Drink scented tea in spring
Most parts of China have a monsoon climate with four distinct seasons: high temperature in spring, hot in summer, cool in autumn and cold in winter. In the days of spring, the spring breeze recovers, and the sun is the spirit, bringing vitality to everything. But at this time, people generally feel sleepy and weak, and there is a phenomenon of spring sleepiness. People drinking scented tea can alleviate the adverse effects of spring sleep. Scented tea tastes sweet and cool, but its fragrance is pungent, which is beneficial to dispel the cold evil accumulated in the human body in winter, promote the growth of yang in the body, make people feel refreshed and make the "spring sleep" disappear on its own.
Scented tea is a treasure in tea that combines the beauty of tea taste and the beauty of flowers. "Flowers attract tea fragrance to complement each other" is made by mixing tea and flowers by using the principle of aroma absorption characteristics of tea such as fried green tea and fragrance spitting characteristics of flowers, among which jasmine tea is the most famous. This is because jasmine has a clear fragrance, and the tea is mellow and refreshing, rich and pleasant. For high-grade scented tea, cover the cup with transparent glass, take 3g of scented tea, put it into the cup, brew it with boiling water slightly cooled to about 90℃, and then cover the cup to prevent the fragrance from losing. After two or three minutes, you can have a drink and feel fragrant and refreshing.
Drinking green tea in summer
Summer is hot, the sun is like fire, people sweat like rain in it, their physical strength is very high, and their mood is low. At this time, it is better to taste green tea. Because green tea belongs to unfermented tea, it is cold in nature, "cold can clear away heat", which can remove fire, promote fluid production to quench thirst, promote digestion and eliminate phlegm, and accelerate the healing of oral cavity and mild gastric ulcer. But also has high nutritional components and medicinal values of reducing blood fat and preventing arteriosclerosis. This kind of tea has clear water color, elegant fragrance and fresh taste after brewing. It can be drunk every day in summer to clear away heat and relieve summer heat, strengthen the body and benefit the body. Among the treasures of green tea, there is Longjing in Shifeng, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, which is known as "the top green tea in China" because of its green soup and pleasant fragrance. Taihu Lake in Jiangsu Province is "Biluochun", with green tea color and rich aroma. Mao Feng, Huangshan, Anhui, is full of tea fragrance.
To brew green tea, directly take 90℃ boiled water, high-grade green tea and tender tea, with tender leaves and low-boiling aroma. Just brew with 80℃ boiled water, and there is no need to cover the cup when brewing, so as to avoid heat and sulking, which will affect the freshness of tea soup.
Drink green tea in autumn
In autumn, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the golden wind is bleak, the flowers and trees are withered, and the climate is dry, which makes people thirsty and chapped. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "autumn dryness", so it's time to drink green tea. Green tea, also known as oolong tea, belongs to semi-fermented tea, which is between green tea and black tea. The colors are blue and brown. After brewing, you can see that the middle of the leaves is blue and the edges are red. It is called "the edge of green leaves". It has both the fragrance and natural floral fragrance of green tea and the mellow fragrance of black tea. Not cold or hot, mild. It has the effects of moistening skin, moistening throat, promoting fluid production, eliminating accumulated heat in the body, and adapting the body to changes in natural environment. The common brands of oolong tea are Fujian oolong tea, Guangdong oolong tea and Taiwan Province oolong tea, which are famous for Wuyi rock tea in northern Fujian and Tieguanyin tea in Anxi, southern Fujian. However, many oolong teas are divided into tea varieties, such as Tieguanyin, Lan Qi, Meizhan, Narcissus, Peach Blossom and Hairy Crab. Oolong tea is used to strong drinking, paying attention to taste and smell.
Brewing oolong tea requires 100℃ boiling water. After brewing, pour the tea in the teapot into the teacup for a moment, and the taste will be rich and fragrant.
Drink black tea in winter
It is freezing in winter, everything is dormant, cold evil attacks people, the physiological function of human body declines, and the yang gradually declines. Chinese medicine believes: "In the cold winter, everything is alive and hidden, and the physiological activities of the human body are in a state of inhibition. The way to keep healthy is to keep out the cold, so black tea is the top grade in winter. Black tea is sweet and warm, which can nourish human yang; Black tea is rich in protein and sugar, which can warm the abdomen by heating, enhance the cold resistance of human body, and help digestion and greasy. Black tea is also called fully fermented tea because it is fully fermented during processing and oxidizes tea tannins. Fresh tea leaves are oxidized to form red oxidative polymerization products-theaflavins, thearubigins and theabrownins. Some of these pigments are dissolved in water and brewed into black tea soup. Famous traditional Kung Fu black tea products include Hong Hu, Hongyi, Ninghong, Hong Min, Taihong, Qi Hong, etc. It is famous for Qi Hong in Qimen County, Anhui Province.
When brewing black tea, it is advisable to brew it with freshly boiled water and cover the cup to avoid fragrance. British people generally have the habit of drinking "afternoon tea". They often mix Qi Hong and Indian black tea, and then add milk and sugar to drink. In some parts of China, there is also the habit of drinking black tea with sugar, milk and sesame seeds, which can not only warm the abdomen, but also increase nutrition and keep fit.