Yunnan dianqing(滇青) and dian green(滇绿) just the change of one word

      Yunnan dianqing(滇青) and dian green(滇绿) just the change of one word, but they belong to two different types of tea, also called the sun dried maocha, and Dian green is the green tea produced in Yunnan. The source of fundamental differences between the two, due to the water removing temperature difference, there are drying methods for dry in the sun or dry beside or over a fire, temperature and time control.

      Green Tea water removing the temperature between 210~240 degrees Celsius, but the Yunnan dianqing(滇青) water removing temperature should be below 180 degrees Celsius below, this is the first difference between the two. During the rainy season, fresh leaves too wet water removing is not easy, too much and fall short easy to cause the water removing not enough or excessive fermentation,aroma not enough, thin soup or bitter not conversion phenomena.The sun dried maocha after rolling, on a bamboo mat or cement Shaichang in directly, dry in the sun, the drying process turns over 2~3 times, daily temperature is generally not more than 40 degrees Celsius. However, if the drying machine for drying process, usually the temperature is over 80 degrees centigrade, even between 100~130 degrees; High temperature water removing, high temperature drying maocha, if the finished product is still in the high temperature, become the standard of Yunnan puer tea. It is a find at tea factory, pressed tea products in the sun for two days continuous exposure, the aroma taste is completely different from the three day or a day sun shade shade treatment, for subsequent changes also be observed.

      High temperature water removing led to the complete cessation of enzyme action, plus the water content of the new products is less than 9%, after long storage and air contact, may only make puer tea appear similar to the moisture absorption deterioration of green tea, but not after-fermentation. The new product Yunnan Pu'er tea features is fresh tea leaves pale green or green, soup colour yellow green fragrance, but one or two years after the soup color is usually turbid, aroma reduction, taste becomes thin and not back to sweet, that can't show out sun drying maocha the more older more aroma characteristics. There are some more than 10 years raw cake, although not in the wet warehouse, but taste the tea no aroma no smell, it may be related to the above situation.

      Dianqing and Dian green have their own characteristics, of course, the "sun smell" of Pu er tea can't substitute. If consumers want to drink immediately, is unable to accept the bitter taste of sun dried maocha, Yunnan dian green tea is a good choice. And in the long term storage, the more older more aroma's point of view, green tea is not as good as dianqing tea fermentation of puer tea have the charm.

      Dianqing and Dian green are produced in Yunnan, there are special geographical and climatic conditions. tea production has a long history, is the origin center of the world tea tree. Tea has become one of the three major economic crops in Yunnan, Yunnan vast territory and abundant resources, regardless of the history of tea cultivation and the area of tea and tea production are the most in the world, which is the most famous of the above mentioned in the puer tea, it need two series for Yunnan origin sun drying maocha and  reprocessing: Direct processing into finished products of raw puer tea and After the artificial crash after the fermentation processing of ripe Puer tea, also divide into loose tea and compressed tea; After the finished product has continued to carry out the natural aging process, with the unique quality more older more aroma.

      

Bingdao ancient village picking autumn tea

      This season is autumn，Bingdao ancient village tea farmer begin pick autumn tea.
      Autumn tea is the tea picking between twenty-four the solar term autumn begins to white dew, also called "The valley flowers tea". Autumn weather conditions between spring and summer, after tea tree the spring and summer of the two growing season, picking, the relative reduction of the contents of the new shoot, leaf color is yellow, bud leaves relatively thin, and the size is differen, clash leaf much, leaf is thin, the leaf margin saw tooth obviously; contains the material content is few, taste peace, water is thin and sweet, higher aroma.

      Spring and autumn tea is the biggest difference in taste, autumn tea is not bitter, leaves with dew, it is the top grade. Ming Dynasty Xu Cishu(许次纾) in the book<Tea Shu>(《茶疏》)say that:"Previous no have people pick tea in the autumn, in recent years there has been. Autumn July and August to pick a time again, called the early spring, quality is very good.(往日无有于秋日摘茶者，近乃有之。秋七八月重摘一番，谓之早春，其品甚佳)" <Xiaochuangyouji>(《小窗幽记》)author Jiru Chen(陈继儒) also write:"Wu people picking spring tea in October，very much like the sunny day(吴人于十月采小春茶，此时不独逗漏花枝，而尤喜日光晴暖)."

