1, the appearance color is different.
Raw tea is blue-green, and cooked tea is crimson or chestnut red and chestnut black.
The main difference between raw and cooked Pu 'er tea is that cooked cakes can be drunk directly after being moderately fermented. The tea cake is dark black, the soup color is reddish brown, and the soup color is relatively red and bright.
Green cake, also known as green cake, is a traditional processing technology. In those days, tea was pressed into cakes directly without artificial fermentation, and it was naturally fermented by the passage of time and years. Generally, the taste of tea will be good after 5 to 10 years. The soup is golden and bright, and the raw cake is full of domineering and has the effect of scraping oil. Drinking before meals is not recommended.
2, the taste is different.
Fresh tea leaves are picked and preserved in a natural way, and they are raw tea without accumulation and fermentation. Raw tea is more exciting. The raw tea made by Chen Fangxin or not long ago is thick and astringent, and the soup is light or yellow-green. 、
Tea bricks produced by cooked tea factory are highly praised by Pu 'er tea people because of their golden and moist tea soup and rich aroma of ginseng and jujube. Cooked tea is mild, silky and mellow, which is more suitable for daily drinking.
3. The leaf bottom is different.
The bottom of the old tea leaves is shiny, with black in the green and clear lines; Mature tea leaves, bright red at the bottom, reddish in the black, and fuzzy lines.
As for raw tea and cooked tea, for most tea lovers who are going to try Pu 'er tea, they can start with cooked tea.
After the pile fermentation process, the coldness of the cooked tea itself has disappeared, the soup turns red, the personality is mild, and the taste is easy to be accepted by salty people.
For those who are new to Pu 'er, cooked tea is a gentle start, not as violent as raw tea. As for raw tea, it can be used as a substitute for drinking cooked tea at ordinary times. Try slowly, gradually find the tea that suits your taste, and find the brewing method that suits you, so that you can better understand it.
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Characteristics of Pu 'er tea:
1, Pu 'er tea is mild and does not hurt the stomach. Modern people have a stressful life, great pressure, common stomach diseases, deficiency of qi and blood, and abnormal diet. Generally, light fermented tea does have an "unbearable lightness" for tea lovers.
2. Pu 'er tea is easy to brew, foam and operate. Properly aged Pu 'er tea is not bitter or astringent. Even if it is soaked for a long time, it can enter the throat. It doesn't need to compare notes like alpine tea, but it has the fun of tea, even without losing the convenience of tea bags.
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