How can I know whether Pu 'er tea is old or not?

Pu 'er tea is called a drinkable antique, with Chen as the most valuable. New tea is cheaper and old tea is more expensive. If new tea is compared to a young woman with various customs, then old Chaze is a well-trained and well-connected person. Since the 1990s, drinking old tea has gradually become popular. Many people say that drinking tea means drinking old tea, so what kind of Pu 'er is old tea?

The definition of old tea

Some people think that Pu 'er tea can only be called old tea if it is stored for 5- 10 years, some people think that Pu 'er tea can only be called old tea if it is stored for more than 10 years, and some people think that it can only be called old tea if it is stored for more than 78 years.

In fact, time is not the decisive factor to judge whether a tea is old tea, but mainly depends on the effect after transformation, that is, after a certain year, this tea has reached the conditions that "old tea" should have, but based on tea making technology, storage conditions and other factors, the transformation effect of tea products is very different. In this case, we can not simply judge whether a tea is old or not by the year, but also consider the following points.

1, shape

The shape of the tea cake, when the old tea is stored for more than 20 years, the strips of the tea cake will become loose, which is one of the characteristics of the old tea, but it is not loose, nor is it old tea, or it may be relatively loose. For more than 20 years old tea, raw tea has turned dark brown, provided that it is stored in a dry warehouse. If it is a wet warehouse, most of it has turned black. The boiled tea is dark brown, and the water evaporates more and is very dry. The shape of tea cake can also be used as one of the auxiliary judgment basis.

Step 2 taste

After the transformation, the bitter taste of the old tea is weakened, the tea fragrance is mild and non-irritating, the entrance is smooth, and the tea soup is mellow and thick.

3. Aroma

After storage, the good old tea dry tea is pure and fragrant, and the tea soup is rich in aroma, without miscellaneous taste and green taste. Cooked tea weakens the smell of heap fermentation and has a strong aroma.

4. Charm

Compared with new tea, old tea will have a certain "old" rhyme, and its throat rhyme will be prominent. After a long period of aging, Pu 'er old tea not only has the health care function of Pu 'er tea, but also has certain medicinal effects. The longer it is collected, the stronger the effect will be. Only in this way can we taste the real old Pu 'er tea.