      In terms of the same quality, spring better endurance, more resistant to brew, autumn tea aroma is better, lingering charm rich. "Spring water Autumu aroma", Seeing the name of a thing one thinks of its function(顾名思义)，spring tea tea soup taste enough, lingering charm enough, good taste and long aftertaste, autumn tea aroma is high, long lasting. Which is good, really hard to say clearly,  to see the tea friends of the tastes and preferences.

Bangwai old tea tree

      Lancang Fudong country Bangwai village, the village is located in the northern part of the Lahu Nationality Autonomous County in Lancang, Yunnan province. Located at the Lancang River of Shuangjiang of Lancang and Three counties at the junction of Jinggu. The late Qing Dynasty, Bangwai was the production Pu'er Tea of one of the six major tea mountain, it is an important place to produce tea. The district annual average temperature of 16.8 degrees Celsius, full of sunshine, mild climate, summer without heat, no cold in winter, all the year round mountain green grass and water embroider, the most conducive to the growth of high-quality tea. Not far away, Lancang river the cliff and the sound of the river, hundreds of years, thousands of years of ancient tea forest stands in a quiet corner of the slope of the garden, this is a picture of what kind of? When the time to move, almost forgotten by the ancient tea forest after thousands of years of wind and rain baptism, still tenacious life stand tall in the cliffs and mountains, looking down on the vicissitudes of nature and the world, the scene is a burst of nostalgia, lament the short and precious human life.

      Bang Wei transitional ancient tea tree growth at an altitude of 1900 meters of the Lancang River Fudong country Bangwai village, it belong to macrophanerophytes type big tea tree, tree stance up-right, branch density, tree height 11.8 m, tree width 8.2 x 9 m, base diameter of 1.14 meters, minimum branch 0.7 m. The tea trees in the 1000 years since ancient times, the local farmers have been carefully cultivated and harvested, has been little known to the outside world. Old but vigorous magnificent, greenstick greenery tonalide new bud, every old tree always give people a feel of thick fat and full of vigour. This one leaf is the essence of the long-term accumulation of God and nature, it is an important heritage of their ancestors left behind. The nature of the survival of the fittest to the strong survive, life and growth in nature, this is the diligence and wisdom, pioneering ancestors left us gifts and treasures, is also the opportunity of God.

      Bang Wei ancient tea tree physical characteristics:
      Tree type belong to macrophanerophytes big tea tree, tree stance up-right, branching density, branch density, tree height 11.8 m, tree width 8.2 x 9 m, base diameter of 1.14 meters, minimum branch 0.7 m, in more than 1000 years of age,Since ancient times by the local people use tea picking, but little is known about the outside world.

      Wei Bang quality of ancient tea mountain Pu'er Tea taste characteristics:
      Fragrance high sharp lasting, sweet and plump, strong taste. mellow firm, the tongue and palate after some slightly bitter, back sweet strong and focused on the tongue, flavor level obviously, the soup is clear and bright.

Different Xigui(昔归)

      Xigui Manglushan located in the east of Lincang Linxiang District Bangdong village committee jurisdiction, it is at a distance from 12 km from Bangdong village. Manglushan  scenery beautiful, natural landscape is very charming. The soil is a typical lateritic red soil along the Lancang River, forest vegetation is subtropical monsoon rain forest, the common red cedar, camphor, Ficus, beef rib Pakistan, olive, mango and other wild plants.

      Open soup，color light yellow clear soup, entrance is fragrant, no miscellaneous taste, sweet flavor; back to sweet more obvious after three brew, high aroma, both cheeks and base of tongue promote the secretion of saliva or body fluid, the tongue feels slightly astringent, quickly turn; Four ~ six brews, aroma like orchid, sweet candy forithm, water quality is more viscous, the bitter appear after heavy hand brew, relatively lighter, easy conversion; the soup is almost unchanged after the seven brew, pure and honest, better, micro astringent, throat depth, long finish; water fade after ten brew, sweet little, back sweet good, the remaining sugar sweet.

      The origin of Xigui Pu er tea

      Produced in Dongxiang Yunnan province Lincang Linxiang district to Manglu tea ancient famous. but Manglu tea go today, the tea aroma is still, quality is not reduced, but the person who knows the name is less and less, "Manglu tea" is replaced by "Xigui tea", Why? What is Xigui tea? Is Xigui tea puer tea? Answer is Yes, Xigui tea is puer tea.

