Shoumei is a kind of white tea, which only needs to wither naturally without kneading or frying. Because it looks like the eyebrows of the birthday girl, it is named Shoumei. High-quality longevity eyebrows show a lot of heart, the color is green, the soup color is orange or dark yellow, the leaves are even, soft and bright, and the main veins of the leaves are red, mellow and refreshing, and fragrant.
Its picking standard is one bud with two leaves to one bud with two leaves or three leaves, and it is required to contain white hair. However, Longevity Eyebrows are mostly made of one bud, four or five leaves of Fuding Dabai Tea, Fuding Dahao Tea and other dominant tea varieties, or exposed tea or coarse old tea as raw materials, combined with white tea processing technology.
From the appearance, Shoumei tea is like a pile of sun-dried leaves, without any characteristics. Since ancient times, it is very undesirable to judge people by their price and appearance, especially for Shoumei. Although Shoumei has many leaves and few buds, it tastes not bad at all. The tea soup brewed by the aged Shoumei is bright, fragrant, mellow, smooth and intoxicating.
The difference between tribute eyebrow and longevity eyebrow
Gongmei, sometimes called Shoumei, belongs to white tea. They are all made from the buds and leaves of tea trees. This kind of raw tea made of tea tree bud leaves is called "Xiaobai", which is different from "Dabai" raw tea made of Fuding Dabai tea and Zhenghe Dabai tea.
In the past, the tea buds of vegetable tea were used to make white silver needles and other varieties. Later, "Dabai" was used to make white silver needles and Bai Mudan, and "Xiaobai" was used to make beautiful workmanship and longevity.
The white tea of Shoumei made by Xiao brothers in Qing Dynasty was purchased by the imperial court, and the local people called it a tribute. The white tea of the first plum, referred to as "Gongmei", is named after this. In fact, Gongmei can be said to be the first beauty upgrade. The only difference between Gongmei and Shoumei lies in quality. Gongmei is the top grade, and the quality of Gongmei is better than longevity.