Jingshan tea or Longjing tea, which is better? How many grades are there in Jingshan tea?

In our daily life, we can often see people drinking tea. Everyone likes to drink different kinds of tea. Jingshan tea and Longjing tea are two common teas. Jingshan tea and Longjing tea are both famous historical teas in Hangzhou.

Jingshan tea or Longjing tea, which is better?

West Lake Longjing is a kind of green tea, one of the top ten famous teas in China. Produced in the mountainous area around Longjing Village, West Lake, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, hence the name. It has a history of 1200 years. When Qing Qianlong visited the West Lake in Hangzhou, he praised the Longjing tea in the West Lake and named eighteen tea trees in front of Gong Hu Temple under Shifeng Mountain as "Imperial Tea". Jingshan tea and Longjing tea are homologous, both produced in Hangzhou, but their popularity is quite different. Jingshan tea or Longjing tea, which is better? There is no standard answer to this question, which varies from person to person. Everyone has different tastes and likes different teas. What suits them is good tea. West Lake Longjing is divided into 1 ~ 8 grades according to the order of appearance and internal quality.

How many grades are there in Jingshan tea?

Tea classification: Gongting/Super/1 /2 /3...9, and some have 10.

Super grade: compact, uniform, delicate, uniform, rich in flavor, high in alcohol content, bright red and delicate brownish red;

First-class compact and tender, even, more obvious, even, pure, mellow, red and bright, brown and tender;

The second-class tight knot is tender, even, even, pure, reddish brown and tender;

The third-grade rope is tight, even, thin, even, pure, alcohol, red, thick, brown and bright;

The fourth grade is fat, tight, uniform, fine, tender, pure, alcohol, red and brownish red;

The fifth grade rope is tight and even, slightly thin, even, pure, alcohol, dark red and brown red;

Level 6 is strong, uniform, brownish red, uniform, pure and mellow, dark red, brownish red uneven;

Grade seven is fat, compact, uniform, brownish red, uniform, pure and mellow, and dark red and brownish red are uneven;

Eight-level thick, uniform, brownish red, uniform, pure and harmonious, mellow, magenta, brownish red uneven,

Grade 9 roughness is still dense, uniform, brownish red, peduncle, pure harmony, peace, uneven crimson and brownish red;

10 is coarse, slightly loose, uneven, slightly reddish brown, with stems.

The difference between Jingshan tea and Longjing tea

1, Jingshan Tea

Also known as Jingshan Mao Feng Tea, referred to as Jingshan Tea. Jingshan, produced in the northeast peak of Tianmu Mountain in the northwest of Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is named after its place of origin and belongs to the famous category of green tea. Jingshan Mountain is 1000 meters above sea level, with towering mountains and towering sacred trees, fertile planting soil, humid climate and excellent planting environment. Jingshan tea was famous in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Zen master Zhao Ming of Nanpu, a Japanese monk, studied Buddhism in Jingshan Temple and later brought tea seeds back to Japan, which is the tea variety of many teas in Japan today. Camellia leaves are tight and thin, with exposed hair and green; The tea soup is bright green and tastes mellow and sweet. Jingshan Tea has successively won many titles such as China Famous Tea, Zhejiang Top Ten Famous Tea and Zhejiang Top Ten Geographical Indications Regional Brand. After the Qing Dynasty, with the destruction of Jingshan Temple, Jingshan Tea gradually declined and was forgotten. Jingshan tea is mostly pre-grain rain tea, and tender picking with one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves is implemented. The picking standard of super tea is one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves. Generally, only spring tea is picked, and most clones that germinate early are picked before the solar term in Grain Rain. During this period, the temperature is low, the humidity is high, there are many clouds in the tea mountain, the tea grows slowly and evenly, the bud leaves are tender and tidy, and the content of effective components is high, so the tea made is of good quality. After the solar term in Grain Rain, some camellias are also collected, but they usually end before May Day. The quality of tea collected during this period is also good. At the same time, before May, especially before Grain Rain, there were few pests and diseases in tea gardens, and chemical pesticides were not needed to ensure the safety of tea. Ventilation, high-temperature inactivation, trimming and shaping, finishing rolling and finally drying with charcoal fire. Camellia is tender, smooth and delicate in appearance and green in color; The essence is tender and fragrant for a long time, and the taste is fresh and cool; The soup is light green and bright, and the leaves are tender and bright. When brewing, you can put water before putting tea, and the tea will soon sink to the bottom of the cup, which is not available in other famous teas.

