What makes a good tea? This may confuse many people! In fact, tea is essentially a beverage. Tea is made according to different processes, with different grades of raw materials, different tea has a different taste, different taste suitable for different people, in accordance with their own taste to choose their favorite tea can be, as the saying goes: “tea is not good or bad, suitable for the mouth.”
However, no matter what kind of tea, it is also divided into three, six, nine, etc. So what kind of elements should a good tea have, and what is the standard of a good tea? A cup of tea, how to be called good? This may be everyone’s definition is not the same.
fundamental element
- the soup color is clear and transparent. First of all, the soup of waking tea (tea washing) must be clear and transparent.
- moist mouth good. With ordinary small tea cups, three cups of entrance must be tongue-tied.
- good sweetness. After drinking three cups, the throat must have the unique flavor of the tea sweetness.
- Different types of tea have different odor characteristics, the odor of the mellow degree of its quality level.
- the aroma is long-lasting. The persistence of the aroma is an important factor in determining the quality of the tea.
basic standard
Whether the soup color is bright this is the most intuitive to determine whether it is a good tea standards, tea soup to “bright”, in addition to looking good, but also indicates that:
- the tea production process is excellent, no broken yet. 2, good storage conditions, no dust, no mold.
- good storage conditions, no dust, no mold.
- the tea is rich in substances, and get a good release.
- Brewing method is scientific. Sometimes due to the brewing reasons, it will make the good tea appear cloudy, such as the water temperature is too high, the tea with a lot of milligrams of tea with high flush method.
Bitterness and astringency can be dispersed more quickly, rather than astringent not bitter not astringent is not tea, bitter and astringent is the nature of tea, drink tea, do not drink to the bitter and astringent feel that the tea is not good.
Tea is good to see, the key to this bitter astringent flavor can not melt away, melt fast fast. If the bitter flavor stays in the mouth, so called “staring at the tongue”, the tea is usually not too good. There are also people who are good at this, that can only be considered a personal subjective standard. If the bitterness and astringency dissolves in the mouth, and the tea can quickly produce sweetness, the tea is usually good.
No odor, strange taste, watery taste No matter what kind of tea, first of all, it should be clean, that is to say, no odor, strange taste, miscellaneous tastes.
- Off-flavor, refers to not the flavor of the tea itself, generally because the tea in the production and storage process, absorbed other flavors, such as perfume or cosmetic flavors, smoke, and other miscellaneous flavors. Because the adsorption of tea is very good, so the production and storage must pay attention to, odor once absorbed, almost impossible to remove, and then the good tea is also ruined.
- Odd taste refers to the unpleasant taste of the tea itself, such as a musty odor. There are also some language can not be expressed, let a person feel uncomfortable flavor. Some people also say that this is what makes this tea special, don’t listen to his bullshit, the strange flavor often indicates that there is something wrong with this tea, there are harmful substances, such as aflatoxin, etc., which is not good for your health when you drink it.
- Water flavor, is the tea flavor and water flavor separation, appear light fishy taste. Water flavor often appears in the tea soup becomes light, good tea is not tea and water separation, light and not fishy.
The leaf bottom is soft, bright and fresh. The leaf bottom of a good tea without freshness is a common feature. Fresh and vibrant leaf bottom indicates:
- The raw material of the tea is good. The bottom of the leaf is a reduction of the tea green.
- The tea was well made and did not kill the tea.
- Brewed properly, allowing the tea to fully steep, and not cooked and smothered.
Not all cheap teas are bad and not all expensive teas are good. Nowadays, there are too many added values in tea, so don’t just go for high prices, especially when buying some private teas. Rather, it is the big brands of tea, usually graded strictly, standardized, expensive usually better quality.
Good tea makes people happy because good tea in the aromatic substances and certain ingredients, drink will promote the secretion of dopamine, thus making people happy, clear-headed, and bad tea will make people drink more and more depressed.
So when you are not sure of the above criteria, take this as the only standard, after all, tea is liked by almost all countries and nations in the world, not by education and dissemination, but by the nature of tea: drinking tea makes people feel good.
In short, the matter of drinking tea, everyone has everyone’s preferences, everyone’s definition of good tea and tea standards are different. It does not necessarily mean that the cheap tea is bad, nor does it mean that the expensive tea is impeccable. For tea drinkers, no amount of standards can resist the good taste. A cup of tea, a good cup of tea, the important thing is the right flavor ……
