Jiuqu Hongmei originated from Jiuqu in Wuyi Mountain. Farmers from northern Fujian and southern Zhejiang moved to the north. They settled in Shiliqiao and cultivated grain and tea to make Jiuqu Hongmei. The harvest of Jiuqu Hongmei is one bud and two leaves as standard and it will go through as dehydration, fermentation and baking etc procedures. The key of making Jiuqu Hongmei is in the phase of fermentation and baking.
HangzhouJiu Qu Hong Mei
The color is red and the fragrance is like red plum, It is called Jiuqu red plum, which has a refreshing taste and warms the stomach
Jiuqu Hongmei tea is as material as sprouted leaves which tea tree is suitable for this product, and is refined through typical processes such as withering, rolling(cutting), fermentation, and drying. Because the color of dry tea and brewed tea soup are mainly red in color, it is called “black tea” when the black tea was first created.
During the making processing of black tea, a chemical reaction centered on the enzymatic oxidation of tea polyphenols takes place. The chemical composition in the fresh leaves changes greatly, and the tea polyphenols are reduced by more than 90% and generates new ingredients as theaflavin and thearubigins. Aroma substances increased from more than 50 in fresh leaves to more than 300. A part of the caffeine, catechins and theaflavins complexed into a delicious complex, thereby forming red tea appearance, red soup, red leaves and fragrant, sweet, tasted mellow etc quality characteristics.
Note: Complex: refers to the special term for making black tea or decomposing and testing the aroma substances that form black tea. It is broader than the general meaning of the word “synthesis”. Complex Compound: This refers to the abundant soluble substances that generate black tea flavors as “thick (fullbody), strong (astringent), and fresh (brisk)”, mainly including amino acid (especially theanine), catechins, theaflavin, caffeine, pectin, phenolic substances, oxides and other aromatic substances. Due to the complexation of these substances, the fresh, aromatic, mellow and sweet etc quality characteristics of black tea are formed.
Dry Tea
Tea Soup
Brewed Tea Leaf
Authentic OriginAppearance Dark Bloom
The shape of the tea is as thin as a hairline, and the curve is as thin as a silver hook, whole dry tea fat and tender, tight and slender, looks evenly, the color of tea is black bloom and bright, very brillient. Its buds and golden pekoe fully, shows excellent quality, fruit aroma lingering and let people intoxicated.
Taste Mellow SmoothFresh Brisk Thick
The color of tea soup is golden redish and brilliant, cream down after cooling; the rich flavor of tender, fruit and pekoe intertwined; the taste is high and sharp, sweet with honey and fruit, bring enjoyment to the taste buds, and make a feel relaxed and happy.
Food Safety fromEcológico
What tea is healthy and safe for people to drink without worries?
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Fresh SproutsTraditional Craft
Combining traditional and modern black tea craft, possess the elegance of green tea with the sweet and mellow of black tea
Tea art feelingsUnwillingness
There is a mood that can be sculpted by time, there is a beauty that arises from immanence, there is an art that can touch life, and feel the tea art which is an unswerving pursuit of life.
[ Centennial Craft ]
Inherit and develop the traditional tea making technology, innovate and pursue perfection.
1. Picking Up
Adhere to the manual tea picking, can not hurt the tea tree, to ensure that the tea leaves are not damaged.
2. Withering
Spread the fresh leaves evenly on the bamboo siever, let the air circulate, cool and dry the tea.
3. Rolling
Tighten the tea leaf, reduce the volume, lay a good foundation for frying and drying into strips, properly destroy the leaf tissue, and change its inner material.
4. Fermentation
A necessary procedure for black tea to ferment the tea leaves until the green leaves appear reddish brown, increasing the fragrance of the tea leaves.
5. Drying
Passivate the activity of the enzyme and stop the fermentation; eaporate the water, reduce the volume, fix the shape and maintain the dryness to prevent mildewing.
6. Sieving
Remove old and deformed tea, stems, pieces, and debris.
Tea TastingSuggestion
Water Temperature Control
The suitable water temperature is conducive to the infusion out of the scent, taste and inclusion of jiuqu hongmei tea. The Jiuqu Hongmei tea made from the buds of tea leaves needs to be brewed after being cooled to 80-90 degrees Celsius in boiling water. The first infusion is to wash tea quickly out of the cup to smell the fragrance. The infusion time from first to tenth is as 15 seconds, 25 seconds, 35 seconds, 45 seconds, 1 minute, 1 minute 10 seconds, 1 minute 20 seconds, 1 minute 30 seconds, 2 minutes, 2 minutes 30 seconds.
Teaware selection
It is recommended to choose a Kung Fu white porcelain tea cup group or a transparent glass cup, so that you can enjoy the fresh and elegant tea fragrance when brewing Jiuqu Hongmei tea, and appreciate the beautiful scene and glittering and translucent of Jiuqu Hongmei tea bud tips in the water Tea soup.
Tea Amount control
It is recommended to add 3 grams of Jiuqu Hongmei dried tea to infuse more than 12 times.
Infusion skill
It is recommended to choose a Kung Fu white porcelain tea cup group or a transparent glass cup, so that you can enjoy the fresh and elegant tea fragrance when brewing Jiuqu Hongmei tea, and appreciate the beautiful scene and glittering and translucent of Jiuqu Hongmei tea bud tips in the water Tea soup.
Tea StorageSuggestion
Smell
Tea is most easily tainted to other odors and must be isolated from other odors.
Storage
Tea is most vulnerable to heat oxidation, it must be stored in a cool and ventilated place, cool is appropriate, better refrigeration.
Water
Tea is most susceptible to damp and must be stored in a dry place.