Tuo tea is black tea, is a kind of tightly pressed tea, the shape of a conical nest, the appearance is not conspicuous, but by the tea enthusiasts favorite. Tuocha's main place of origin is Yunnan, Yunnan Pu'er's Tuocha is very famous. Because Tuocha is usually processed with black tea, there are some processing using green tea, so Tuocha has green tea and black tea.

Tuocha black tea, is a production of conical nest-shaped tea, for the Pu'er tea pressed. Tuocha original shape produced in Jinggu County, Yunnan Province, also known as Valley Tea, nearly 40 years has been made of tea, one of the production method for Puerh tea.

What kind of tea does Tuocha belong to

Tuocha is generally made from black and green tea, and in order to facilitate transportation, several tea trays will be connected and wrapped with straw on the outside to make a straw handle shape. The overall weight of the tuo tea becomes smaller, which is more conducive to retailing.

1, Tuocha raw materials

Tuocha is produced by Yunnan, by Dianqing raw materials made of steam pressure. After brewing Tuocha aroma, colorful soup, excellent appearance.

2, Xiaguan Tuocha is raw tea or ripe tea

Xiaguan Tuocha both raw tea and ripe tea. Xiaguan Tuocha belongs to the Pu'er tea, is a kind of made of cone-shaped tightly pressed tea, produced in jinggu county, yunnan province.

Tuocha is divided into two kinds, one is the direct steaming of sun green tea Xiaoguan raw Tuocha, its color and lustre, clear soup color, rich fragrance, mellow and sweet. The other is Xiaoguan Ripe Tuo Tea, which is made from Puerh loose tea fermented by artificial heap fermentation.

Tuocha production process

1, weighing tea: Weighing in accordance with different specifications, weighing tea cover tea and bottom tea, of which the cover tea accounted for 25%, bottom tea accounted for 75%.

2, steam tea: use the tea pot to steam the tea, the bottom of the tea has a hole to pass the steam, put the tea after the steam for 10 to 15 seconds, the tea can be softened by heat.

3, bag kneading and pressing: Steam tea while hot into the round bag, tighten the bag, turn the tea ball, so that the bag mouth up. When the bag mouth knot is a cylindrical small wooden last cover, hold the tea ball down pressure, at this time the bag mouth knot is plunged into the tea ball, bowl-shaped tea ball is also initially shape. The last is removed and placed into a special tuo tea press mold for pressing and shaping.

4, shaping off the bag: Tuozha pressing do not immediately remove from the bag, first cooling it after the heat, and then remove the Tuozha.

5, drying: Tuocha in the drying process, put it in the drying tray. Put it in a special drying room drying, baking until the tea moisture content reaches about 10% can leave the drying room.