Common Raw Tea Cake
2 min readThe common terrace raw Pu-erh tea from a tea market in Beijing. It was sold in its manufacturing year and each cake cost 95 yuan.
The tea leaves are relatively small and thin without visi-ble tea hair and with delicate striations. Planted terrace tea trees are short without main stems as a result of frequent picking and trimming by man. Terrace tea trees are densely planted with little growth space.
TIPS
To differentiate terrace tea from arbor tea, observe the following. Color: Be it raw or processed tea, if the color of the dry tea leaves is sallow, dark and not bright, then it is probably terrace tea; arbor tea is likely to have silvery white tea hair.
Brightness: Arbor tea is bright while terrace tea is dark. The central vein of soaked leaves: Break the leaf gently. If it feels tough, then it is arbor tea. If it feels fragile and tender, then it is Color and taste of tea liquid: Golden, clear and bright; mellow taste and sweet aftertaste with light fragrance of glutinous rice; qualities enhanced in hot water Brewed tea leaves: Green and glossy, unbroken (V) Common Raw Tea Cake The common terrace raw Pu-erh tea in the picture is from a tea market in Beijing. It was sold in its manufacturing year and each cake cost 95 yuan.
The tea leaves are relatively small and thin without visi-ble tea hair and with delicate striations. Planted terrace tea trees are short without main stems as a result of frequent picking and trimming by man. Terrace tea trees are densely planted with little growth space.
TIPS
To differentiate terrace tea from arbor tea, observe the following. Color: Be it raw or processed tea, if the color of the dry tea leaves is sallow, dark and not bright, then it is probably terrace tea; arbor tea is likely to have silvery white tea hair.
Brightness: Arbor tea is bright while terrace tea is dark. The central vein of soaked leaves: Break the leaf gently. If it feels tough, then it is arbor tea. If it feels fragile and tender, then it is Common raw Pu-erh tea cakes Dry tea:Unbroken tea cake with com-pact and distinct striations Color and taste of tea liquid:Golden,clear,bitter,sweet aftertaste Brewed tea leaves.
