铁观音茶叶在出汤后，盖子到底是掀开还是盖上

有一个朋友，平时比较爱喝铁观音茶，每次在铁观音茶叶出汤之后，他总是习惯的把盖子拿下来放在一旁。在思考几秒之后，又放回去，再斟酌一会，又将盖子斜放在茶杯上。

这一顿操作确实看得有点懵，这到底是要盖着还是不盖呢？再了解一番之后，发现很多爱喝茶的人都会有这样的疑惑。

我们先来看看揭盖这一做法，安溪铁观音茶叶在出汤之后，盖子揭开，是为了让茶叶中的青味能够散发出去，让茶叶的香气更加纯正。还有一点就是，很多人认为揭盖能够使茶叶更加耐泡。

坚持这一观点的朋友说，铁观音茶叶在经过热水浸泡后，茶叶中的内含物质得到了快速的释放。

如果还把盖子盖上的话，茶叶的香气会一直释放，我们应该把盖子拿开，给茶叶降降温。这样一来，在冲泡下一泡的时候，才能更好的激发出茶叶的香气滋味，能够让茶叶更耐泡。

最后一点就是，坚持揭开的朋友觉得盖子盖上之后，一些名贵娇嫩的茶叶会被高温闷坏，一直闷泡茶叶容易破坏口感，所以一定要揭开盖子才行。

这三个理由，可以说是大多数认为一定要揭开的朋友最担心的点了，下面我们就来看看一定要盖盖的朋友是怎么讲的吧！

坚持要盖盖的朋友认为盖上盖子，能够防止铁观音茶叶流失香气。

其次，他们认为在冲泡老茶的时候，盖碗持续保持高温状态，能够让安溪铁观音茶叶的内含物释放的更快，让茶叶的滋味更加醇厚。

最后一点，盖盖的朋友认为，好茶也不会被闷坏的，至于不好的茶叶才会被闷坏，如果茶叶在闷泡之后变味了，那说明茶叶本身就存在问题。

其实，大家都说的非常有道理，但是，我们到底是要盖盖还是揭盖呢？

其实具体情况要具体分析，既不能所有铁观音茶叶都盖，也不能所有茶叶都揭开。

1、细嫩的茶叶要揭盖

在冲泡名贵娇嫩的茶叶的时候，盖上盖子确实会产生闷坏茶叶的情况，而且还有可能导致茶叶的下一泡变的苦涩，所以，冲泡这一类的茶叶要揭开盖子。

2、成熟铁观音茶叶可留缝斜盖

冲泡生普这一类比较成熟的茶叶的时候，我们可以选择斜盖的方法，这样既不会散失香气，也不会闷坏茶叶。

3、粗老茶可以盖盖

在冲泡完比较粗老的白茶或者是陈年普洱的时候，我们就可以盖盖了，这样的话盖碗内会保持持续的高温，能够唤醒老茶的内含物质。

4、茶叶味道变淡可盖盖

不管是哪种茶类，在经过一泡又一泡的冲泡之后，味道会慢慢的变淡。这种时候，我们就可以选择盖盖了，可以让我们的茶叶能更好的释放出来。

无论是哪种方法，我们都应该视情况而定。如果是对安溪铁观音茶叶没有细致要求的茶友，就大可不必在意这么多，怎么舒服怎么来就好了。

英语翻译

There is a friend who likes to drink tea. Every time after the tea leaves come out of the soup, he always takes the lid off and puts it aside. After thinking about it for a few seconds, he put it back again, and after a while, he put the lid on the teacup diagonally.

This operation is indeed a bit bewildering. Should this be covered or not? After learning more about it, I found that many people who love tea would have such doubts.

Let's first take a look at the method of uncovering. After the tea leaves are out of the soup, the cover is uncovered to allow the green flavor of the tea to radiate and make the aroma of the tea more pure. Another point is that many people think that uncovering can make tea more resistant to foaming.

Friends who insist on this view say that after the tea is soaked in hot water, the contents of the tea are quickly released.

If the lid is still on, the aroma of the tea will always be released. We should remove the lid to cool the tea. In this way, when brewing the next bubble, the aroma of the tea can be better stimulated, and the tea can be more resistant to bubble.

The last point is that friends who insist on opening the lid feel that some precious and delicate tea leaves will be suffocated by high temperature after the lid is closed. Keeping the tea leaves suffocating will easily damage the taste, so you must remove the lid.

These three reasons can be said to be the most worrying point for most friends who think that they must be uncovered. Let's take a look at what the friends who must cover up say!

Friends who insist on covering the lid think that closing the lid can prevent the tea from losing its aroma.

Secondly, they believe that when the old tea is brewed, keeping the tureen at a high temperature will allow the tea's contents to release faster and make the tea's taste more mellow.

Finally, Gai Gai’s friends believe that good tea will not be stuffy, but bad tea will be stuffy. If the tea tastes bad after stuffing, it means that there is a problem with the tea itself.

In fact, what everyone said is very reasonable, but are we going to cover it or uncover it?

In fact, the specific situation needs to be analyzed in detail, neither can all the tea leaves be covered, nor can all the tea leaves be uncovered.

1. Uncover the delicate tea leaves

When brewing precious and delicate tea leaves, closing the lid will indeed cause the tea leaves to become stuffy, and it may also cause the next brew of the tea leaves to become bitter. Therefore, the lid should be opened when brewing this type of tea.

2. Mature tea leaves can be covered with slits

When brewing relatively mature tea such as Shengpu, we can choose the method of oblique lid, so that neither the aroma will be lost nor the tea will be smothered.

3. Crude old tea can be covered

After brewing the rough and old white tea or the aged Pu'er, we can cover it. In this way, the tureen will maintain a constant high temperature, which can awaken the contents of the old tea.

4. The tea taste becomes weaker and can be covered

No matter what kind of tea, after brewing one after another, the taste will gradually fade. At this time, we can choose to cover, so that our tea can be better released.

Regardless of the method, we should all depend on the situation. If you are a tea friend who doesn't have detailed requirements for tea, you don't have to worry about so much, just do it as you feel comfortable.