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How do all the flavors in tea come from?
Each type of tea has unique properties, either mellow and sweet, or fresh and sweet, or floral nectar, woody, and zhilan. Proficient Tea Man always comment on a tea soup, the listener was stunned, some people can't help but wonder, how did all these tastes come from? Why are there ten fragrance types in Fenghuang Dancong? Why is Old Man's famous for its bitter taste? Where did Yiwu's sweetness come from? Breaking down tea is a process of cracking passwords. | Gan Let us talk about gan when drinking tea. The four most important substances that make up the taste...
Why tea shows different faces in sunny and rainy days? The weather really has an effect on the tea!
With the fresh enthusiasm, every day I pry out a piece of tea to brew, with friends we sit around a table and savor it. A day after half a month, it was raining outside. People in the house listen to the rain through the window, cook tea with a small fire, wait for the new boiling tea, and then pick up the cup to sip, it is really a kind of happiness in the world! Wait, it seems the taste isn’t right? We can't believe own tongue and brew another cup of tea, sip again: really not right. How...
Drinking rock tea will make you get inflamed. Is this a "rumor" or something else?
Recently I replenished a lot of new rock tea, but many tea friends say they are afraid of "drink injury" like "getting inflamed". It sounds funny, but inflammation can be often heard in most Chinese lives. Swollen gums, mouth ulcers, acne, inner heat, etc., when these symptoms occur, we will use the word "on fire" to summarize all these phenomenons and causes which making us produce bad physical and psychological experience. In TCM theory, excessive fire is caused by the imbalance between Yin and Yang, resulting in excessive Yang qi and internal heat syndrome. Once on fire, you have to think...
"Bitterness and astringency", it is the nature of tea after all, or the failure of brewing?
When it comes to tea with sweet and mellow style, such taste can cater to human's natural preference for sweetness and this tea is always easy to get consistent approval or praise, "so sweet, good taste". But when our taste bud feel the bitter and astringent taste in tea, someone can't help frowning and doubt, "well? Is the tea bad? Or is it a fail brewing?" Such "bitterness", which does not bring immediate pleasure, can easily be attributed to the defect or imperfection of tea, especially in the case of limited cognition. Why there is bitterness in tea? First, look...
Why do so many people love rock tea?
Autumn is the season for new rock tea. After half year's preparation, most rock teas will be on the market. | Wuyi rock tea, why it can charm a group of old and new tea lovers? Among the six major tea types, rock tea, like a tea with varied carrier frequency, can fully stir the taste buds of tea friends with its rich and changing aroma and taste. The analysis shows that the aromatic substances and its content of rock tea are obviously higher than other teas. Due to its unique production technology, a large number of aromatic substances...
