To sum up, color is the fundamental point to identify the quality of Dragon Well tea; the aroma is a premise and taste is the key. Total child words, sum up, the four tricks that, argue the color is basis smells is the premise, the taste is critical view as form, unless the master, it can be ignored. First, the level of standards in the past Longjing tea, the West Lake Longjing tea is divided into premium and one to ten of 11 level, which is divided into super special one, especially the second and especially three, the rest of each class is further divided into 5 one other, each class' level in setting the standard kind of level. Then some simplification, to grade, and one to eight, divided into 43 and so on. By 1995, further simplifying the level of the West Lake Longjing tea, just set premium (especially into the second and especially III) and one to four. Till 1995, the classification of longjing tea was simplified.
Second, the quality characteristics of spring dragon well tea Zhejiang Longjing smooth flat appearance, Miao Feng taper, bud in the leaf, the color green, hair-free surface; soup green (yellow) and bright; fragrance or tender chestnut fragrant, but some fragrant tea with a high fire; taste fresh or mellow; Securinega green, yet complete. With the level of the rest of the decline in levels of Longjing tea, shape color from dark green → green → green tea body from small to big, tea made from the smooth to rough; flavor from the thick rough turning cool and tender, four tea began to taste coarse; Securinega leaves from the buds turn to the folder, color from yellow → green → cinnamon. Summer Longjing tea, the color dark green or dark green, tea, large body, no hair surface, soup Huang Liang, a fragrance, but rough, astringent taste slightly thick, the bottom of Huang Liang, the overall quality was worse than the equivalent spring and more. Mechanism of Longjing tea, is now a full-frying with a multi-functional machine, but also useful for supporting the combination of machine and hand-frying. Mechanism of Longjing tea was mostly clavate shape flat, less complete, dark green color, under the same conditions generally poor quality than hand-frying. Site of such tea is not recommended. Later, they gradually sink, displaying good-looking postures. The tea soup mad with authentic West Lake longjing tea is clear and bright, which won’t turn turbid even in the following day. However, things for fake West Lake dragon well tea is different.
Do not blindly seek after the beautiful shape for dragon well tea, as tea is a kind of natural plant, and it has been picked and roasted. Naturally, the tea shoots won’t be so neat. Together with being picked at different time, tea leaves shape is definitely different. If what you have bought are all small sprouts, it is likely that the tea is fake and is specially picked out bay hand.
