Comments on the shape of dry tea

Tender, compact, brown rice color, tender and even, yellow, black, fat, even, gray, miscellaneous flowers.

Soup color review

Bright, bright, clear, Huang Liang, light yellow, red and turbid.

Polishing: a layer of oil film floating on the surface, insoluble in tea soup.

Red soup: the color of tea soup is reddish, which is mostly caused by improper production technology.

Aroma review

Tall and long, tender and fragrant, rich, fragrant and stuffy, green and chestnut.

Purity: The aroma is normal and pure, indicating that the tea fragrance has neither obvious advantages nor obvious disadvantages.

Fire fragrance: caramel fragrance is caused by the high baking and frying temperature of tea during drying.

Stuffy ripe: the aroma and taste are dull and lack of refreshing feeling, which is more common in green tea with good tenderness, but it has lost wind and moisture or been stored for too long, and the tea making process is improper.

Taste review

Fresh, alcohol, light, light, soft, alcohol and astringent.

Raw: the taste is green, and the green tea produced in summer and autumn is unevenly fixed.

Fire smell: the pot temperature or baking temperature during drying is too high, like the smell of fried soybeans.

Convergence: after taking the tea soup, the mouth feels tight.

Leaf bottom annotation

Bright, green and bright, soft, thin, red stems, budding leaves, dark green.

Indigo: Also known as "Indigo", the brewed tea is blue-green.

Burned edge: the blade has been carbonized and blackened.

Yellow ripe: yellow color and insufficient brightness.

Terminology commonly used in oolong tea tasting

Comments on the shape of dry tea

Dragonfly head: Tea leaves are thick and curly, and the shape is like a dragonfly head.

Screw-shaped: Tea strips are bent like screws, tight and heavy.

Strong knot: the tea strips are firm and firm.

Twisted: A folded tea strip.

Comment on the color of dry tea

Wet, boring, green and brown

Sand green: the color is as green and shiny as frog skin, which is the color of high-quality green tea.

Eel skin color: sandy green, dense like eel skin color.

Toad back color: frog-shaped sand with white spots on the back of leaves.

Three colors: the tail of the tea bar is turquoise, the middle is yellowish green, and the edge is reddish.

Soup color review

Golden yellow, orange yellow, orange red

Clear yellow: the tea soup is yellow and clear.

Red soup: reddish or dark red, usually aged tea or over-baked tea.