lapsang souchong black tea 正山小种红茶 英语翻译

1. Production area

Strictly speaking, only the souchong black tea made from withering, rolling, fermenting, drying and other processes can be called Zhengshan souchong only with the tea trees grown in the Xiaocai tea group within the Tongmuguan area of Wuyi Mountain as the raw material. Tea Diary

The word "Zhengshan" refers specifically to Tongmu Pass in Wuyi Mountain.

For the souchong black tea that belongs to the Wuyishan production area and is not from the Tongmuguan production area, we are accustomed to name the place of origin, such as "Xingcun Souchong", "Yangzhuang Souchong" and so on.

For Souchong black tea from non-Wuyi producing areas, we are accustomed to call it "Waishan Souchong". Tea Diary

The reason for the name of the place of origin is very simple, the place of origin is too important for the final quality of tea. Small environmental factors such as soil, vegetation, climate, ecology, etc. are really harsh for good tea.

2. Origin segmentation

Tongmuguan production area is very large, and there are many teams. However, the population is actually small, with a total of only more than 200 households, which is a typical large area and sparsely populated. Tea Diary

The entire Tongmuguan production area belongs to the scope of the "World Human and Natural Biological Reserve", so the ecology is basically the same, so only the altitude is used to judge the height. There are more than a dozen teams, such as Masu, Hangdun, Guanping, Miaowan, Guwangkeng, Banshan, Jiangdun, Sangang (village department), Pikeng, and so on.

Among them, the three production areas of hemp millet, Guodun and Guanping are the highest, especially the hemp millet production area.

The grade of tea raw materials is highest with hemp millet, which can be reflected from the annual price of green leaves. No matter how the green price fluctuates, the green price of hemp millet is always higher than that of other small producing areas. Tea Diary

3. Grade

Now generally speaking, we divide Zhengshan Souchong into two types: "Da Chi Gan" and "Xiao Chi Gan".

The distinction between these two types is entirely based on the picking standards: small red gans picks one bud and two leaves, and big red gans picks one bud and three leaves.

This has nothing to do with tree species, craftsmanship, etc., only with the picking standards.

Generally speaking, the grade of small red gan is better than that of big red gan. Because it is picked more tender, the tea soup is more mellow. But there are also special cases, like those pure wild tea, or old fir, we usually pick according to the standard of Dachigan to make sassang seedling. It can reflect its fir or game flavor from the tea soup, so as to better reflect its drinking value. Tea Diary

4. Tree species

Most of the tea tree species in the Tongmuguan production area are small vegetable tea species, and there are also a small amount of narcissus, cinnamon, and Huang Guanyin. There are a little more narcissus and cinnamon. Most of the other varieties were planted in the past as demonstration bases for variety promotion.

The biggest advantage of Xiaocai tea is that the tea is stable, and the tea flavor and tea soup are thicker. In other words, the Souchong black tea made from it is more durable than other varieties.

The aroma of Xiaocai tea has always been criticized. Everyone said that Xiaocai tea is not fragrant. In fact, this is not the case. Xiaocai tea is also fragrant, but compared with other high-scented varieties, the fragrance is not so high and sharp. A rest assured shop

It smells more elegant and milder. Coupled with the unique mountain atmosphere bonus, it has the charming demeanor of the ancient nobles.

5. Identification

Almost the only way to identify whether a small species is from the Zhengshan production area is to drink it. You can't tell by looking at it. Although the appearance of Zhengshan Souchong is still highly recognizable, many of the current Waishan teas are also made in this shape, so it is impossible to see it by looking at it. Tea Diary

Souchong from the Zhengshan production area, the tea soup has a strong flavor, similar to the fragrance of nectar, which we call "Shanchang flavor".

This is the result of the combination and achievement of the unique natural environment of Tongmuguan and the Wuyi Xiaocai tea species that have grown here since ancient times. Tea Diary