Green tea.

West Lake Longjing is made by green tea processing technology, so it belongs to green tea, which is the first of the six tea categories in the country. Xihu Longjing is made from the new leaves of the tea tree, unfermented, directly killed, twisted and dried.

The color of the finished product and the tea broth after brewing retains more of the green color of the fresh tea leaves. Xihu Longjing tea is a kind of flat fried green tea, which is characterized by its flat shape and smooth leaves without white hair.

Processing

1, fresh leaves picking

First of all, fresh leaves picking, picking is standardized, and is also very delicate. West Lake Longjing picking to the tender mainly to early for the expensive, according to the national acquisition standard sample is divided into special and 1 ~ 8 level, picking to use the hand picking, without yellow, stalks, old leaves, requiring "tender, uniform, fresh, net", before the Qingming Festival plucked Longjing tea is generally the best.

2, withering

For the later frying process, picking down the fresh leaves is also need to be properly spread out, so as to help reduce some of the water, the fresh leaves will lose some of the rigidity, become soft, on the one hand, more suitable for the later frying process; on the other hand, can reduce the flow of tea juice when frying to avoid sticking to the pot, so that the tea leaves turn black. At the same time, spreading will cause slow biochemical changes, making its flavor and aroma become richer.

3, kill the green

Many people have heard the word kill the green, and this word is related to the tea production process. Then kill the green, also known as green pot, that is, through high temperature to make the fresh leaves in the enzyme inactivation, so that the processing of tea will not turn red and yellow.

What kind of tea is Xihu Longjing? belongs to the fried green tea

4, kneading

In order to tea better brewing, kneading this step needs to be done, as for the role played by this step, is to destroy the cellular organization of the tea leaves, so that the cells in the contents of the material overflow, conducive to brewing.

5, fried two green

The process of fried two green is very unique, which is also known as Hui pot, that is, further loss of water in the fresh leaves and the process of shaping. At a certain temperature, with the traditional handmade Longjing frying ten techniques (shaking, hitching, pressing, topping, flinging, buckling, jerking, grasping, pressing, grinding), in the process of gradual reduction of water to form the unique form of Longjing.

6, drying

Finally came to the drying of this step, it is not too complex practice, that is, shaping the tea leaves dry enough on the good, so that is conducive to better preservation.