Chapter 15 3. Scented tea

Scented tea, also known as smoked scented tea, scented scented tea, and fragrant slices.Scented tea is made from green tea, black tea, oolong tea base and fresh flowers that meet the needs of food and can spit out fragrance, and is made by scenting technology.Generally, according to the variety of fragrant flowers used, it is divided into subcategories such as jasmine tea, magnolia tea, and pearl orchid tea, among which jasmine tea has the largest output.Each sub-category is divided into several grades according to the origin, quality and fineness of the production process of the processed raw raw tea billet. There are six to seven grades such as special grade, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade and fifth grade.

Scented tea is a combination of tea flavor and flower fragrance, tea attracts flower fragrance, flower enhances tea flavor, and complements each other.It not only maintains a strong and refreshing tea flavor, but also has a fresh and fragrant floral fragrance.Take a sip of the brewed product, the fragrance of flowers strikes you, and the mouth is full of sweet fragrance, which makes you feel refreshed.Scented tea not only still has the effect of tea, but also has a good pharmacological effect of flower fragrance, which is beneficial to human health. Jasmine tea is the most popular scented tea in the international and domestic markets.This is because the aroma of jasmine is loved by people who drink scented tea, and it is known as the crown of roses, roses, orchids and other flowers that can scent scented tea.Song Dynasty poet Jiang Kui’s poem "Jasmine" praised: "In other years, if I edited the history of flowers, I would rank it as the first fragrance in the world."

The production of scented tea in my country began in the Southern Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,000 years.The earliest processing center was in Fuzhou. Since the 12th century, the scenting system of scented tea has been extended to Suzhou and Hangzhou.Gu Yuanqing 1564-1639 of the Ming Dynasty "Tea Spectrum" recorded in detail the scented flower varieties and tea-making methods for scenting scented tea: "Jasmine, rose, rose, orchid, orange blossom, gardenia, woody fragrance, plum blossom, all can be used. To make tea. When all the flowers are in bloom, pick half of them to contain the full aroma and measure the amount of tea leaves, and pick the flowers to make tea. If there are too many flowers, it will be too fragrant and lose the charm of tea; if there are few flowers, it will not be fragrant and not perfect. Three When the tea leaves are stopped, the flowers begin to be called." However, the large-scale scenting of scented teas began in the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty (1851-1861), and by 1890 the production of scented teas had become more common.Scented tea is a unique tea in my country.The main production areas are Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu and other provinces. In recent years, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou and other provinces and autonomous regions have also developed. Beijing and Tianjin, which are not tea-producing places, also produce tea A large number of scented tea blanks are collected in the area, and scented and processed in the peak season of flower fragrance, and its output is also increasing year by year.Scented tea products are mainly sold domestically. Since 1955, they have been exported to Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia, as well as Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Africa and other places.

1.Jinhua jasmine tea Jinhua jasmine tea, referred to as Jinhua jasmine tea, is produced in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. It is made from refined tea scented with jasmine.It has a production history of more than 300 years.It is one of the main origins of scented tea sold to the international market in my country.Its varieties include jasmine Maofeng tea, jasmine baked blue flower tea with grades 1 to 6, and jasmine fried blue flower tea with 1 to 6 grades. The quality of jasmine Maofeng is the best.Maocha used to make scented tea is generally planted on high mountains with an altitude of 700-800 meters. Lanxi Maofeng is produced on Beishan and Panshan in Lanxi City, and Juyan Maofeng is produced in Lutianzhuang at the upper end of Beishan.Others are mostly high mountains, cold, rainy, heavy fog, lush forests, clear springs, and the natural environment is superior; the soil is sandy red soil, deep soil, loose structure, rich in humus, which is conducive to the growth of tea trees and the production of aromatic substances. form.

The famous origin of jasmine is in Luodian Township, Jinhua City.The soil, rainfall, and climate of the land are suitable, and it is irrigated by the clear spring water of Shuanglong Cave. In addition, there are many experienced flower growers in the local area who carefully cultivate it. Not only is the yield abundant, but also the quality is high. It is smooth and has high aroma content.It is used to scent scented tea and has a superior flavor. Scenting process of scented tea: first refine the raw tea to provide high-quality tea base for the scenting of scented tea.Before scenting, the tea base is dried to reduce the water content of the tea to 4-5%, and then naturally cooled to 30-33°C to start scenting.The proportion of tea and flowers depends on its variety and grade.Such as high-grade jasmine Maofeng, every 100 kilograms of tea leaves are matched with 150 kilograms of jasmine flowers.After repeating the scenting of flowers 6 times, the finished product is finally finished through the processes of jacquard, flowering, and even stacking and boxing.The processing technology of scented tea is high, and it is necessary to grasp the three important steps of exhaling fragrance from flowers, absorbing fragrance from tea base, and reheating to preserve fragrance, and must pay attention to the unique requirements of "dry, cool, uniform and fast" in the process of scenting.

