How to choose Sri Lankan black tea

According to the quality, Sri Lankan black tea can be divided into three types: high-quality tea, inferior tea and inferior tea. Comprehensive evaluation should be carried out with the help of sensory systems such as hands, eyes, nose and mouth.

First, grab it with your hands.

First of all, feel the weight, tightness and thickness of black tea strips with your hands. The strings of high-quality black tea are tight, the heavy ones are good, and the thick ones are poor.

The main purpose of touching tea by hand is to know the dryness of black tea. Pick any tea stick. Dry tea is usually prickly and easily broken. Rub it with your fingers and it will turn into powder. If it is wet tea, there is no such feature.

Second, the eye view.

Grab a handful of dry tea and put it on a white paper or porcelain plate. Turn the plate clockwise or counterclockwise with both hands to observe whether the appearance of black tea and dry tea is uniform, whether the color is consistent, and some need to see whether it is golden.

The knot is complete and clean, with no or little broken tea, and the color is black and oily (some tea leaves will also appear golden). The rope is loose, the color is messy, there are many broken tea and tea powder, and there are even inclusions such as tea seeds, tea fruits, old branches, old leaves, leaves of diseases and pests, weeds, branches, metal objects and insect carcasses. This kind of tea is regarded as inferior tea or inferior tea.

In addition, after brewing, the color of soup and the bottom of leaves can also be distinguished. High-quality black tea soup is red, clear and bright, with completely spread leaves and soft texture; Inferior tea The soup color of inferior tea is red, dark and turbid. Inferior Chaze has a stale and musty smell, showing the characteristics of flat leaves and dim color.

Third, nose and sense of smell.

That is to say, people's sense of smell is used to distinguish whether black tea has odor such as burnt smoke, sour taste, stale taste, musty taste and sun taste.

The dry tea of high-quality black tea is sweet and has a sweet and pleasant aroma after brewing, while the inferior tea and inferior Chaze are not obvious or mixed with peculiar smell. In fact, in the process of black tea processing, if the processing conditions (such as temperature and humidity) and processing technology (such as withering and fermentation) are not properly controlled, or the finished black tea products are not stored properly, some bad smells will be produced, so it is necessary to distinguish them by brewing.

Fourth, taste.

When the appearance, dryness, color, aroma, etc. For dry tea that meets the purchase standard, you can take some tea leaves and chew them in your mouth to learn more about the quality according to the taste. In addition, you can taste the soup when you open it.

The taste of high-quality black tea is mainly glycol, the taste of small-grain black tea is mainly sweet, and Kung Fu black tea is mainly fresh, strong, mellow and refreshing. These characteristics are not obvious in inferior tea, but the taste of inferior tea is astringent, bitter and even smelly.

Extended data:

1, drinking a small cup of black tea every day can prevent and treat osteoporosis, and the effect is more obvious for a long time; Black tea with lemon is better for strengthening bones.

2. The antioxidant effect of black tea is no less than that of green tea, and black tea is more conducive to heart health.

3, black tea has a good anti-aging effect, long-term drinking will help reduce facial fine lines, make skin moist and smooth, and truly achieve beauty from the inside out!

4, black tea can help digestion, promote appetite, diuresis, eliminate edema, and strengthen myocardial function.

5, black tea has strong antibacterial ability. Gargling with black tea can prevent colds caused by virus infection, prevent tooth decay and food poisoning, and lower blood sugar and high blood pressure.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Black Tea

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Ceylon Black Tea