tea production in Tianzhu and Lingyin Temple.
Anji white tea is mistaken for white tea by many people. In fact, its production process is made according to the production process of green tea. Because of its special variety of tea, it is called "Anji White Tea". This is also one of the differences between Anji white tea and Longjing tea.
Which is better, Anji White Tea or West Lake Longjing?
Anji White Tea and West Lake Longjing have their own advantages and unique appearance quality and taste. They are all good teas. There is no saying which is better or worse. This should be chosen according to our personal preferences. Among them, Longjing tea is the best in the world because of its green color, beautiful shape, fragrance and mellow taste. Its unique and peerless appearance and the extraordinary quality of "lightness and distance" and "Qing Xiang" are unique among many famous teas, ranking first among the top ten famous teas in China.