The characteristics of jasmine Maofeng tea are: the whole body is exposed, the buds, leaves and flowers are tightly rolled; the color is yellow-green and emerald, the soup color is golden and clear;Drinking this tea not only has the effect of tea to benefit human health, but also has the pharmacological effect of jasmine. In the national jasmine tea appraisal in 1979, the special-grade, first-grade and second-grade jasmine tea produced by Jinhua Tea Factory were rated as high-quality products by the Ministry of Commerce. In March 1992, the Ministry of Commerce held the national scented tea and oolong tea high-quality product evaluation meeting in Chong'an County, Fujian Province. Jinhua's first-class and second-class jasmine tea were rated as high-quality products.This product is sold in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Liaoning and other provinces and cities; exported to France, Japan, Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong and Macao regions.

2.Jinghua brand jasmine tea Jinghua brand jasmine tea is the main series of "Jinghua" tea produced and distributed by Beijing Tea Corporation and Beijing Tea Processing Factory.Since the company's tea factory was established in 1950, it has a history of more than 40 years.The production and processing of tea has changed from manual operation in the early days of liberation to mechanized and computerized management, and the marketing network spreads all over the "Three North" region.At present, the proportioning of nuclear scales has been introduced into tea processing, the degree of automatic control of the tea blending process has been significantly enhanced, and the product quality has been improving day by day.The annual output is increasing at a rate of 5%. By 1994, the output has reached 6,500 tons, and the sales amount has reached 140 million yuan.The blending and processing volume accounts for about 80% of that in Beijing, and the production and marketing throughput exceeds 10,000 tons.

"Jinghua" jasmine tea is based on the traditional custom of Beijingers who love to drink scented tea since the Qing Dynasty. It selects high-quality raw materials from major tea-producing areas such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, and Sichuan. It adopts a unique formula and refines it. Assembled. The characteristics of "Jinghua" tea are: it integrates the different characteristics and flavors of various flavors of tea in the main tea-producing areas, develops strengths and discards weaknesses, and integrates high quality into one, making it a unique and multi-variety tea that adapts to the taste of Beijing. Specifications of jasmine tea series.

Recently, a batch of well-known tea products such as Jinghua Dabakoe, Jinghua Xiangpian, Jinghua Baixuefeng and Jinghua Maojian have been launched.The finished product has a tight and beautiful appearance, rich aroma, mellow taste and clear soup color, which is one of the best drinks among scented teas. "Jinghua" scented tea, in addition to bulk bulk tea, is packaged in aluminum foil, with simple and elegant design, beautiful and generous.A pattern is divided into three specifications according to the sales unit weight, and each specification is distinguished by ten colors according to different grades.This kind of bagged tea has extremely strong sealing performance, which can prevent the absorption of peculiar smell and has a good protective effect on the quality of tea leaves.

A new variety of famous tea "Jinghua Dabakoe" was launched in the market in early 1994.The tea uses the high-quality early spring "Mingqian Green Tea" produced in Mingshan as the tea base, with 140 kilograms of high-quality jasmine flowers for every 100 kilograms of tea leaves, and is made by scenting six times and jacquard once.It has the five advantages of "strong, fine, fragrant, delicious, and resistant to foaming", and the tea flavor and floral fragrance still exist after brewing three times. The "Jinghua Dabakoe" packaging bag is made of high-barrier matte composite material, which is a new type of packaging material popular in the international market.The surface layer is acrylic frosted film, which has good printing performance. After traditional processing, it gives people a visual effect of soft colors.This high-grade jasmine tea in bags is suitable for keeping fresh at low temperature in the refrigerator.It can make the drinker "drink new tea all the year round, and the color, fragrance and type will not be out of shape".