      Xigui cha abundant endoplasmic and very resistant to brew, high concentration of tea soup, heavy taste, high aroma, the tea gas is strong but the soup feels soft. Delicate water and accompanied by strong sweet and thirst, oral  lasting fragrance.

      Xigui tea, belong to bangdong big leaf type, because the local habit of annual production only two seasons of spring and autumn tea, so the tea tree is better protected. the quality of tea is much better than other villages.

Ancient Jingmai mountain

      Located in Lancang County of Yunnan province city, Jingmai tea area covers Lancang County Jing Mai Village and Mangjing village, it Is one with thousands of years of cultivation history of ancient tea garden, it is the largest ancient tea garden in Yunnan province.
      According to the experts and scholars to inspect the historical roots of the tea area, they think this piece of ancient tea mountain early in the the christian era year 696 by the Bulang family ancestors began to plant, more than 1200 years ago, after several dynasties large scale plantation, has reached more than 10 thousand acres of scale. In the ancient tea plantation, ancient tea tree parasitic orchid plants--twisted-flower rush herb(crab legs), has the effect of clearing heat and toxin; According to the understanding, at present, only a special environment and a hundred years old tea tree only parasitic crab legs. become a characteristic product.

      Tea mountain resources

      In the year August 2003, Chinese Academy of Sciences"The protection and development and utilization of millennium ten thousand mu ancient tea garden in Lancang Jingmai".

      Project research put forward: Jingmai millennium ten thousand mu ancient tea garden collection of biological treasure house, cultural treasure house, jinshan Treasury, the ecological and cultural tourism and the treasure house of Art, Has great scientific value, landscape value, cultural value and production value, will become the birthplace of the world's tea, it is an important natural and cultural heritage, and is currently the world's most well preserved, the oldest, the largest area of artificial cultivation of ancient tea garden, and is the root and source of the world tea culture, but also the history of the development of Chinese tea culture witness.

      Jingmai mountain ancient tea garden

      Jingmai mountain tea belong to macrophanerophytes big leaf type, Macrophanerophytes tree the biggest piece is here in the twelve big tea mountain. known as "ten thousand mu macrophanerophytes ancient tea garden". Jingmai ancient tea mountain is located in the territory of Lancang, Yunnan Province, Lahu Autonomous County. According to textual research, there plant tea has a history of nearly 2000 years. 

      Jing Mai ancient tea garden is a history and reality of the adhesion very tight, for thousands of years， no matter what happened in the mountains, since planting the first strain of tea, there is destined to be the Holy Spirit, here is the place where civilization is born.

      In the legends of the Brown clan, Brown ancestral Bayanleng plant tea gardens, and leave teachings of the deceased to later periods: Leaving behind the gold and silver always useful end time, Leaving cattle horse livestock always have time of death too, Only a tea seed can be left to future generations to take the inexhaustible, with endless. According to the research of Lancang river basin is the origin of tea, the Brown family ancestors is the earliest use of wild ancient tea and the earliest cultivation and training of the ancient tea nation. Byanleng has become famous have surname can test the earliest tea people, as tea grandfather. According to legend, Xishuangbanna Dai Tusi gave seventh of the princess to marry Bayanleng. Now, Jingmai mountain Mangjing village dedicated tea grandfather Bayanleng temple and the seven princess pavilion.　 

      Jingmai tea characteristic

      If it goes back to the year 696, successive cultivation of several dynasties, tea garden area has reached ten thousand acres. Because of the very high tea tree aged. It is experienced the vicissitudes of life, full of frost in appearance. Tea tree branches covered with moss and vines, wild mushrooms and many parasitic orchids of biological, there is a the parasite of shape similar with crab--Crab legs.

      Crab foot is said to be only in the last hundred years of the ancient tea tree can be found. It not only has the role of cool and refreshing detoxification, if often drink can prevent hardening of the arteries. 

      Jingmai ten thousand mu ancient tea garden belong to  macrophanerophytes type millennium ancient tea tree, It is the most famous at ancient tea garden, and is holy mountain in the tea fans heart. Tea quality excellent, tea body fat and tender soft, plump pekoe tea rich, tea aroma rich renowned Chinese and foreign.

