The production of Anhua pine needles is very particular, and the production method is like Youlu tea. The specific operation is divided into eight procedures: spreading fresh leaves, deactivating enzymes, rolling, frying blanks, spreading and cooling, shaping, drying and screening. In order to ensure the quality of Anhua pine needles, the requirements for fresh leaves are extremely high, and the picking is extremely particular. Use the tender bud leaves of the first bud and one leaf in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and make sure that there are no moth-eaten leaves, purple leaves, rainy leaves and exposed leaves. In addition, in order to ensure the neatness of the finished tea, there should be no bud leaves with excessively long internodes. In the production process, every working procedure has a set of strict standards.

1. Spreading fresh leaves: Spread fresh leaves thinly in bamboo trays according to the order and grade of entering the factory, and place them in a cool, ventilated and clean place to make the water slightly evaporate and the leaves slightly curl (the water content is controlled at 68% ~ 70%).

2. Deactivation: Deactivation is carried out by hand or by a de-enzyming machine. The pot temperature is about 140℃, and the leaves are dark green and soft and fragrant. Spread it out quickly after cooking. It is required to kill evenly and thoroughly, without red stems, red leaves, burnt tips and burnt leaves.

3. Kneading: After the water-fixing leaves are spread and cooled, they are kneaded by hand or a small tea kneading machine. It is required that the tea juice initially overflows into strips and the bud leaves remain intact. The force or pressure should not be too great, and the kneading time should not be too long.

4. Stir-frying: Kneading is done by pan frying or micro-dryer, the temperature is 70 ~ 80℃, the water evaporates, and the tea juice is concentrated and moderate.

5. Spreading: quickly spread the fried blank in a tray to allow the tea moisture to redistribute evenly, usually for 30 minutes.

6. Shaping: This is the key process to determine the tightness, thinness, roundness and straightness of Anhua pine needles. The whole process is carried out in the kneading box on the special tea baking oven. In the special baking box, it is required to strictly control the temperature in the control box (about 50 ℃→ 60 ℃→ 70 ℃→ 50 ℃→ 40℃) and adopt different rubbing gestures. After about 40 minutes, the water content is about 65,438+05%, which makes the tea slender, compact, round, green in color and delicate in shape. It takes a long time, and it is difficult to keep green and protect seedlings. Plastic surgery is a perfect combination of controlling temperature and changing posture. 7. Drying: Dilute the tea with proper shape in a drying box, slowly dry it at a low temperature of 35 ~ 40℃ (about 40 minutes) or dry it with a micro-dryer, control the water content within 5%, and check the appearance quality in time, then wrap it with leather paper and store it in a lime tank.

8. Screening: In order to make the appearance beautiful and the product quality standardized, after 2-3 days of storage, screening, disassembling, picking out flat parts and bent strips, assembling them in time according to varieties, and packaging them before leaving the factory.