What is the general price of Pu'er tea and how to choose it?

I believe that many friends who like Pu'er tea have the same feeling. Once they enter Pu'er, they have no idea how to choose good Pu'er tea in the Pu'er tea market where good and bad are mixed. What is good Pu'er tea? Tea, what is the basis for the so-called delicious tea? Here are the explanations for you one by one:

1. Don’t be greedy for cheap

If you see any tea with free shipping for 9.9, it is best not to try it, most of them are not good tea. This is completely a low-price trap. Merchants don’t even have to pay for it. They just rely on sales volume to make income. It’s just a way to earn traffic. They also care about customer experience and repurchase rate. These are basically It’s impossible.

2. Drink from low to high, and experience the taste and quality of each price point

Whether it is price or quality, it is recommended to drink from low to high. If you have experienced high-quality Pu'er tea first, you will probably never want to try a lower-quality tea again.

In this way, when I try tea in the future, I may unconsciously compare it with this high-quality tea, and naturally I will feel that everything is not good. Therefore, by drinking from low to high, you can experience the taste and quality of each price point step by step.

3. Choose tea based on personal preference

Raw tea is non-fermented tea. Most of the tea is light in color, and the new tea is strong and irritating, but will become milder over time. It has significant effects on anti-radiation, clearing heat, improving eyesight and clearing the mind. Drinking it in summer is particularly relaxing for the body and mind. It is very suitable for those who have a hot constitution and are prone to acne.

Mature tea is tea that has been fermented. The tea soup is based on red color and is mild in nature. Cooked tea is particularly good at digestion, relieving fatigue, and reducing fat and high blood pressure. It is good news for foodies who like high-calorie food.

Choice of taste style

The raw teas from different production areas have their own characteristics. Most of the teas from the Dabanzhang tea area have a strong and stimulating taste, and are good at producing body fluids and returning sweetness; the teas from the Yiwu production area It's more fragrant and watery...it depends on whether you like it more intense and varied, or you like it more tender and watery.

4. Recommendations from reliable friends

You can ask old tea drinkers around you to recommend buying Pu'er tea. After all, the longer you tea, the more experience and experience you have in understanding Pu'er tea. With someone to take you with you, you can be slow and steady, and steady and perfect!

5. It is recommended that junior tea lovers choose some brand tea products first

Brands are there to help users simplify their decision-making and choices. The guarantee of safety and quality is the foundation, and there are many tea companies that strive to create high-quality tea that is trusted by consumers at all costs. These determine that only brands can have so many loyal audiences.

The acceptance rate and product cost-effectiveness are both good. After you slowly get started, you can choose some relatively priced good teas, and then compare them and drink them. This way you can avoid making detours and make progress in drinking Pu'er tea. The step speed will also be very fast.

6. Learn to observe the shape and color of the tea leaves, and at the same time identify the taste of the drink

1. First, look at the color of the tea leaves.

That is, the color and luster of tea leaves. Just like buying green tea, many tea lovers will want to pick some green and fresh ones. However, when the shape and color were once popular among consumers, there is no shortage of additives on the market. Pigments and other additives. So what exactly is the appearance and color of good Pu'er tea?

Usually, the dry tea made from young leaves has a deep and moist color, a bright soup color, and a light and bright leaf bottom color. The opposite is true for older tea leaves, which are often gray in color or with mixed flowers. The color of the soup and the bottom of the leaves are darker and even the flowers are mixed. If the leaves are fresh, the dry tea produced is usually smooth in color, the soup is clear and bright, and the bottom of the leaves is bright.

2. Look at the tea leaves.

Whether it is loose tea or pressed tea, the most important thing about Pu'er tea is to look at the strips. You can see the proportion of mixed large and small leaf species, such as Kunlushan, Yibang, and Naka, which have a mixture of large and small leaves. , the cord will be tighter and thinner.

There are many medium-leaf varieties in tea mountains such as Jingmai, Hekai, and Youle, and the cords will be tighter and thinner. However, Lao Banzhang and Lao Man'e almost all have large leaves, and the cords will appear fat. . There is even the habit of making tea sticks, which make the tea sticks look loose and bulky.

After this kind of judgment, you will be able to identify some of the tea when others tell you where it comes from.

3. Smell the aroma of dry tea.

There are differences in the strength and type of aroma. The aromas of platform tea and ancient tree tea are obviously different in intensity and depth. Old tree tea has a refreshing feeling, while platform tea has a refreshing feeling. A feeling of flightiness and levity.

4. Look at the color of the tea leaves.

The soup color of Pu'er tea is rich and varied, including bright and transparent yellow, light yellow, golden yellow, dark yellow, as well as red, bright red, thick red, reddish brown, brown, etc. of cooked tea, but the soup color of good tea is They are all toxic and should be translucent, oily, clear and thick, which is pleasing to the eye. Bad tea soup is vague, dull, turbid and thin, which is disgusting and ugly.

5. Taste the tea soup.

In the end, you have to drink a tea yourself. The taste standards of good tea are: fragrant, sweet, smooth, smooth, sweet and refreshing. Throat rhyme means that when you swallow the tea soup, you can clearly feel that the tea soup reaches the throat or even deeper. The deeper the throat rhyme, the stronger the tea quality, the sweeter the taste of the tea, and the longer it takes to change the taste buds in the mouth. long.

The raw materials of Pu'er tea include large-leaf species, medium-leaf species, and small-leaf species. The content of small-leaf species is not as good as that of large-leaf species, so they grow in the Pu'er tea area and are more than a hundred years old, but generally It has the characteristics of bitterness, sweetness, sweetness, and the soaking resistance is not as good as that of the large-leaf species, but the aroma is slightly higher than that of the large-leaf species.

Generally speaking, the older the tree, the lower the bitterness and the stronger the sweetness, while the platform tea has more concentrated bitterness and little or no sweetness. The farther south the tea area goes, the stronger the tea aroma and tea flavor. Teas with strong tea aroma and tea flavor are mostly found in Menghai and Lancang outside the Lancang River.

However, if factors such as the duration of bitterness, the degree of sweetness, and the sweetness and smoothness of the soup are included in the comprehensive evaluation, some Jiangwai tea is not as good as Jiangnei tea. For example, the tea flavor of Yiwu tea is inferior to that of many teas from Jiangwai, but due to its sweetness, smoothness, and sweetness, its value exceeds that of many Jiangwai teas.

6. Look at the bottom of the leaves.

Normal Pu'er tea leaves have the same color, are not soft and rotten, and have no mottled colors. Within 10 years, the yellow-green color changes to yellow chestnut color, and after 10 years, the yellow chestnut color changes to chestnut color.

If there are burnt edges or burnt flakes at the bottom of the leaves, it means that the temperature of the curing pot is too high. If there are black and hard stems and leaves, it means that the tea leaves are damp and moldy. If the leaves are normal in color but soft and rotten, it is Fermented with water. If there are red and red edges on the bottom of the leaves, it means that the leaves are slightly stuffy when they are fresh or after being rolled, and the catalytic action of enzymes makes them turn red.

Brew to the end of the leaves. If it is an old tree tea, it will still have a normal tea aroma. If it is a platform tea, it will have a leaf smell. In addition, if there is a problem with the production process or poor storage, , there will also be an odor manifested at the bottom of the leaves.

Now that you have entered the friendly "pit" of Pu'er tea, you need to start learning how to identify and appreciate this tea. You can buy relevant popular science books, or you can talk to friends who understand tea. Communicate and taste more. After all, improving your tea tasting and tea selection skills requires a long-term development process to be successful.