Scented tea is made from green tea, black tea, oolong tea blank and flowers that meet the edible needs and can smell fragrance by scenting process. The more representative scented teas are Needle King scented tea, Hydrangea scented tea and ... scented tea, which combines the fragrance of tea and flowers, and the entrance of tea soup is soft. The fragrance is lasting and refreshing. Generally, according to the varieties of fragrant flowers used, it can be divided into jasmine tea, magnolia tea and Zhu Lan scented tea, among which jasmine tea has the largest output. Each subcategory is divided into several grades according to the origin, quality and fineness of manufacturing technology, including six to seven grades, such as super grade, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade and fifth grade. Edible scented tea mainly includes jasmine tea, rose tea, osmanthus tea, chrysanthemum tea, wintersweet tea, wild chrysanthemum tea and arhat tea.
Scented tea is a combination of tea fragrance and floral fragrance. Tea absorbs flowers, and flowers add tea flavor, which complement each other. It not only maintains a rich and refreshing tea fragrance, but also has a fresh and fragrant flower fragrance. The brewed product is smoky, fragrant, full of sweetness and refreshing. Scented tea not only has the efficacy of tea, but also has good pharmacological effects, which is beneficial to human health.
1, history of scented tea:
The production of China scented tea began in the Southern Song Dynasty, with a history of 1000 years. The earliest processing center was in Fuzhou. Since12nd century, the scenting of scented tea has been extended to Suzhou and Hangzhou. In Ming Dynasty, Gu (1564- 1639) recorded in detail the fragrant flower varieties of scented tea and the method of making tea: "Jasmine, rose, rose, orchid, orange blossom, gardenia, radix aucklandiae and plum blossom can all be used in tea. When visiting flowers, those who pick half-scented and half-scented flowers must measure the amount of tea and pick flowers as tea. Too many flowers are too fragrant to escape the tea rhyme; Less flowers are not fragrant, but not beautiful. " Stop the tea for three times and weigh the flowers as soon as they stop. "However, the large-scale scenting of scented tea began in the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty (1851-1861), and the production of scented tea was more common in 1890.
2. Place of origin:
Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu and other provinces
3, processing technology:
The processing technology is to mix the flowers with refined tea leaves, slowly absorb the flowers in a static state, then screen off the flower residue and dry the tea leaves. According to the classification of flowers used, there are jasmine tea, white orchid tea, pearl orchid tea, hawksbill tea and scented tea such as osmanthus, rose and grapefruit flower. Generally speaking, roasted green tea is used as green tea. Because of its loose tissue structure, strong fragrance absorption and pure tea taste, it is used to add fragrance to flowers, so that the fragrance and taste of tea can be integrated. First, dried green tea is stripped of chips, powder, stalks, etc. , and refined into tea blanks that meet the requirements of commodity specifications. The quality of tea blank should meet GB 172 standard.
Flowers should be selected from the mature flowers picked that day. After spreading, stacking, screening, cooling and other maintenance and opening-assisting procedures, the flowers are evenly opened, and then evenly mixed with the tea blank in a certain proportion, stacked and left standing, so that the tea residue can absorb the fragrance of the flowers as much as possible. During the scenting period, someone still needs to stir, ventilate and dissipate heat according to the change of pile temperature, so as to reduce the pile temperature and breathe fresh air, which is beneficial to the flowers to restore vitality, continue to spit fragrance, change the contact surface of camellia, and make the tea blank absorb fragrance evenly. Finally, the flower residue is screened out to complete the scenting. Different varieties and grades of scented tea have different scenting time, flower amount and scenting times, and the flower amount of fragrant scented tea is gradually decreasing. In order to improve the freshness, some scented teas are also equipped with appropriate amount of white orchids. The finished products are generally divided into 1 ~ 6 grades and pieces of tea.
4, quality characteristics:
The shape of the rope is tight and even, and the color is yellow and green. The endoplasmic aroma is fresh and rich, with obvious flower fragrance, light yellow and bright soup color, and tender and even leaves.
5, physical and chemical indicators:
Water content is not more than 9% (export is not more than 8%), broken tea content is not more than 8% (export is not more than 6%), and powder content is not more than 1.5%.
Scented tea is suitable for drinking without milk or sugar to maintain its natural fragrance. Make tea in a small teapot or cup made of porcelain for drinking alone. For guests, use a big teapot to boil, drink it after three or five minutes, and you can continue to soak it once or twice.
Plywood boxes, cartons or sacks for large packages, lined with aluminum foil or plastic bags. The small bag contains tin cans, cartons, porcelain cans, etc.
Beauty scented tea
1, Rose: Clear fire and moisten throat, which has the effects of removing spots, removing wrinkles and caring skin, and is the king of flowers.
2. Carnation: whitening skin, removing spots and wrinkles.
3. Red is beautiful: eliminating fire and removing spots, whitening and moistening skin, regulating endocrine and promoting metabolism.
4. Violet: clear fire and nourish skin, moisturize skin, replenish moisture for skin, enhance luster and prevent ultraviolet radiation.
5. Peony flower: nourishing blood and softening the liver, making qi and blood full and rosy.
6. Don't forget me: beauty and whitening, clearing fire and improving eyesight, especially for freckles and acne.
7. Rhododendron: Moisturizing and beautifying (indications: gynecological diseases such as irregular menstruation)
8. Lavender: acne, freckle, soothe the nerves, whiten and tighten, and repair scars.
9. Yumeiren: Nourish qi and blood, moisten black hair and lose weight (special slimming tea for aristocrats! )
10: peach blossom: a woman's flower, which can be used in beauty beauty to regulate menstrual blood and lose weight (effective for beauty to lose weight! No side effects)
Special scented tea
1, Roselle: detoxification and beauty, appetizing and spleen, softening blood vessels.
2. White snow tea: remove garbage from the body and eliminate toxins (the first choice for people with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and obesity).
3. Red snow tea: lowering blood pressure and blood lipid.
4. Blooming in the snow: nourishing and strengthening the kidney
5. Boat-fruited Sterculia: Sore throat, tonsillitis and rhinitis all have their unique effects.
6. Wild Kuding tea: sweet, clearing away heat and toxic materials, improving eyesight, lowering blood fat and blood pressure, it is the favorite tea for middle-aged and elderly people and men.
Scented scented tea for quenching thirst and relieving summer heat (anti-inflammatory and detoxifying), cooling and moistening lung and throat.
1, Jade Butterfly: Clearing lung and relieving sore throat
2, Trollius chinensis: anti-inflammatory, cough, stomach, help digestion.
3, lily: soothe the nerves, cool and moisten the lungs.
The above three combinations have better effect.
4, magnolia: beauty whitening, improve sleep
5, wild chrysanthemum: summer heat, clear heart and eyesight
The above two combinations have better effect.
6, ginseng flower: faint scent to quench thirst, cool and reduce fire, replenish blood and qi, refresh the mind.
7. Gynostemma pentaphyllum: nourishing, calming the nerves and protecting the liver (it is the favorite tea for middle-aged and elderly people and men)
8, bamboo leaf green: thirst quenching, detoxification and diuresis (preferred in summer)
9, honeysuckle: clearing fire and moistening throat, clearing heat and detoxifying (sore throat, tonsillitis)
10, calendula: nourishing liver, improving eyesight, caring skin, detoxifying and diminishing inflammation (dizziness, stomach cold and pain, etc. )
1 1, Junbaiju: clearing away heat and toxic materials, protecting liver and improving eyesight (relieving summer heat, relieving fatigue and softening blood vessels)
12, Huang Jinju: clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, reducing swelling and improving eyesight (effectively expelling toxins from the body and removing garbage from the body)
13, jasmine: soothing the liver and stomach, regulating qi and relieving depression (irregular menstruation, dysentery, toxic swelling, etc. )