传统浓香型铁观音 陈年老茶、蜜茶

从早前的消青、拖酸铁观音到后来的清香铁观音，再到如今流行的传统正味铁观音、浓香型铁观音、陈年老茶、蜜茶等，安溪茶企的口味正在越来越“传统”。

正味铁观音强势回归

这两年，制作“传统”、“正味”，更具独特“安溪味”的铁观音，正成为安溪茶人的共识。因为其他地方不具备安溪独特的地理条件，其铁观音茶叶不适合制作安溪传统的正味铁观音。就算是聘请安溪制茶师傅去做，也做不出安溪正味铁观音独特的兰花香和观音韵。许多安溪人意识到了这一点，重摇重发酵的传统工艺在这两年的茶叶制作中进一步弘扬。许多茶商都要求茶农制作传统正味的原生态铁观音。

浓香型铁观音跃升主流

浓香型铁观音借助安溪铁观音传统加工技艺制作而成。浓香型铁观音因其发酵充分，茶黄素、茶红素等暖胃物质较多，所以更加养胃润肠。因而也结束了铁观音一定要冷藏的时代，更能适应现代人快节奏的生活需求；

陈年铁观音主打“健康牌”

陈年铁观音有防暑、消胀、去腻、消油等功效。其制作和储存条件都很苛刻。须选用安溪原产地铁观音茶叶，由资深制茶师傅烘焙制作。运用专门的陈年茶仓库存放陈年老茶，不会回潮。茶叶每隔一段时间需用微火烘焙一次，再放入茶缸。直到出厂时，陈年铁观音需再进行烘焙方可包装、送达茶桌。陈年铁观音汤色呈现琥珀色或褐红色，鲜红明亮；滋味醇厚、爽滑回甘；可搭配陈皮、菊花、红枣、枸杞饮用，功效不尽相同，具有安神、养胃、促消化、降火、软化动脉血管等功效。近年来，这种主打“健康牌”的陈年铁观音以其“老火味”正受到越来越多消费者的青睐。

蜜茶枹米茶重上茶桌

数百年来，传统的蜜茶、枹米茶在安溪民间被兼作药物来使用，常被用于防暑降温，治疗胃肠不适，甚至中暑和痢疾等。近几年，此类茶重新回到人们的视野。

老一辈人一直将安溪蜜茶作为降暑消胀、调理肠胃、清热解毒的上好方子，特别是对于治疗便秘，效果更好。现在，许多安溪人家中仍备有一小罐蜜茶，用来调节小孩的肠胃。安溪鹏程茶业董事长苏鹏鸣在传统基础上，研发了铁观音珍珠蜜茶。他说，市民也可以自己制作铁观音蜜茶。取适量浓香型铁观音或陈年铁观音，找个密闭效果比较好的罐子，在罐子中加入优质的冬蜜，把茶叶放入罐中，蜂蜜要淹没过茶叶；然后，把罐子密封起来，储藏一段时间，再“盘一盘”。

枹米茶在安溪民间也较为常见。老一辈安溪人常常把苦茶装到枹里，制成枹米茶。枹的形状很像柚子，却没柚子那么甜。枹还未完全成熟，老人们就会将它们采下来，顶部切开一小块，把部分果实掏出来，把苦茶装进去，再将切开的小块缝上。接下来几天，就要用手揉捏枹，让苦茶汁和枹汁混合起来。待到枹软了，就要挂在古厝的房梁之上风吹日晒。久而久之，苦茶与枹融为一体，成了枹米茶。老一辈把它当成药茶。业内人士认为，在人们越来越重视健康的今天，若加以宣传推广，铁观音蜜茶等定会打开更大的市场。

From the earlier scavenging and sour Tieguanyin to the later fragrant Tieguanyin, to the now popular traditional Tieguanyin, strong-flavor Tieguanyin, aged tea, honey tea, etc., the taste of Anxi tea companies is becoming more and more more and more "traditional".

