What are the characteristics of good tea (Tieguanyin)?
Appearance: High-quality Tieguanyin tea leaves are curly and light, with green belly and dragonfly head, fresh and moist color, sand green, leaves with bright red spots and hoarfrost.
Listen: superior tea is tighter and heavier than ordinary tea. Put a small amount of tea into the teapot and you can hear the sound of "Dangdang". Crisp voice is the best, followed by dumb voice.
Color inspection: the soup is golden yellow, rich and clear. After the tea leaves are brewed and unfolded, the bottom of the leaves is thick and bright (one of the characteristics of Tieguanyin tea leaves is outward bending), with silky luster. This is the top, and the back is dark red soup.
Smell: The delicate Tieguanyin tea soup is fragrant. When you lift the lid of the cup and smell it gently, its unique fragrance is rich and lasting, which makes people fascinated.
Pinyun: There is a quip in the ancients, "Smell the holy and wonderful fragrance before you taste the nectar". Take a sip and gently turn the root of your tongue to feel the mellow and sweet tea soup; Swallow it slowly, it is sweet and dense, and its charm is endless. What about the unique "Guanyin rhyme"? Tea people can't explain it clearly so far, so they have to leave it to future generations to judge, which is precisely the charm of Anxi Tieguanyin.
Speaking of identifying Tieguanyin: Maybe different people have different opinions. After my close contact with tea farmers and tea merchants, I want to talk about my true feelings about identifying Tieguanyin for your reference. The method may be rustic, but it may be applicable. The tea I mentioned below refers to Tieguanyin, a fragrant flower in Anxi, not including the whole Anxi. Of course, there are many old-timers here. I hope everyone can discuss it together and make more tea friends. There are five main ways to identify Tieguanyin.
1, look at appearance 2, tea soup 3, smell taste 4, look at tea 5, taste aftertaste.