How to buy tea
There are many kinds of tea in Taiwan, and each tea has its own unique flavor due to different preparation methods! The quality and price will also vary according to the season, output and process! Therefore, we will provide information on the characteristics of various Taiwanese teas, the main points of purchasing tea, and the judgment of the quality of tea, so as to provide consumers with reference when purchasing tea.
We recommend that beginners first choose the taste and aroma they like as the basis and standard for purchasing.
We recommend that beginners first choose the taste and aroma they like as the basis and standard for purchasing.
1. Features of the seven major teas in Taiwan:
- Pouchong: Also called clear tea. The shape is naturally curved, and the tea soup is yellow. It is famous for its aroma and is known as the "beauty in tea".
- Tieguanyin: The degree of fermentation is heavier than that of Dongding Oolong tea. Tieguanyin's unique "baking with cloth" makes the tea rich and pure, and full of throat rhythm.
- Oolong tea: The soup is golden yellow and clear, fragrant and full of throat rhythm. The tea leaves are durable and durable, and the shape is hemispherical. Dongding Oolong Tea is known as the Holy of Tea in Taiwan.
- Oriental Beauty: Also known as Baihao oolong tea and Pengfeng tea, it is the best oolong tea. It has a sweet honey aroma and natural ripe fruit aroma, with a sweet throat rhyme.
- Longjing: It retains the original flavor of Chajing, the shape is fresh green, flat and white, and the tea soup is yellow-green and clear, with a fresh and refreshing taste. It is a non-fermented tea.
- Sun Moon Black Tea: It is a fully fermented tea, and the variety is Assam, the large-leaf species. The tea soup is bright red and clear, with a mellow and sweet aroma, which is comparable to the black tea of Adu and Sri Lanka.
- High Mountain tea: Refers to tea produced in tea gardens above 1,000 meters above sea level, mainly hemispherical oolong tea. The temperature difference between day and night in the high mountains is large and the clouds and mists permeate all day long, so the tea leaves are bright green in color, smooth in glycol, elegant in smell, fragrant and durable. The yield is not much, but the aroma is strong and the taste is strong.
2. The five main points of purchasing tea:
- Appearance: In addition to distinguishing the age and tenderness of tea leaves, the shape is also a key consideration. For example, Wenshan Baozhong tea is strip-shaped; Dongding oolong tea is tightly knotted hemispherical; Muzha Tieguanyin is spherical; Baibo oolong is naturally curled.
- Color: The surface is oily and fresh. For example, Wenshan Baozhong tea and Dongding oolong tea are dark green; Muzha Tieguanyin is dark brown; Baibo oolong tea is red, white, yellow, brown and green.
- Tea soup: clear and bright, without turbidity or sediment. Wenshan Baozhong tea is honey-green; Muzha Tieguanyin is yellow-brown; Baibo Oolong is amber; Dongding Oolong is golden.
- Aroma: Low-altitude tea is fragrant, while high-altitude tea is more intense. For example, Wenshan Baozhong tea has floral fragrance: Muzha Tieguanyin has the fragrance of dried fruit and roasted fire; Dongding oolong tea is roasted.
- Nourishing: Fresh and refreshing, rich in glycol, and lingering throat rhythm for a long time is the top grade.
3. Three steps to buy tea: