The
more aged more aroma is a unique characteristic of Pu'er tea, and it is also a
very exclusive concept, in all the food standards of our country, includes
alcohol, Pu er tea is the only food that it was labeled “Under suitable
conditions, it can be stored for a long time”. Therefore, the more aged more
aroma has become a proper noun of Pu'er tea. Of course, the more aged more
aroma is also the core value of Pu'er tea.
“The
more aged more aroma” is image description of the aging process of Pu er tea, and
it is a part of the whole structure of Pu er tea, its core content is the
mechanism of aging, “the more aged more aroma” is another language expression
of the mechanism of the aging of Pu er tea. “the more aged” is time concept, “more
aroma” is quality concept. The process of the aging of Pu er tea, it is the
last word processing of Pu er tea, and it is also the key to quality
improvement or reengineering.
Many
people think that puer tea “the more aged more aroma” is impossible, they think
that “the more aged more aroma” is just marketing behavior of Pu'er Tea Market.
Because, when they get "Knowledge" from the tea shop owner, and after
application to practical operation, they found that these knowledge did not
make his Pu'er tea become the more aged more aroma, so many people point to the
quality of Pu'er tea itself.
In
fact, this knowledge is not useless, only these so-called "knowledge"
too one-sided, some are relatively simple, lack of professionalism. So when
such a large-scale thing happens, many people put the more aged more aroma gets
better understanding for the market selling behavior.
The more aged more aroma
said beginning in the Ming Dynasty, Dali Yuanyang Li record and narrate:” The longer the collection, taste better”. To the
six years of the Ming Dynasty, "Lunan county" in praise:” The longer the collection, the better the taste”. "Lunan
county" the told Yunnan small leaf tea species, it is the early Dali seven
cake raw material tea. After liberation, In the last century in 80s, Yunnan Tea
Import Corporation learned some things from Hongkong, many people drink the old tea in Hongkong, "the
more aged more aroma" was first used in the book for Yunnan people. By
1993, Yunnan held the first international conference of Pu'er Tea in Puer City,
Mr. Deng Shihai released the paper, the paper once again referred to the
concept of "Pu'er Tea the more aged more aroma" and explained, this
time is the inheritance of tradition, and also is refinement and promotion, this
thesis into a Book in 1996.
In
2004 the simplified Chinese version of "Pu'er Tea" (《普洱茶》)a
book published and issued in mainland China, the rise of the old tea, Subsequently,
"Pu'er tea continued" (《普洱茶续》)published,
vigorously advocate: Drink ripe tea, treasure up raw tea, taste old tea. This
concept is deeply rooted, it has a great impact on Pu'er tea.
In
fact, since own tea, chinese drinking tea habits with green tea as the
mainstream, always pursue fresh natural tea. From the Ming Dynasty to the
present, very few document description, but the old tea habits linger on
faintly, until this time is universally known.
In
2016 the Dongzheng Spring Auction, after several rounds of panic buying, the
final song pinhao lanbiao Pu'er Tea, a tube of seven cake, weight 2287 grams, Spot
price 8 million 800 thousand RMB. A red standard songpinhao Pu'er round tea, net
weight 306 grams, spot price 2 million 600 thousand RMB. In this special
auction, there are many old tea was astronomical shoot out, in recent years
there are many Pu'er old tea auction was high, perhaps this is the best
reflection of the core value of Pu'er tea from a capital point of view.
Because
of the strong tea nature, Pu'er Tea is not suitable for drinking in the new tea
period, Pu'er Tea pressed into the cake as a daily drink tea, most of them need
years to conversion, however, not all people have the patience to wait for the
Pu'er Tea become alcohol and palatability, and that's what it is, and that's a
factor why Pu'er Tea not to convert into good tea of the more aged more aroma.
The
essence of Pu'er tea storage aging, Pu'er tea is constantly happen physical and
chemical reactions, a
series of processes resulting from the changes in physical properties and chemical
composition. The law of change is conditional, In other words, the more aged
the more fragrant must be conditional.
By
storage aging, it make that tea contains chemical composition carry through non
enzymatic automatism oxidation, so that happen Oxidation, degradation and transformation,
process of causing brown matter formation and flavor change. In the process of
tea storage, ester compound oxidation, the production characteristics of
volatile components of -2,4- heptadienal with aged tea smell, automatic
oxidation of polyphenols, amino acids and carbohydrates, the formation of tea
theabrownin and yellow brown polymer etc. make Pu'er Tea aged aroma revealed,
colour browning, tea soup red brown, decreased bitter substance,
taste tends to pure and mild.
Therefore,
not that all the Pu'er tea is suitable for storage aging in the market, Puer
tea the more aged the more fragrant, in addition to the appropriate external
storage environment, the tea itself also need good quality, of course, good
process is also the key to determine the success or failure of Pu'er tea.