What kind of tea is Dahongpao? (Is Dahongpao black tea?)
At the weekend, friends will invite you to drink tea, take out a Dahongpao, soak it in a pot, and push it to you. You can’t help but sigh “this black tea is really good.”
Is Dahongpao black tea? Suddenly, my friend’s expression improved.
I was going to drink tea, but I made such a joke. so awkward.
In fact, there are many differences between Dahongpao and black tea. Take this popular science and become a tea expert.
Dahongpao is not black tea.
The main reason why Dahongpao and black tea are easily confused is that the tea soup of Dahongpao is dark red and has a good taste. In fact, this idea is completely wrong.
According to the tea family of the tea and the degree of fermentation, we divide the tea of Youyou Tea Resource Network into seven types: black tea, white tea, dark tea, green tea, green tea, and yellow tea.
Dahongpao is a semi-fermented tea, which is a kind of Wuyi rock tea like cinnamon and narcissus, and rock tea is a kind of green tea. Black tea is a fully fermented tea, which, like green tea, is one of the seven major teas in China. At the bottom, there are subdivisions such as Zhengshan Race, Jin Junmei, etc. It can be seen that black tea is the main branch, and Dahongpao is one of the branches of green tea.
Although the tea soups of the two are similar in color at first glance, they are actually completely different. If you don’t identify it, it’s easy to make a joke.
How to distinguish between rock tea and black tea?
Generally speaking, the outer packaging of tea leaves will tell us what kind of tea it is. Cinnamon, Dahongpao, and Narcissus are Wuyi rock teas, while Zhengshan Renzhong, Keemun black tea, and Jinjunmei are black teas.
However, in special cases, we cannot see the outer packaging. At this time, when we identify tea, we can identify it from the following aspects.
First of all, we can tell from the appearance.
The black tea leaves are plump, the leaves are not gathered together, the leaves are solid and thick, the color is greenish brown, and it feels smooth to the touch, with an oily and friendly texture. The rock tea leaves from Youyou Resources.com look slightly curved, in clusters, firm in appearance, dark brown or dark green in color, and shiny.
Secondly, we can distinguish through tea soup.
Dahongpao is considered to be black tea because their tea soups are somewhat similar in color and difficult to identify. But there is a difference between the two if you look closely.
The color of the first and second brews of Dahongpao tea soup is reddish, which looks close to black tea, but from the third and second brews, the color of the tea soup turns reddish-orange, and then gradually changes with each brew. light. The color of each brew of black tea is red, and after four or five brews, it becomes reddish brown, and the speed of tea soup becoming lighter is relatively slow.
There is no difference between black tea and rock tea once or twice, but it is basically clear after three or four brews.
Then there is a difference in the taste of the two teas.
The taste of black tea is warm and moist, easy to taste, with little sweetness.When drinking black tea, some people who feel that the tea is bitter can also taste it. However, rock tea has a bit of charcoal smell at the first entrance, and the taste is sweet and mellow. Some people find it astringent, and after the mouth, there will be a fragrance and sweetness on the back of the tongue. So when identifying, you can judge by taste.
Finally, you need to know the difference between black tea and rock tea to help you distinguish.
This is the biggest difference between black tea and rock tea. Black tea is fully fermented, while rock tea is semi-fermented.
Fermentation is a process in tea production. It refers to placing the tea leaves at a specific temperature in the process of extracting tea leaves to make them qualitatively change. In this process, rock tea with a fermentation degree of 60% to 70% and black tea with a fermentation degree of 70% to 90% are produced.
The higher the degree of fermentation, the darker the color of the tea itself. You can observe the color of the tea leaves before brewing.
China’s tea culture has been passed down for thousands of years, and the processing technology of tea is extremely complicated, resulting in countless varieties of tea. Instead of passively remembering the name of each tea, it is better to remember the method of distinction, so that you can easily identify the difference next time.