People who like to drink green tea, besides West Lake Longjing, their favorite is Biluochun. But Biluochun is found in many places, such as Zhejiang Biluochun, Sichuan Biluochun, Yunnan Biluochun, etc. Which Biluochun is the real Biluochun?
First of all, we have to distinguish between what is Biluochun and what is Dongting Biluochun.
We all know that in the tea industry, there is a saying of "China's Top Ten Famous Teas". In the general version, Dongting Biluochun tends to be in the forefront instead of Biluochun.
One of the ten famous tea versions
There are three steps to identify Dongting Biluochun. First look at whether it is the place of origin, then whether it is the original tree species, and finally whether it is the original craftsmanship.
Place of Origin: Unlike Zhejiang and Sichuan Biluochun, Dongting Biluochun has a fixed place of origin, namely Dongting East and West Mountain in Taihu Lake, Suzhou. Among them, Xishan is an island in the lake, and Dongshan is a peninsula extending into the lake. The two form Dongting Mountain.
Original tree species: Dongting Biluochun tea trees are the small-leaf species of the group of origin of Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake, and only these tea trees can be called Biluochun group small-leaf species. Local tea farmers will cultivate these groups of small leaf species, and they will also give them some interesting names, such as "willow leaf twigs" and "chai tea".
Original process: Biluochun is a green tea production process developed on the basis of fried green technology. It is a kind of green tea. As long as the green tea is made according to the Biluochun craft, it can be called "Biluochun". There is no truth or falsehood, all Biluochun sold nationwide are real Biluochun.
However, only Biluochun in the place of origin is called "Dongting Biluochun". According to relevant national regulations, only Biluochun in the two administrative regions of Dongshan Town (Dongting East Mountain) and Jinting Town (Dongting West Mountain) in Wuzhong District, Suzhou City, can use the "PRC Geographical Indication Protection Product" logo. In addition, Dongting Biluochun is a pure hand-made value-for-money. It is divided into four steps: finishing, twisting, rounding and drying, and drying. The whole process takes about 45 minutes. The tea does not leave the tea or the pot.
The biggest feature of Dongting Biluochun is the fragrance of flowers and fruits. This is the biggest difference between it and Biluochun.
According to "Suzhou Mansion": "Dongting Dongshan Biluo stone wall, producing wild tea table plants, every year the natives bring baskets to return, no difference. In a certain year of Kangxi, those who were waiting for picking, as usual, There are many leaves, because the tea is warm in the arms, and the smell bursts out. The tea pickers screamed: Scared and fragrant! Tea got its name from this.”
Actually, the tea garden of Biluochun in Dongting is a “ Huaguoshan". Here "the month and the month have flowers, the season has fruits, 18 ripening a year", the tea garden is full of various fruit trees such as loquat, bayberry, 茶 Nong sells tea in March and April, sells loquat in May, and bayberry in June , July peach...October bergamot, etc. The tea plant absorbs the essence and aroma of the fruit tree during its growth, so it has a unique floral and fruity fragrance when brewing.
Mingren Luozhen "茶 Jie" said: "Tea gardens should not be mixed with evil trees, but osmanthus, plum, Xinyi, magnolia, rose, Cang pine, Planting between green bamboos and the like is also enough to cover the frost and snow and reflect the autumn sun."
In addition, Dongting Biluochun tea has one characteristic-it sinks when it enters the water. It is not like Huangshan Maofeng, a lot of tea will float up when brewing, the better the Biluochun, the more it sinks, and the more it is. One thing worth mentioning here is that if you buy special-grade Dongting Biluochun, there is no need to wash tea, ZhenThe expensive tea is in the first bubble.
Dongting Biluochun's grade standard
One bud and one leaf is the standard of super Biluochun, which is a good tea of first-class. Many tea houses and shopping malls will label Dongting Biluochun as the best, exquisite, perfect or ecological or organic. These labels are not classified by Dongting Biluochun. Biluochun's classification is classified into special grade, first grade, second grade, and third grade based on "sensory quality characteristics".
Dongting Biluochun, as a famous historical tea, strictly implements national standards. In 2003, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Standardization Administration issued a version of the national standard "Dongting (Mountain) Biluochun Tea" (GB/18957-2003).
In 2008, the new version of "Geographical Indication Products (Dongting (Mountain) Biluochun Tea") (GB/T 18957-2008) national recommendation standard was released, replacing the old version.
The two editions of national standards have the same classification of Dongting Biluochun, with only five grades: "According to product quality, it is divided into special grade, first grade, special grade second grade, first grade, second grade, and third grade". No Some tea shops and shopping malls sell the best products, treasures, eco-organic and other labels.
The sensory indicators of each level in the national standard are also unchanged. For example, the special first class: the cord is "slender, curled up and snails", and the color is "Silver, green, green and fresh", the aroma is "tender, fragrant and fresh"...
From this we know how to choose Dongting Biluochun, just look at the product when you buy it The standard number on the package tells that this Biluochun is a national standard, industry standard or corporate standard.
The national standard starts with (GB/T), and it can be basically judged to be Dongting Biluochun. The industry standard starts with (NY/T) , This kind of Biluochun, which is mostly limited to production areas, if it is a corporate standard (Q/) card head, it is basically Biluochun from other places, not Dongting Biluochun.
I wish you tea friends, keep your eyes open when drinking tea , Don’t be fooled by some dazzling labels, drink clearly, clearly and rest assured.
Written by: Qingping
