The Functions of Washing Pu-erh

Posted by naturalpuerh on October 1st, 2019

Natural Puerh Bulang highmountain tea garden co.,ltd. located in the southwestern of Yunnan province: Zhengwan village, Nanping town, pu’er city, which is commended as “Tea- city of China”,” The origin of the tea world” and ”The capital of pu’er”. This is such a place where the Dai people populated in with quite rich tea culture. The average elevation of it is about 1300 meters and Asian Corridor in Heaven had crosses the whole land of it.

What is washed in tea? Do you really know? When drinking tea, people habitually wash before the bubble. Most people think that washing tea is to wash "dust" or wash "peasant residues". Others think that washing tea is a psychological effect of washing. It is thought that the tea can be washed clean and can be safely consumed.

Not only ordinary tea people have this kind of understanding, but also in the academic circles, some people have listed "washing tea" as a tea art standard, and in many tea art processes, "washing tea" is listed as an inevitable link. Because "washing" means that the tea is not clean enough, it will leave a shadow on the guests and affect the elegance of the tea.

Therefore, the term “washing tea” in modern tea art has gradually changed to “running tea” and “waking up tea”. In daily tea making, there is not much taboo, “running tea”, “waking up tea” and “washing tea” are mixed, and the use of “tea washing” in spoken language is more frequent.

What did the tea wash?

1. Washing dust? The current tea production and processing, for a small-scale processing plant, basically meet the needs of clean production. Even for relatively small-scale farmers or workshops, the tea production process can basically be achieved. The "dust" on the tea leaves is mainly the tea leaves and the dust particles formed during the production process, not the dirt dust.

2. Washing the disabled? As a beverage that is closely related to the daily lives of most Chinese people, the safety of tea has also received much attention. The quality of tea that is normally circulated in the market, its indicators, including indicators of pesticide residues and heavy metals, are naturally within the safety limits stipulated by national standards. Even if there is a small amount of pesticide residues in the tea, it is mainly fat-soluble, and the tea soup is safe.

Once the tea leaves are in contact with hot water, some substances dissolve in the water in a few seconds. The first thing is leached with a refreshing vitamin, with umami amino acids and a pungent taste Alkaloids. If we take too long to wash tea, then the poured tea soup contains a lot of vitamins, amino acids, alkaloids and other nutrients.What exactly is "washing tea"? According to research, the term "washing tea" began in the Northern Song Dynasty and has been used in tea drinking programs. It has been nearly 700 years old. "Chinese Tea Dictionary" explains "washing tea": "Washing tea washes away the impurities on the surface of loose tea, and can induce tea leaf." 

Thus, tea washing has two main functions: 

First, it has the effect of washing away the dust particles on the surface of the tea;

 The other layer means that the dried tea leaves are firstly heated and moistened by heat to form a germination state of the leaves, which facilitates the dissolution of the flavor substances and enables the tea aroma substances to be better distributed.

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