How to choose white tea in a tea shop

When buying white tea, there are three steps that must be done, and none of them can be less. Look at the appearance, smell the aroma and taste in turn.

Look at the appearance, mainly to see whether the appearance of white tea meets the requirements and whether the color is natural and normal.

The so-called appearance requirement means that the name and grade of tea should be consistent.

For example, the appearance of Bai Hao silver needle must be fat buds, densely covered with Bai Hao, with the appearance characteristics of one flag and one gun.

Another example is the appearance of Bai Mudan, which is characterized by a bud with one leaf or a bud with two leaves. The leaves are slender and have thick white fluff on the back.

Shoumei, with three leaves in one bud and four leaves in one bud, is its appearance, with thick tea stems and small buds.

Familiar with these appearance requirements, you can buy the same grade of tea. If we buy a white silver needle, it can't have the characteristics of a bud and a leaf.

As for the color of new white tea, it is explained in detail according to the season.

Spring white tea (tea picked in spring) is mainly bright green, tender green and dark green.

From Baihua Yinzhen, Bai Mudan to Chunshoumei, their colors are all green, just like the main color of spring. They are full of green eyes and look very comfortable.

If the color of spring white tea made in that year is black and red, it is all the influence of bad technology, such as pile fermentation.

If the white tea is not spread out in time in spring, and the tea leaves are piled together, the color of the tea leaves will inevitably change greatly. The most intuitive thing is that the color has turned black and red.

When you encounter this kind of white tea, you need to be vigilant and buy it carefully.

The color of white tea in autumn is more complex and rich, and the color of tea in different solar terms in autumn is slightly different.

Autumn white tea with characteristics in several seasons is the beginning of autumn longevity eyebrows, Bailu longevity eyebrows and cold dew longevity eyebrows.

Different solar terms have slightly different colors.

Beginning of autumn Shoumei and Bailu Shoumei are similar in color, mainly in five colors. Common colors are: bronze, tan, brown, yellowish green, dark green and emerald green.

Leng Lu Shou Mei's color is relatively neat, mainly dark green, with occasional tan, yellow-green, bronze and so on. , but the proportion is small, and the overall color looks not as rich as beginning of autumn Shoumei and Bailu Shoumei.

Smell the aroma, mainly to smell whether the aroma of new white tea is refreshing and whether there is an odor.

The aroma of new white tea should be comfortable, clean and without pungent smell. These are the most basic requirements of a new white tea.

If we want to buy white tea with higher tea quality, the white tea we choose must be fresh, refreshing, fragrant and lasting.

Taste, the purpose is very simple, that is, to see whether white tea has bitter taste and whether tea soup is sweet, mellow, mellow and soft. If the tea soup is not bitter or astringent, sweet and mellow, it belongs to high-quality white tea.

When brewing, you should also pay attention to the brewing times of tea. Usually, high-quality white tea can be brewed at least 8-9 times.