      By the ancient tea fresh leaves (bud) as raw material, through a special process refined Pu'er Tea has high aroma and strong taste, thick, and full shape, quality, color, flavor and taste, and taste characteristics of Qi and Yun; have lower cholesterol and blood lipids, blood pressure lowering temperature in kidney. Okay, go, cool thirst, fatigue, refreshing effect. Often drink can help digestion, beauty, fitness, weight loss, improve nutrition, promote the The new supersedes the old. and enhance human immunity, anti-aging.

Take you to know the bitter of Bulang mountai old tea tree

Bulang mountain tea in Yunnan the different tea district, bitter strong degree of the tea containing substance is second to none, when people gradually to the strong taste with the correct understanding, Bulang mountain big tree tea will become the object of the pursuit of tea friend, Bulang mountain old banzhang achieve big famous, Bulang mountains Laomane is famous due to its scarce resources of tea trees and unique aroma, How to correctly understand and drink Bulang mountains tea? I will share personal understanding and knowledge to tea firends.

      Tea friends should correctly understand the pure bitter taste of Bulang mountain tea, the problem of non chemical fertilizer pesticide or process, it is bitter to be able to turn to open, its puckery can transformation, that is, we often talk about the bitter back to sweet, puckery promote the secretion of saliva or body fluid. Many tea friends often experience and compared with some common tea, feel Bulang mountains tea bitter relatively transformation slowly, this kind of understanding is a mistake, of course, bitter light transformation is fast than bitter heavy, of course, bitter heavy back sweet is fast than bitter light.
      The general people drink Bulang mountain tea, it's hard to bear the bitter and astringent stimulus of the first few brew. the real Gan alcohol to show after 5-7 brews, only bear the bitter taste of the previous brew, you will gnosis all sufferings have their reward of post brew, I suggest tea firend at the beginning of deinking this tea put  slightly less tea quantity, it is good that pour out soup time a little short, slowly adapt to re line adjustment, the first bitter after sweet, tea flavor life, it is also a kind of harvest.

      There are two kinds of tea aroma of Bulang mountain old tree tea, a feeling for the nose--obvious aroma(cup bottom tea gas or tea soup), another aroma--secret aroma, the aroma is very introverted, tea soup and its aroma have high degree of integration, fully integrated, the tea soup and its aroma not scattered free, from the bottom to the top aftertaste, this highly valuable organic fusion is precious place of tea.
      Collect new tea, if tea nature more moderate, late feelings change is not obvious, the tea had strong bitter at the beginning, late into the sweet and mellow and change quite large, taste perception is quite obvious, strong bitter have strong irritant to taste bud, but to feel the long back to Gan promote the secretion of saliva or body fluid is a good tea, collection of fun easy to get obvious feelings, in order to reflect the value of tea and tea time.

What is Old Tea Tree？

      The old tea tree is wild ancient tea tree and its community distributed in natural forest, semi domesticated artificially cultivated wild tea tree and artificial cultivation of the ancient tea garden more than a hundred years.

    Old tea garden classification

    Classification by environment

      1.Original old tea garden
      Wild tea forest in the original forest, general diameter of a cross-section of a tree is 50cm, chest measurement is 160cm, tree height 15m, thousands of years of age. Tea tree spacing is about 20~50m, about 20~30 plant per mu, 10~20kg per mu, extremely rare. There are many species in the rainforest, ecological primitive.
      2. return to the wild state old tea garden(野化古茶园)
      Blank place and rain forest edge in the original forest, Ancient people planting, but was abandoned for hundreds of years, unattended, gradually formed the trend of the wild, diameter of a cross-section of a tree is 30-50cm, chest measurement is 100-160cm, tree height about 10m, age 500~1000 years. Tea tree spacing is about 8~15m, about 50~90 plant per mu, 30~50kg per mu, extremely rare, less manual intervention, wild ecological environment.
      3. Original ecological old tea garden
      The ancients people plant around the mountain village，surface plants were not removed, most tea tree diameter of a cross-section is 10-35cm, chest measurement is 35-110cm, tree height 3-6m, in three hundred or four hundred years old. Tea tree spacing is about 3~5m, About 120~220 plant per mu, about 50~80kg per mu, extremely rare, less manual intervention, only for proper harvesting and pruning, no fertilization, do not play pesticides, no weeding, no turn up the soil. Fern type, Lichens, a variety of tropical rain forest herb symbiosis, ecological and environmental advantages.
      4. Ecological old tea garden
      The ancients people plant  in the villages around the mountains, vegetation has been removed, most tea tree diameter of a cross-section is 10-25cm, chest measurement is 35-80cm, tree height 2.5-4.5m, in one hundred or two hundred years old. Tea tree spacing is about 1.5-3.5m,  about 190-400 plant per mu, about 60-90kg per mu, extremely rare.Certain artificial intervention, pick, trim, application of farm manure, plowing, weeding. A large number of surface plants were removed, the ecological environment is good.
     

