What are the quality characteristics of West Lake Longjing tea? How to tell if West Lake Longjing is fresh?

West Lake Longjing tea has a fresh taste, first bitter and then sweet, especially full of fragrance, a cup of it fills the room with fragrance, which is worthy of praise. It is green in color, with a fresh and mellow fragrance. When it is soaked in the cup, the buds and leaves are green. It is known for its "green color, rich fragrance, sweet taste, and beautiful shape". Today, let's study how to check whether West Lake Longjing is fresh.

Contents of this article

1. Quality characteristics of West Lake Longjing tea

2. How to check if West Lake Longjing is fresh?

3. Advantages and disadvantages of West Lake Longjing

Quality characteristics of West Lake Longjing tea

West Lake Longjing tea has a flat and slender appearance, a green color, a mellow fragrance, and a green bud and leaf when brewed in a cup. It is famous for its four unique features: green color, rich fragrance, sweet taste, and beautiful shape.

The top-grade West Lake Longjing and Zhejiang Longjing in spring tea have flat and smooth appearance, sharp tip, buds longer than leaves, tender green color, no hair on the body surface; bright tender green (yellow) soup color; light fragrance or tender chestnut fragrance, but some teas have high fire fragrance; refreshing or strong taste; tender green leaf bottom, still intact. As the grade of other grades of Longjing tea decreases, the appearance color changes from tender green → blue green → dark green, the tea body changes from small to large, and the tea leaves change from smooth to rough; the fragrance changes from tender and refreshing to strong and rough, and the fourth grade tea begins to have a rough taste; the leaf bottom changes from tender buds to opposite leaves, and the color changes from tender yellow → blue green → yellow-brown. Summer and autumn Longjing tea has dark green or dark green color, larger tea body, no hair on the body surface, bright yellow soup color, fragrant but rough, strong and slightly astringent taste, bright yellow leaf bottom, and the overall quality is worse than the same grade of spring tea.

How to tell if West Lake Longjing is fresh

1. Judging from the details of the leaves, they should be new tea. The size also meets the standard of young tea, and the dryness is also acceptable.

2. The water has just been boiled, so it may not be tea, and there are still a lot of fragments floating on the surface.

3. After five minutes, the tea leaves slowly sink, and the fragrance and color come out, a light green tea.

4. The tea tastes good, bitter with a hint of sweetness. From the appearance, it is in line with the price range of the tea.

Advantages and disadvantages of West Lake Longjing

Advantages: The outer packaging is exquisite and well sealed. After brewing with boiling water, the color and size of the tea leaves are quite satisfactory. The taste is fresh, bitter at first and then sweet, especially the fragrance is full. One cup fills the house with fragrance, which is worthy of praise.

Disadvantages: The sealing of the iron box can be strengthened. After the tea leaves are opened, there are too many broken tea leaves. I don’t know if there is one more layer on the top. If the above two points are done well, the quality can be further improved.