Zhengwei Tieguanyin makes a strong comeback

In the past two years, the production of "traditional", "authentic" and more unique "Anxi flavor" Tieguanyin is becoming the consensus of Anxi tea people. Because other places do not have the unique geographical conditions of Anxi, its tea is not suitable for making Anxi's traditional authentic Tieguanyin. Even if you hire Anxi tea masters to do it, you will not be able to create the unique orchid fragrance and Guanyin charm of Anxi Zhengwei Tieguanyin. Many Anxi people have realized this, and the traditional craft of re-swinging and re-fermenting has been further carried forward in the tea making in the past two years. Many tea merchants require tea farmers to make traditional and authentic Tieguanyin.

Luzhou-flavored Tieguanyin leaps into the mainstream

The strong-scented Tieguanyin is made with the traditional processing techniques of Anxi Tieguanyin. The strong-flavor Tieguanyin is more nourishing and moistening because of its full fermentation and more stomach-warming substances such as theaflavins and thearubigins. Therefore, it also ends the era when Tieguanyin must be refrigerated, and it can better adapt to the fast-paced life needs of modern people;

Old Tieguanyin is the main "health brand"

Aged Tieguanyin has the functions of preventing heatstroke, reducing swelling, removing greasy, and eliminating oil. Its production and storage conditions are very harsh. The Anxi Metro Guanyin tea must be selected and baked by a senior tea maker. Use a special aged tea warehouse to store aged tea, which will not regain its moisture. The tea leaves need to be roasted on a low fire every once in a while, and then put into a tea jar. Until it leaves the factory, aged Tieguanyin needs to be baked before being packaged and served on the tea table. The color of aged Tieguanyin soup is amber or maroon, bright red and bright; the taste is mellow, smooth and sweet; it can be drunk with dried tangerine peel, chrysanthemum, red dates, and wolfberry. , softening the arterial blood vessels and other effects. In recent years, this aged Tieguanyin, which is the main "health brand", is being favored by more and more consumers with its "old fire flavor".

Honey tea and rice tea are back on the tea table

For hundreds of years, traditional honey tea and fenugreek tea have been used as medicine in Anxi folk, often used to prevent heatstroke and cool down, treat gastrointestinal discomfort, and even heatstroke and dysentery. In recent years, this type of tea has returned to people's field of vision.

The older generation has always regarded Anxi honey tea as a good recipe for reducing summer heat and bloating, regulating the stomach, clearing heat and detoxifying, especially for the treatment of constipation, the effect is better. Now, many Anxi people still have a small pot of honey tea in their homes to regulate their children's stomachs. Su Pengming, chairman of Anxi Pengcheng Tea Industry, developed Tieguanyin pearl honey tea on the basis of tradition. Citizens can also make Tieguanyin honey tea by themselves, he said. Take an appropriate amount of strong-flavored Tieguanyin or aged Tieguanyin, find a jar with a better airtight effect, add high-quality winter honey into the jar, put the tea leaves into the jar, and the honey should submerge the tea leaves; then, seal the jar , store it for a period of time, and then "plate a plate".

Fangmi tea is also common in Anxi folk. The older generation of Anxi people often put the bitter tea into the saffron to make saffron tea. The shape of the zucchini is very similar to the grapefruit, but it is not as sweet as the grapefruit. The elders would pluck them before they were fully ripe, cut a small piece at the top, take out part of the fruit, put the bitter tea in it, and then sew the cut piece together. For the next few days, knead the saffron with your hands to mix the bitter tea juice with the saffron juice. When the pine is soft, it will be hung on the beam of the ancient house to be exposed to the wind and the sun. Over time, bitter tea and fenugreek became one, becoming fenugreek tea. The older generation regarded it as a medicinal tea. Industry insiders believe that today, when people pay more and more attention to health, if it is promoted and promoted, Tieguanyin honey tea will definitely open up a larger market.