Ten-year Old Preserved Tea
1 min readThe color of the 10-year dry tea is slightly darker than that of the 5-year tea and lighter than that of the 20-year tea stored in the same environment.
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It is commonly believed that the color of preserved tea will turn from light yellow(apricot yellow) to red and its tea liquid increasingly red with time. However, this is a fallacy.
After the raw tea becomes old preserved tea after storing forabout 30 years, the catechin oxide in the tea leaves gradually decay, and the tea liquid color returns to that of 5-to 10-year tea. Though the mellowness of the tea remains, its tea proper-ties weaken.
10-year tea brick bought from Pu-erh County Dry tea: Brownish-red color, compact, distinct striations Color and taste of tea liquid:Bright red color,rich fragrance,mellow taste,sweet aftertaste,with almost no astringency Brewed leaves: Reddish-brown in color, relatively unbroken.
