The natural honey-fruit aroma and sweet and mellow tea flavor make many tea drinkers like to drink Oriental Beauty. Taiwan used to be the largest producer of Oriental Beauty, but in recent years some tea farmers have successfully cultivated Oriental Beauty in other areas. Oriental beauties from different places have their own characteristics. What should you pay attention to when buying? Let’s take a look at how to choose Oriental Beauty Tea!
Only authentic if produced in Taiwan
As early as a long time ago, people had the experience of transplanting tea leaves to other places. Yunnan has fertile water and soil and a good ecological environment, which is conducive to the growth of tea trees. In recent years, Taiwanese tea farmers have also tried to bring Oriental Beauty tea seeds to Yunnan and successfully transplanted them. Therefore, in addition to Oriental Beauty Tea from Taiwan, Oriental Beauty Tea from Yunnan has gradually appeared on the market.
Since the growing environments in the two places are different, with completely different soil, water quality and sunshine hours, the aroma and taste of the teas in the two places are also unique. There is no saying who is better and who is worse, but if you are looking for authentic oriental tea, Beauty Tea is undoubtedly the most authentic tea produced in Taiwan. With a clear understanding of the characteristics of Oriental Beauty produced in these two places, you can better choose tea products that suit your taste.
What should you pay attention to when choosing an oriental beauty?
Tea quality | Many vellus hairs and tea buds
For the same Qingxin Oolong leaf species, the ones native to Taiwan and those transplanted to Yunnan will be different. A major feature of Oriental beauties is their emphasis on tea buds. When picking tea leaves, we mainly pick one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves, mainly young leaves, so the tea buds will account for a certain proportion of the overall tea product. Moreover, high-quality Oriental Beauty tea generally contains a large amount of vellus hair, which shows that the tea maker is good at making tea and can fully enhance the vellus hair of the tea.
Because of Yunnan's geographical environment, water and soil nutrients, the leaves are slightly larger than those in Taiwan. This also leads some people to mistakenly think that the oriental beauties in Yunnan are not just young leaves. Therefore, when choosing tea, you should pay attention to enough tea buds and buy in large quantities.
Tea soup color | bright yellow
The purpose of observing the color of the tea soup is to judge the quality of the tea. Oriental Beauty Tea is a heavily fermented oolong tea, and the color of the tea soup will tend to be amber and reddish. The tea soup should be clear and bright, with a uniform yellow color.
It is impossible to tell which production area the tea comes from based on the color of the soup alone, but the color of the soup can reflect the tea maker's tea-making skills. By observing the color of the tea soup, you can know which tea products are not worth buying. Unqualified Oriental Beauty tea is turbid and dark in color, which may be caused by uneven or insufficient fermentation of the tea leaves. This will also cause the tea soup to have an abnormal sour taste.
Tea soup aroma | No peculiar smell or stuffy smell
Oriental Beauty Tea has a natural honey-fruit aroma. The tea is moderate in texture, rich in taste, and layered. The taste is sweet and mellow, with a little fruity sourness, and has a feeling similar to black tea. The aroma and taste of tea from different producing areas are generally similar. However, due to the different bites of green leafhoppers and the different skills of tea makers in the two places, you can taste the characteristics of different producing areas on your own. If you like the aroma of fruity honey and the sweet aftertaste of tea, Oriental Beauty Tea produced in Taiwan will be more suitable for your taste. And if you like tea with a strong aroma and a relatively thick texture, you can try Yunnan’s Oriental Beauty.
When purchasing tea, the most important thing to pay attention to is whether the tea soup tastes strange or musty. The occurrence of peculiar smell or stuffy smell may be caused by improper placement or insufficient drying process. Therefore, when purchasing tea, you need to pay attention to whether the tea tastes normal.
The above is what you need to pay attention to when purchasing Oriental Beauty Tea. As the saying goes, the soil and water support the tea. Taiwan and Yunnan have different ecological environments, and the tea products they produce will naturally have their own characteristics. When purchasing, you will be better able to choose the Oriental Beauty Tea that suits your taste if you have a clear understanding of the tea products from the two regions.
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