West Lake Longjing tea is made of green tea, so it belongs to green tea, and green tea ranks first among the six major teas in China. West Lake Longjing tea is made from camellia oleifera buds. Without alcohol, the tea leaves are immediately immobilized, kneaded and dried, and the color of the product and the blended soup retain the emerald green of fresh tea leaves. West Lake Longjing tea belongs to a kind of flat fried green tea. Flat fried green tea is characterized by flat appearance and smooth and white tea.
The characteristic West Lake Longjing tea still adopts the traditional hand-made processing method and is processed by experienced tea frying masters. The general production and processing flow is as follows: tea green picking, withering, tea green deactivation, rolling, stir-frying and air drying.
1, tea green picking
First of all, there are standards to follow when picking tea, and they are all very important. The picking of Longjing tea in West Lake is mainly fresh, and early is the most important. According to the national recycling standards, it is divided into special grade and 1~8 grade. Must be picked with stalks, no yellow, no stems, no yellow leaves, and it is stipulated that "tender, even, fresh and clean". West Lake Longjing tea picked in front of Tomb-Sweeping Day is generally necessary.
Step 2 dry up
So as to facilitate the subsequent processing and manufacturing, the picked tea leaves need to be spread appropriately to reduce part of moisture, and the tea leaves will lose part of rigidity and become softer and softer, which is more suitable for the subsequent processing and manufacturing; On the other hand, it can reduce the discharge of tea juice during processing and prevent the tea from sticking to the pot and blackening. In addition, spreading will cause slow biochemical transformation, making its taste and aroma more and more colorful.
3, tea fixation
Many people have heard of the word "tea deactivation", which is related to the processing technology of tea. Then tea deactivation is also called green pot, that is, according to the high temperature, the enzymes in tea lose specificity, so that tea is not easy to turn red and yellow during the production process.
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Step 4 knead
In order to make tea thicker, it is essential to knead, which plays an important role in this process, that is to say, it destroys the somatic tissue of tea and makes the substances in the somatic cells overflow, which is beneficial to brewing.
Step 5 Stir-fry Qing Er
The whole process of frying Qing Er is very different, also called Guo Hui, which is the whole process of further water shortage and plastic surgery of tea green. At a certain temperature, Longjing tea was produced by ten techniques in traditional manual production technology, such as shaking, patting, pressing, spreading, swinging, buckling, standing, grasping, pressing and grinding, and the distinctive shape of Longjing tea was produced in the whole process of gradually decreasing water content.
6, air drying
Finally, it's time to dry. It's not easy or complicated. Just dry the tea that has been shaped and beautified, which will be beneficial to stronger storage.