How To Judge Ancient Tree Teas?

By Author: Allen Yu
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Ancient tree tea refers to arbor tea that has survived for more than 100 years. There are ancient tree communities in Yunnan Banna tea area, Lincang tea area and Pu-erh tea area, and the number is scarce. In the standards of some tea friends, tea trees that are more than 300 years old must be named "old trees".

How to distinguish ancient tree tea is as follows:

1. Sweetness.

The "sweetness" here refers to the direct expression on the tongue after the entrance. It cannot be confused with returning sweetness. The sweetness of ancient tree tea is generally elegant and sweet, which is often covered up by returning sweetness.

2. Tea soup.

Tea soup is one of the criteria for identifying ancient tree tea. Because ancient tree tea has a higher amino acid content than Terrace tea, ancient tree tea has a strong viscous, thicker, and fuller taste. The color of fresh tea is Translucent yellow-green, and after the first three to five years of transformation, the ancient tree tea soup is mostly yellow, golden, etc. with bright colors.

3. Fragrance.

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... one of the important keys to identify ancient tree tea. Different tea trees have different root depths and different soil environments. They also have different nutrients and different flavors. You must choose a strong and long-lasting aroma and a calm fragrance. The fragrance is calm when you make tea, you can smell the fragrance after the first tea soup is poured out. The calmer the fragrance is, the more the inner quality is.

4. Throat rhyme.
The throat rhyme is produced because the tea is rich in internal qualities, and the taste will be released in the throat when the tea soup is drunk. The platform tea has insufficient internal qualities, so it has been released without accumulation, so it cannot form a throat rhyme. This throat rhyme can last for 20-30 minutes, the longer the throat rhyme, the deeper the endoplasmic.

5. Bitterness.
There are two main reasons for the bitterness of the tea that cannot be dissipated: one is that the tea tree is young, and the other is fertilization for the tea tree. The alkaline soil in the shallow soil that can only be absorbed by platform tea increases, so the bitterness increases. The bitterness of ancient tree tea is relatively rapid. Leave a cup of tea soup when drinking tea and come back to drink after cooling. The bitterness will increase, but the aroma of tea, sweetness, health, sweetness, etc. are still present. This is the reflection of ancient trees. The tea is rich in endoplasm and stable in tea.

6. Tea stem break.

It is another important indicator to distinguish ancient tree tea from Terrace tea by looking at the broken horseshoe of tea stem. The ancient tree tea has a horseshoe section on the head, which is irregular and irregular.
Ancient tree tea: Tea trees developed from seedlings that have been grown for more than 100 years are not related to the species, growing place, and characteristics of the tea trees. There are ancient tree communities in Yunnan Banna tea area, Lincang tea area and Pu-erh tea area, and the number is rare.

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