How to pry tea correctly with Pu'er tea cakes

How to pry tea correctly with Pu'er tea cakes

How to pry tea with Pu'er tea cakes correctly. Most of the benefits of Pu'er tea are that it can assist weight loss and lower blood pressure. The raw material of Pu'er tea is large-leaf tea, and the main production area is in the Yunling Plateau of Yunnan Province. Let's take a look at how to correctly pry tea into Pu'er tea cakes and related information. How to correctly pry tea with Pu'er tea cake 1

You can use a tea knife to pry tea. Find the connection point between each layer of the tea cake, push the tea knife vertically into the tea cake, slowly move the tea knife laterally in the direction of insertion, then slowly turn the tea cake, and finally use the lever principle to press with one hand Hold the tea cake, lift the tea knife with the other hand, and pry open the tea cake.

You can also use tea needles or tea cones to pry tea, which is suitable for pressing looser brick tea and Tuo tea. Insert forcefully along the edge of the inner vortex of the Tuocha tea, and slowly peel and pry it, or slowly peel and pry it along the outer edge of the Tuocha tea, so that the Tuocha tea can be easily broken up.

If you don’t have tools, you can also open the Pu’er tea cake with your bare hands. Place the tea cake on a flat table. Using the curved spherical surface of the cake, grasp the left and right ends of the back of the tea cake with both hands and press down slightly. Apply force on both sides to easily open the tea cake.

Step 1. Prepare a clean tea knife and slowly insert the tea cake from the side of the tea cake. The side of the tea cake is very easy to pry open.

Step 2. If the amount of tea you need is not much, just use some tea leaves on the side. This will make the tea cake more complete, beautiful and easy to store.

Step 3. If you need more tea leaves, you need to continue to pry open the tea cake. On the basis of the second step, shake the tea knife back and forth, and press down slightly to slowly insert the tea knife into the middle of the tea cake, so that you can pry open the tea cake. Be careful not to use too much force, and do it in slow motion. , you may injure yourself by exerting too much force.

Step 4. The last thing I need to remind everyone is that if your tea knife is relatively thick and the tea cake is relatively thin, then poke it from the side to open the tea cake, and then gently break it That's it. Since the tea knife is relatively thin, you may need to move it to both sides when inserting it from the side to expand the scope of the incision and apply more force.

In the process of prying the tea, try to pry along the gaps between the tea leaves and the texture direction of the tea ropes. This can pry the tea more completely and prevent the tea from being too broken. How to correctly pry tea from Pu'er tea cakes 2

"If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools." Before prying Pu'er tea cakes, you should first choose a handy tool, usually a tea knife and a tea needle. There are two options. The tea knife is suitable for bricks, cakes, and tea that are not pressed tightly or the materials are relatively coarse and old. The tea needle is suitable for tea cakes that are pressed very tightly.

1. When prying the tea brick, hold the tea brick with your left hand, use the tea knife in your right hand to cut in from the side of the tea brick, then insert it into the tea brick from shallow to deep, and then lift it up. A small piece of tea will be pried in this way. Now that you're down, isn't it easy?

2. When prying the tea cake, hold the depression in the center of the back of the cake with your left hand to fix the tea cake. Hold the tea knife in your right hand and cut it from about 2 cm above the center of the cake. Don’t rush to pry it up after the opening is opened. , but move it gently up, down, left and right to make the opening larger, and then pry up the tea knife, so that the tea leaves can be smoothly separated from the tea cake, so that there will be less broken tea in the tea cake.

After opening the tea cake, if you need to drink it every day, you can put the tea cake into the cake bag and store it in a dry and dark place. If the pried tea cake is not going to be consumed again in a short period of time, it needs to be sealed in a fresh-keeping bag and then wrapped in light-proof material for storage. You can also pry the entire tea cake directly and store it in a tea can.

1. Use a tea needle to pry tea

A tea needle is one of the tools for prying tea. Most people who like to drink Pu'er tea will have one at home. Such a tea needle. It gets its name because one end is pointed, like a needle. This tea needle is very easy to use to pry Pu'er tea cakes'. Even if you have never pried tea before, you will be able to do it after just a little learning.

Use a tea needle to slowly insert it along the edge of the Pu'er tea cake, and then gently lift it up, and the Pu'er tea will scatter. In addition to using a tea needle to pry tea, there is another tool that can be used, which is the tea knife below.