2. Longjing tea

Super West Lake Longjing Tea is flat and smooth in shape, light green and smooth in color, fresh and high in aroma, fresh and sweet in taste and tender and white in leaves. Longjing tea collected in front of Tomb-Sweeping Day, referred to as Longjing tea in front of Ming Dynasty, is called Daughter Red. "The wind laughs outside the courtyard, and the Longjing tea girl is bright and red." West Lake Longjing Tea, like the West Lake, is the perfect crystallization of people, nature and culture and an important carrier of the regional culture of the West Lake.

There are three requirements for the picking of Longjing tea: early, tender and diligent.

0 1, morning is more important: Longjing tea picking time has always been very particular, and morning is more important. Tea farmers often say: tea is seasonal grass. Pick it three days early and turn it into grass three days late. This is the treasure.

02. Exquisite famous products: Longjing tea is also famous for its exquisite picking, which can be divided into lotus plumule, sparrow tongue and flag gun according to different picking tenderness. The tenderness and uniformity of fresh leaves constitute the basis of Longjing tea quality. Only one bud is lotus plumule, and one bud and one leaf or two leaves are finches.

03. More picking times: More picking times is also a major feature of Longjing tea. For a long time, batch picking has become a habit. Generally, spring tea is picked every day or every other day in the early stage, every few days in the middle and late stage, and about 30 batches are picked throughout the year.

Quality Characteristics of West Lake Longjing Tea

West Lake Longjing tea is flat and graceful in appearance, green in color, mellow in essence, and green in bud leaves after soaking in a cup. Known as "green, fragrant, sweet and beautiful". The super West Lake Longjing and Zhejiang Longjing in spring tea have flat and smooth appearance, sharp seedlings, longer buds than leaves, light green color and no fuzz on the body surface; The soup is light green (yellow) and bright; Fragrant or tender chestnut fragrance, but some teas are highly fragrant; The taste is refreshing or mellow; The leaves are light green and intact. With the decline of other grades of Longjing tea, the appearance color changed from light green to turquoise and then to dark green, the tea body changed from small to large, and the tea strips changed from smooth to rough. The fragrance changed from tender to thick, and the fourth-grade tea began to have a rough taste; The bottom of the leaf changes from bud to opposite leaf, and the color ranges from light yellow to turquoise to yellowish brown. Longjing tea in summer and autumn is dark green or dark green in color, with large body and no fuzz on the body surface. The color of the soup is Huang Liang, fragrant and thick, thick and slightly astringent, with bright yellow leaves. The overall quality is worse than the same level of spring tea.

What effect does camellia have?

1, the production technology of camellia.

Jingshan tea was collected before and after Qingming Festival, and the standard for picking fresh leaves was one bud and one leaf to one bud and two leaves, and it went through the steps of enzyme fixation, spreading, rolling and drying.

2. The best producing area of camellia.

Jingshan, the northeast peak of Tianmu Mountain in the northwest of Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.

3. Identification points of camellia.

The bud front is exposed and slightly white.

4. the taste of tea

Dry tea: Camellia is slender, slightly curly, with exposed buds, green color and a little white hair.

Aroma: lasting fragrance.

Soup color: clear and bright.

Taste: fresh alcohol.

Leaf bottom: yellow-green, tender and even.

5. The health function of camellia.

Sugar, pectin, polyphenols, amino acids and other substances in camellia can react chemically with saliva, stimulate the secretion of sleep fluid, and achieve the effect of promoting fluid production and relieving summer heat. Catechins in camellia can inhibit the pathogenic bacteria of human diseases, and at the same time, it does not hinder the reproduction of beneficial bacteria.