"Jinghua" jasmine tea is unique among all kinds of scented teas and is well-known in Beijing. It has won many awards in two tea product and packaging competitions.Jinghua brand "Old Shouxing Jasmine Tea" won the silver medal at the first China Food Expo in 1988.Jinghua brand jasmine tea, in 1992, won the gold medal of best-selling products in the first national hundred foreign-related restaurants.High-grade jasmine tea aluminum foil bag packaging won the first prize in the national commercial supply and marketing system packaging competition in 1987. "Jinghua" trademark, in 1992 was rated as a famous trademark in Beijing. In 1994, it was appraised as "Good Product" in Beijing by Municipal Technical Supervision Bureau. "Jinghua" jasmine tea has stable quality and increasing reputation. Since it was developed and put on the market, it has attracted many consumers with its famous brand effect. , the vast number of tea drinkers in Northwest China and Chinese and foreign tourists to Beijing of all ages.Jinghua brand tea has become the best-selling local famous tea in the tea market in the northern region. 3.Suzhou jasmine tea Suzhou jasmine tea, the high-grade color varieties are "first-class three-scented", "heavy-smoked tea", "high-scented jasmine leaflet", "Su Menghao" and other names.Produced in Suzhou Tea Factory, Jiangsu Province, it is a traditional famous scented tea in my country. It has a long production history and began in the Southern Song Dynasty.During the Yongzheng and Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty more than 260 years ago, it was sold to Northeast my country, North China and Northwest China.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the jasmine tea produced by Suzhou Tea Factory has greatly improved in terms of product quantity and quality, and is very popular with consumers in domestic and foreign markets. In 1955, outside Zhongcheng, it began to export to more than 20 countries and regions such as Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Africa. Suzhou jasmine tea is made of excellent materials and exquisite workmanship: its raw tea is made of roasted green tea with good aroma absorption performance in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces, and it is scented with fresh, mature, large, white and smooth jasmine flowers. made.The scenting process has a complete set of unique technical measures.Blank processing is divided into drying and cooling processes; flower processing includes spreading, stacking, sieving, cooling and other maintenance processes; fragrance absorption is through mixing, cooling, stacking, blooming, re-scenting, fine scenting adsorption and drying according to the number of scenting flowers , scenting flowers four times means drying three times, scenting flowers six times means drying five times, a total of more than ten processes.Among them, it is most important to control the change of the moisture content of the scented flowers and to control the stability of the drying temperature. Strictness, fineness, precision, diligence, and flexible and timely control of key process processes according to temperature changes are the essence of the high-quality craftsmanship of Suzhou jasmine tea. Take the following two high-end scented teas as examples: First-class three-scented jasmine tea: the ratio of tea and flowers is 100:95, after three scentings and one jacquard, light flowers and more scenting, gradually decreasing; it is also mixed with appropriate amount of white orchid flowers for harmony.Make the tea leaves and the fragrance of the flowers melt into one, forming a tight and even appearance, pekoe exposed, and oily in color; the inner quality is excellent, the tea soup is clear and transparent, and the bottom of the leaves is tender; Good performance and other features. In 1982, the Huqiu brand first-class three-scented jasmine tea produced by Suzhou Tea Factory won the silver medal of national high-quality food.Suzhou's first-class, second-class and third-class jasmine tea were rated as high-quality products by the Ministry of Commerce. Su Menghao: Jasmine Su Menghao is a special scented tea created by Suzhou Tea Factory.The tea is made of high-grade baked green tea and high-quality jasmine flowers through "six scenting and one lifting" precision scenting. It is a high-end brand of scented tea.Its quality characteristics are: the shape is tight and straight, the color is green and smooth, the aroma is fresh and long-lasting, the soup is bright yellow-green, the taste is mellow and refreshing, and the bottom of the leaves is bright yellow and soft. In 1982, 1986, and 1990, the Ministry of Commerce held national famous tea competitions in Changsha, Guangzhou, and Xinyang City, Henan Province respectively. This tea was rated as a national famous tea for three consecutive times. 