Gengma Silver Needle Tea [Yunnan Gengma Specialty]

What is Gengma Silver Needle Tea? Authentic Yunnan Gengma Specialty: Gengma Silver Needle Tea

Summary:Do you want to know what Gengma Silver Needle Tea is? This article is a detailed introduction toYunnan Gengma specialty - Gengma Silver Needle Tea. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information about Gengma Silver Needle Tea. The full text takes about 12 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Gengma Silver Needle Tea and its nutritional value? What are the product characteristics of Gengma Silver Needle Tea? How did the history of Gengma Silver Needle Tea come about? The production method of Gengma Silver Needle Tea, etc

Introduction to Gengma Silver Needle Tea

Among the famous teas exported from China, there is a particularly precious and internationally renowned variety - Silver Needle Tea. This type of tea is as white as silver, resembling flower needles. When brewed in a cup, each piece is inverted and exquisitely transparent. After taking a sip, one's mouth is filled with a fragrant aroma, refreshing and leaving an endless aftertaste

Tasting Silver Needle Tea is full of fun. Newly brewed tea leaves, with white and fluffy leaves floating or sinking, complement the swirling heat of white smoke. Amidst the clouds and mist, bursts of fragrance wafted towards me, refreshing my heart and lungs. Later, the silver needle tea changed from lying horizontally to standing upright, slowly descending and gradually spreading its delicate leaves. Enjoying the tea while savoring it is refreshing and delightful. The tea leaves a fragrant aroma in the mouth, like chewing an olive, with an endless aftertaste. While savoring it, the whole body feels like bathing in a clear spring, washing away any impurities or troubles. Silver needle tea is indeed highly regarded by people all over the world. Scholars throughout history have called it a treasure among teas, and the Song Dynasty scholar Cai Xiang praised it as the "Northern Garden Spirit Sprout of the World's Essence"

Silver needle tea, small and cute, covered with silver fur and light green, this green fur is like silver particles, shining brightly. Because it is small, people call it Bai Hao Yin Zhen. In the fifth year of the Zhenghe reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, he was greatly pleased by drinking silver needle tea from Guanli County (Zhenghe County) and specially granted Guanli the title of Zhenghe, which shows the great charm of silver needle tea. The appearance is covered with silver hairs resembling silver needles; The aroma is fragrant and long-lasting, the taste is fresh and refreshing, it is resistant to brewing, the soup color is clear, and the leaves are tender green and bright at the bottom. Li River Silver Needle Tea is harvested around Qingming Festival every year, with a focus on the initial development of one bud and one leaf. The picking standards require tenderness, evenness, cleanliness, and completeness, and the five non harvesting methods are implemented, namely rain and dew buds, diseased buds, thin buds, purple buds, and incomplete buds

How did the history of Gengma Silver Needle Tea come about

The production method of Gengma Silver Needle Tea

Sun drying method: Using a perforated "water sieve", place it on a sun drying rack 1 meter above the ground to sun dry, striving to gradually thicken the leaf layer through "opening", thin spreading, frequent flipping, light flipping, and through splicing and screening, promote the balanced development of physical and chemical changes inside the leaves

Degree of sun exposure: Generally, the tea tree variety varies, with drooping top and second leaves, light green color, fading green air, and rising green fragrance. It is advisable to control a weight loss rate of 10% ± 2%. Generally, the weight loss rate suitable for the following shaking method can be obtained through the degree of sun drying test

Shake green method: Shake green in four times, and the number of rotations for each shaking can be controlled according to the characteristics of the tea tree variety, the actual degree of sun drying, and the different requirements for tea production. 50 → 150 → 200 revolutions per minute can be used (the total rotation speed of the hand sieve is 500 revolutions per minute, and if a shaking machine is used, the rotation speed can be reduced accordingly). For varieties such as narcissus, plum, and Buddha's hand, they should be adapted to sun drying and the green air should disappear before shaking again. The shaking rotation speed can be 30 → 60 → 90 → 120 revolutions per minute, and the appropriate thickness for each leaf spreading is 3.0 → 4.5 → 6.0 → 7.5cm; It is advisable to shake the tea at intervals of 1 → 2 → 3 → 1 hour after each shaking. After the fifth shaking is completed and the tea leaves have cooled for 2 hours, it is necessary to smell the tea aroma frequently and wait until the green energy has dissipated before stacking the tea leaves

Green stacking effect: mainly regulating the enzymatic oxidation degree of leaves, making the red edge moderate, and forming excellent tea aroma. Under the condition of shaking leaves with a thickness of 40-50 cm, room temperature of 20-30 ℃, and covered with insulation, the duration is about 2-3 hours. Summer tea should be sun dried lightly, and if the room temperature is above 27 ℃, there is no need to pile green tea. The key points of the homework are to observe the color of the leaves frequently, smell the fragrance of tea until the clear fragrance appears

Greening degree: When the leaf color turns yellow and bright, the leaf temperature is about 3-5 ℃ higher than room temperature. When the green fragrance starts, it is considered moderate. The key to the shaking technique is to choose the most suitable temperature and temperature based on the temperature and humidity of the site. The indoor environment temperature for trial production is 26 ℃, with a temperature of around 80%