Old tea tree classification

    Classification by aged

      1. Millennium wild old tea tree
      Wild ancient tea tree in the original rain forest, general diameter of a cross-section of a tree is 50cm, chest measurement is 160cm, tree height 15m, thousands of years of age. Large leaves, sturdy, the leaf veins bulging, leaf margin saw tooth depth, between the leaf veins 9~16 couple, plant and modern tea big leaf type leaf veins (6-9 couple) completely different. High tendernessende, one bud and two leaves, general weight is 0.5-1g, it is generally three times the weight of old trees tea. The sun green tea, soup color green yellow, refreshing aroma, a unique smell of wild tea, the aroma of cultivated tea tree is very different, water soluble pectin rich, almost no bitter taste, a mouthful of sweet embellish, sweet extremely long lasting. Due to the scarcity of production, the price is very expensive.
      2. Wild big tea tree
      Yunnan tea area of minority farmers, tree height above 5m, it is difficult to pick the cultivated type of ancient tea tree called big tea tree, big tea tree are generally the oldest age of tea trees or is the largest tea king. Normally, big tea tree diameter of a cross-section of a tree is 30-50cm, chest measurement is 100-160cm, tree height about 5-15cm, in five hundred or one thousand years old. Sun green maocha was made use big tea tree called big tree tea. In terms of product drinking experience, the tea tree age more bigger, the better the ecological environment, the more harmonious taste, water soluble pectin, the higher the resin content, the taste is moist.
      3. Original ecological old tea tree
      Mostly diameter of a cross-section of a tree is 10-35cm, chest measurement is 35-110cm, tree height 3-6m, in three hundred or four hundred years old. Because the surface plants have not been removed, so the tea garden has a good ecological environment, despite the great age, but there are no signs of aging. The sun green maocha, bud and leaf, between the leaf veins 9~16 couple, fruit rich in pectin, taste sweet, slightly bitter and astringent, bBitter taste in the mouth of a very short stay, about a few seconds. Then back to Gan strong.

      4. Ecological ancient tea tree
      Mostly diameter of a cross-section of a tree is 10-25cm, chest measurement is 35-80cm, tree height 2.5-4.5m, in one hundred or two hundred years old. Because a large number of surface plants are removed, picking frequently, many ecological ancient tea trees have signs of aging. The sun green maocha, bud and leaf, between the leaf veins 9~16 couple, fruit rich in pectin, taste sweet, Weak bitter and astringent, bitter in the mouth to stay a short time, about ten seconds, and the age of a greater number of original ecological tea trees is difficult to distinguish.
      5. Old tea tree
      Cultivated in 1912-1949 Republic of China (refer to the modern tea garden description), not enough for 100 years. The sun green maocha, bud and leaf, between the leaf veins 9~16 couple, fruit rich in pectin, taste sweet, a little bitter, bitter in the mouth of the stay time is not long, about a few decades, and old trees are difficult to distinguish between the tea.

Cultural value

      Lin Chaomin, a famous history professor at Yunnan University, thinks，the pursuit of the interests of tea, lead to the worship of tea tree, universal worship of tea tree, and the development of the worship of tea King tree, so that the tea worship to a new height and realm. Yunnan province Pu'er Tea six big tea mountain. flourishing due to tea, known capital due to the tribute tea, so the people of the tea as "god", held tea king worship activities. The God of personality， as the deification of man, this man is Zhu Geliang, it is the six big tea mounta popular "Wuhou Yizhong(武侯遗种)", the story of KongMing Xing tea(孔明兴茶). Tea worship is a kind of cultural phenomenon, it is also a major feature of Chinese ancient tea culture. Social development to today, what people seek and value, in addition to material interests and emotional life, also should have the harmony between man and nature, to this end, We must not only protect the precious natural and cultural heritage of human beings, also constantly repair and improve the natural and cultural heritage that has been damaged, ancient tea tree protection is one of the major projects to the ancient tea tree, the ancient tea garden can have its own place on this blue planet for a long time.