Experienced tea drinkers often say when drinking tea: "This tea is really astringent!" As a newbie in tea art, are you also confused by this? Start learning now!

The most common way to judge whether a tea is good or bad and whether it tastes good is based on whether it suits your taste. Taste is an abstract concept that is difficult to express in words, but "convergence" seems to set the standard for taste.

Is the astringency of tea equal to bitterness?

The term convergence includes Reserved and reserved. But looking at the literal meaning, it means that the tip of the tongue and the mouth are tight.

In fact, the astringent properties of tea are directly related to polyphenols.

After brewing, the substances contained in the tea leaves will dissolve in the tea soup. When drinking tea, salivary proteins and glycoproteins in the mouth react chemically, giving us a bitter taste.

The so-called "strong astringency" means that the bitterness, sweetness and throat notes of the tea soup will gradually dissipate for a long time after drinking. The tea soup changes from bitter to sweet and then to fragrant on the taste buds. Level changes .

Is convergence good or bad?

Strong astringency means that after the tea soup is swallowed, the bitterness in the mouth will quickly turn into sweetness, and then it will last for a long time, and the flavor will linger in the mouth, and the flavor will gradually reverberate in the mouth and throat, giving a comfortable feeling. Tea with good astringency can make you feel the different throat charms such as comfort, freshness, sweetness and coolness.

Tea with weak astringency has a mediocre taste, slow recovery of sweetness and weak persistence, poor throat rhyme and long-lasting bitterness.

Therefore, if you hear someone say that tea leaves "It has good astringency", which actually means that tea can bring physical and mental pleasure and a complex and comfortable experience during the drinking process. It is a cup of good tea with depth.

Do you judge the quality of tea only by its astringency?

A good cup of tea requires attention to the right time, place and people. The water and soil are high-quality, the climate is pleasant, the tea picking and tea making technology is in place, and every detail is very particular. To know the quality of tea, it is important to control every detail and handle it just right. Therefore, when you encounter good tea, remember to cherish it!