4.Fujian jasmine tea Fujian jasmine tea is made from high-quality roasted green tea and smoked with jasmine.It is mainly produced in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province and Northeast Fujian.Its quality specifications are divided into special scented tea, special grade and grades one to six, with various names.Special scented teas include Dahao, Yinhao, Chunfeng and Cuiyu from Fuzhou; Tianshan Yinhao and Tianshan Chunhao from Ningde; Shouning's Fushou Yinhao and so on. Conditions and techniques for making scented tea: Fujian Province is located in the subtropical zone, with a mild climate and abundant rainfall. Jasmine is cultivated everywhere, with excellent varieties, and flower farmers have rich planting experience, so the quantity and quality of flowers ranks first in the southeast.The roasted green tea, which is the raw material for making scented tea, is also produced in various green tea production areas in the province.The production of scented tea must go through processes such as flower fragrance maintenance, tea dregs treatment, flower scenting, blooming, refire and scenting, jacquard, even stacking, and boxing.The amount of flowering and the number of times of scenting vary with different grades of tea base, and the higher the grade, the more the amount of lowering flowers.At the same time, it is necessary to master the fragrance-absorbing performance of the tea base and the fragrance-releasing performance of the flower fragrance, so that the timing and degree are properly controlled, so that they can complement each other.Therefore, the reheating and drying process after each scenting of flowers is very important. It is necessary to remove excess water to facilitate re-scenting; it is also necessary to avoid excessive loss of aroma, so the process is very delicate.For high-end aromatherapy, only a small amount of fragrant flowers are used, and the flower residue is sieved after extraction without reheating, so as to improve the freshness of the aroma of the product. Fujian jasmine tea has a beautiful appearance, exposed peaks, rich aroma, and long-lasting freshness. It is mellow and refreshing when brewed.It is not only a good high-flavored drink, but also has certain pharmacological effects. Fujian jasmine tea has a long history, and there are records of making this tea as early as the 16th century.It was produced in large quantities during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty from 1851 to 1861.After the founding of New China, the production and quality of Fujian jasmine tea continued to improve. Since 1987, more than 20 varieties have been awarded more than 30 times in the provincial, ministerial and national scented tea competitions. In 1982, Ningde Tianshan jasmine Yinhao and super-grade jasmine tea, Fuzhou Mingqian second, third and fourth grades, and Zhenghe second and third grades were awarded the title of high-quality products by the Ministry of Commerce.Fuzhou Minhao jasmine tea and Shouning Fushou Yinhao were rated as national famous teas in 1978 and 1986 respectively. In June 1985 and October 1986, at the International Gastronomy Tourism Association Awards Conference held in Paris, Fujian's jasmine tea 91010 Mark ① and Fujian Xinya brand jasmine tea in bags won the Golden Osmanthus Award. In 1990, at the National Famous Tea Selection Conference held by the Ministry of Commerce, Luoxingta brand Jasmine Minhao produced by Fuzhou Tea Factory and Fushou Yinhao produced by Shouning County Tea Factory were rated as National Famous Teas respectively.Fujian jasmine tea is not only sold to Beijing and northern regions, but also exported to Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asian countries. 〔Note〕①Mark〔ma〕: A transliteration of the English mark, which means to use words, graphics and symbols to indicate on the packaging of the goods as a label to identify different goods. "91010 Mark" is the label of the Fujian jasmine tea sample that my country participated in the evaluation. 5.She County Pearl Orchid Tea She County Pearl Orchid Tea is produced in Shexian County, Anhui Province. Now the Huangshan City Green Peony Tea Company in Anhui Province and the Huangshan Flower Tea Company in Anhui Province produce Pearl Orchid Tea with the same product name.The production of this tea began from 1736 to 1795 during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and it has been more than 200 years so far.The scenting process is divided into two stages: one is making tea base, and the other is scenting flowers, also known as "smoked flowers".The grade of scented tea varies with the quality of raw materials. The scented tea made with Maofeng and Dafang Mao tea is a high-end famous tea; the scented tea made with roasted green raw materials is a bulk scented tea.The production of tea blanks is to use raw materials such as Maofeng, Dafang, and roasted green tea, graded and batched through the sieving blanking process, and refined into plain tea blanks of all levels according to standard samples, which is called refined plain tea.The flower scenting process is to scent the refined plain tea with fresh pearl orchid flowers, so that the raw tea can absorb the fragrance of the flowers, and after scenting the flowers one or more times, the commercial pearl orchid tea is made. Characteristics of Pearl Orchid Tea: Pearl orchid flower fragrance is strong but not strong, clear but not light, so the roasted green pearl orchid tea made by it has an elegant fragrance, fresh and refreshing taste, uniform appearance, dark green and smooth color, and is perfect after brewing. The flowers are in clusters, the soup color is yellow-green and clear, and the buds and leaves at the bottom of the leaves are fat and soft.Zhulan scented tea includes Zhulan Huangshan Yafeng, Zhulan Dafang, Zhulan roasted green and other varieties.Zhulan Huangshan Yafeng won the first place in the national scented tea quality appraisal in 1954, was awarded the title of high-quality product by the National Supply and Marketing Federation in 1979, and was awarded the title of high-quality product in Anhui Province twice in 1982 and 1984.It is sold in Shandong, North China, Northeast China and border areas.