2. Use a tea knife to pry tea

Tea knives, like tea needles, are very practical tea prying tools.

It is used in the same way as a tea needle, which is to slowly poke the arrow into the tea cake and then lift it up. When prying tea, be sure to put paper under the Pu'er tea cake to prevent tea leaves from scattering and wasting.

Whether it’s a tea needle or a tea knife, as long as you use them to pry tea, no one will laugh at you and say you don’t know how to drink Pu’er.

How to preserve Pu'er tea, we generally have four methods:

Direct storage, jar storage method, carton storage method that saves money and labor, and fresh preservation method

① Direct storage

Pu'er tea can be stored directly in multiple paper bags or bamboo shoot shells. There is no need to wrap the outer layer with plastic bags to avoid obstructing the air circulation; similarly, Pu'er tea Storage does not require refrigeration.

② Jar storage method

Storing Pu’er tea in jars is a more scientific way. This storage method is more suitable for some Pu’er tea collectors because of its tightness. A good jar can effectively prevent the tea leaves from getting damp and avoid oxidation reaction when exposed to air. Moreover, the jar can also have the effect of waking up the tea; it is recommended to use a purple clay jar or a clay jar.

Pu’er tea should not be stored in contact with different tea leaves to prevent odor transfer. After all, the varieties and aromas of Pu’er tea are different; in addition, after the tea leaves are placed in the jar, the jar must be sealed to prevent The smell of tea dissipates.

③ Save money and effort in cartons

If you are not a Pu'er tea collector, but simply like to drink Pu'er tea, you can also use simple cartons to save it, which is easy and convenient. Save effort, but be careful not to place the carton close to the wall or on the ground. If the moisture on the wall and ground is relatively high, it will cause the tea to get damp. You can choose to place it on some bookshelves or wooden shelves.

④ How to preserve Pu'er tea

If you think it is a bit complicated to use jars to preserve Pu'er tea, you can also use fresh-keeping bags to preserve Pu'er tea, which has good sealing properties. The function of bags is the same as that of jars. If you want to store it for a long time, storing it in a fresh-keeping bag will make it easier for everyone to check the storage status of Pu'er tea at any time in the future, and it will also be more convenient to brew Pu'er tea. How to pry tea correctly with Pu'er tea cake 3

Early Pu'er tea: The early cake tea blending was steamed and pressed in layers, so generally to pry the early Pu'er cake tea, you need to put the whole cake at one time The tea is pried loose, then spread evenly on the tea pry tray, and then divided into small tea bags. Only in this way can you drink the layered feeling of Pu'er tea. The same is true for Laotuo tea, brick tea, etc.

Pu'er tea in the middle period: Pu'er tea in the middle period, especially the storage time is relatively short compared to the early Pu'er tea, and the looseness (infusion degree) of the tightly pressed tea has not yet reached, so it is necessary to pry the tea. Pay attention to the tea sticks, it is recommended to use a small tea needle to pry them. If the tea is stacked evenly before autoclaving, that is, there is no layered pressed tea, you can ring the cake and press it before prying it. When prying, you don’t need to pry it all apart at once. You can start with the tea cake. Pry the back layer by layer, pry as much as you drink. The same is true for Laotuo tea, brick tea, etc.

Recent Pu'er tea: Due to the short transformation time of recent Pu'er tea, the pressed cakes, bricks, Tuo and other teas are relatively tight. When tea cakes are not pressed in layers, when prying the tea, you can forcefully leave it off first and then pry it again. Tuocha can be steamed first and then dissolved and dried.

Now let’s talk about the techniques for prying Pu’er tea according to different tea shapes:

Prying cake tea: usually hold a tea needle in one hand, Press the tea cake in the tea box with one hand, and try not to point the hand pressing the tea cake in the direction of the tea needle. Pry out the core of the tea cake and try to get 5-10 grams per piece.

Prying Tuocha: Generally, pry down with the center side of the nest facing down along the edge of the nest. If you can't pry one piece at a time, pry around a few more times before taking out a piece.

Prying brick tea: Stand the conventional brick tea upright, press and use the tea needle to pry down, and pry as many pieces as you want. To pry the old tea head brick, you need to lay the old tea head brick flat (highly vertical), hold down the tea brick and use a tea needle to find the place where the two old tea heads touch and pry it down hard.