There are many tea classifications in
China; according to the different degree of fermentation, tea can be divided
into non-fermented tea, semi-fermented tea, fully-fermented tea; according to
the tea manufacturing process tea can be divided into six basic teas and
re-processing tea. The six teas are green tea, black tea, Oolong tea, yellow
tea, white tea and dark tea; re-processing tea, namely, scented tea, condensed
tea, extracted tea, medicinal tea, fruit tea and tea food. Among them, six teas
and scented are the most common tea, with which most people are familiar.
Green tea
Green tea is non-fermented tea, the number
of its varieties ranks the highest of China’s six basic teas. The quality of
green tea is influenced not only by tea varieties and environmental impact, but
also by tea processing. The different varieties are slightly different in the
early manufacturing process, but in overall, the steps to make green tea
include fixation, rolling, drying.
Black tea
Black tea is fully-fermented. In China
there are four types, 17 varieties. The main production processes are composed
of four stages, namely: withering, rolling, fermentation, and drying.
Oolong tea
Oolong tea is also known as Cyan tea. Its
producing method is characterized by the combination of primary processing technology
of black tea and green tea; it is also known as semi-fermented tea. Oolong tea
possesses sweet alcohol like black tea and fragrance like green tea. Its
fragrance ranks first. The main process of Oolong tea consists of five steps,
namely: withering, stir fixation, fry fixation, rolling, baking, etc.
Yellow tea
In the production of stir fixation, it was
found that if drying is inadequate or not timely after rolling, leaves will
turn yellow, then yellow tea was born. Yellow tea generally is made after
fixation, pile-fermentation, and drying.
White tea
White tea is a Chinese special treasure. It
is slightly fermented in a degree of 10%.
The key steps are withering and drying,
decisive to the formation of tea fragrance and fresh liquid.
Dark tea
Dark tea is famous for its dark brown. It
is deeply fermented; the longer it is kept, the mellower flavor it is. Raw
material used in the dark tea is old coarse tea leaves, which are primary
materials of condensed tea. Dark tea is processed through fixation, rolling,
fermentation and drying.
Scented tea
Scented tea, also known as smoked scented
tea, belongs to reprocessed tea, mainly uses green tea, black tea or Oolong tea
as the tea basement, together with the flowers as raw materials. It is made by
scenting. Its most prominent feature is the perfect combination of flowers and
tea. In addition to scented tea, there are health tea, craft tea, and herbal
tea and so on.
没有评论:
发表评论