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As a micro-fermented tea, the old white tea in the aging process, because of the transformation of the internal material, will form a different type of aroma, authentic old white tea has what types of aroma, and what are the characteristics of the ring, today, not quit to say a word.

1, jujube

Jujube flavor is the old white tea is the most common type of aroma, stored for about a year of white tea may appear jujube flavor, of course, the longer the year, the stronger the jujube flavor. For old white tea with date flavor, the date flavor is more significant when it is boiled and drunk. When the tea is boiled, the jujube flavor drifts out with the steam and can be smelled from afar, pure as if with sweetness, refreshing the heart.

Whenever you drink this jujube flavor, you will think of the flavor of jujubes in rice or congee, which is exactly the same, giving people warmth and coziness.

2, Chen Xiang

Chen Xiang is difficult to describe this flavor, such as old wine, giving people the feeling that it has been stored for a certain number of years, but what exactly is the flavor is still relatively vague. Do not quit to describe this aged fragrance as a kind of aged wood flavor, it is not the taste of corruption, but has a sense of age, but also has a light aroma.

Some tea drinkers say it is the fragrance of incense wood, incense wood is both a kind of wood and a kind of medicinal incense, the aroma is relatively strong, not quit always think that the old white tea is still different from the fragrance of incense wood, but it can not be said that the conditions of the tea drinkers can do a careful comparison of the two kinds of aroma, to identify it.

3, medicine

Medicine, is the fragrance of Chinese medicine. Walking into a Chinese medicine store, the first smell is this medicinal flavor. White tea is both tea and medicine, it is known as the holy medicine for the treatment of pediatric measles, with fever and fire, about the detoxification, lowering the three high many effects, and thus the old white tea will form a medicinal flavor is not difficult to understand.

The medicinal flavor of the old white tea is often a mixture of aroma, such as when the tea soup is hot, the medicinal aroma is more like a significant point, when the tea soup is slightly cooler, but also can taste the jujube flavor. There is no conflict between the medicinal flavor and the jujube flavor or other aroma***s, because the white tea internal substances are transformed to different degrees, and the taste is also constantly changing. That is to say, the same old white tea, different time to drink, the taste is different.

4, lotus fragrance

Lotus fragrance, that is, the fragrance of lotus leaves, some people also describe it as mint, can form lotus fragrance of old white tea is not common. The overall feeling of the old white tea is warm and mellow, and the lotus flavor of the old white tea will have a refreshing feeling in the throat after drinking it, which is a bit similar to the taste of some black teas.

A white tea after storage, what kind of aroma will be formed, it is impossible to accurately predict, because it is related to the white tea species, origin, grade, technology, storage conditions, etc. In addition to the above four kinds of aroma, the old white tea may also form wheat, chestnut and other aromas.

There are many types of aroma of old white tea, sometimes even a variety of aroma mixed together, but if you drink to the smell of rot, mildew, smoke and fire and other abnormal odor, then we have to be careful, it is possible to store the bad, or process, origin, etc. There are problems, it is best not to drink.

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