Processing technology of Qimen black tea How to process Qimen black tea?

1, Qihong has a fine processing technology, which can be roughly divided into three main processes: picking, primary processing and refining.

2. Picking: Qi Hong collects and makes fresh leaves, and retains the effective components of fresh leaves. The selection criteria in Qi Hong are very strict. High-grade tea is mainly composed of one bud and one leaf and one bud and two leaves. Picking leaves in batches, picking 6-7 batches of spring tea, picking 6 batches of summer tea and picking little or no autumn tea.

3. Primary preparation: including withering, rolling, fermentation, drying and other processes. Make the bud leaves change from green to copper red, and the tea body becomes strips with thorough fragrance, and bake it with slow fire. Fermentation is a unique stage of black tea production and the key to determine the quality of Qi black tea. The fermentation room temperature is controlled below 30 degrees, and the color of fermented leaves turns red, forming the quality characteristics of Qi black tea Hongye red soup. The primary finished product is called black tea.

4. Refining: After the production of black tea is completed, it must be refined to distinguish the length, thickness and weight and remove impurities. It takes a long time to refine Qi Hong, so refined Qihong tea is also called "congou tea". The refining process is complex, and the finished product of Qi black tea is made by wool screening, shaking screening, screening, door closing, screening, shredding, winnowing, sorting, fire repair, breeze, blending and packaging.

5. The refined and processed Qi black tea is compact in appearance, thin as eyebrows, delicate and delicate, moist in color, lasting in tea fragrance, and like fruit and blue. This fragrance is specially called "Qimenxiang" in the international tea market. The color of tea soup and the background color of leaves are red and bright, and the taste is fresh and mellow. Even if milk and sugar are mixed, the fragrance will not decrease, but it will be more fragrant.