Are Wuyi rock teas all processed by charcoal roasting? Not really!

It is said that "Wuyi baking method is the best in the world", but are Wuyi rock teas all made by carbon baking process?

I'm sorry to tell you, no!

Maybe tea lovers who just came to into the pit will feel strange when they hear this answer. I often hear people say that grilled rock tea. Now you tell me that rock tea is not all grilled?

If rock tea has not been processed by carbon roasting process, how is it roasted?

Don't worry, Uncle Cha, I'll talk to you ~

First of all, let's review what is the carbon baking process.

Charcoal roasting refers to the continuous roasting of tea by using the residual fire of charcoal.

When charcoal is roasted, the temperature in the roasting cage is about 120 degrees. Its operation process is complicated and tedious, including charcoal roasting, burning, ash covering, temperature control and so on. It is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also requires professionalism and experience. It is a baking method that pays attention to skills and experience.

The charcoal roasting process can be said to have been followed for hundreds of years, from the day Wuyi Rock Tea was born. It is also because the demand for tea in ancient times was far less than that in modern times, so carbon baking process was always used to bake tea at that time.

Although charcoal roasting can form the unique taste charm of Wuyi rock tea, it is unforgettable. However, with the development of the times, the traditional carbon roasting process can no longer meet the market demand.

Why?

Because the carbon baking process has undeniable shortcomings: time-consuming and labor-intensive, low output, it is difficult to meet the market; Professional requirements are high, processing is difficult, and operation is easy to fail.

So on the basis of charcoal roasting, a new roasting method has emerged, that is, electric roasting!

In fact, electric baking is to use a tea dryer to dry tea, which is the most widely used tea baking method at present. Tea baking machine uses electric air to bake through hot air conduction, and its heat transfer mode basically belongs to forced convection conduction heating.

The tea roasting machine is simpler to operate, less professional than charcoal roasting, more stable roasting temperature, time-saving and labor-saving and high efficiency. So now many tea factories and farmers use tea baking machines to bake tea.

In fact, it is not a "secret" to bake tea ware tea, which is the inevitable trend of industry development and also caused by market demand.

Just like Dahongpao tea, most of the Dahongpao that everyone drinks now is made by mixing, which is the progress of tea-making technology and a normal industry development phenomenon.

Since there are carbon roasting and electric roasting, how can we distinguish them? It can be distinguished from the following three points:

1, firepower and fragrance are different.

What is the biggest difference between carbon baking and electric baking? Is that the "raw materials" for the fire are different.

Charcoal is used for charcoal roasting, so the charcoal roasted rock tea has the taste of charcoal fire. Note that it is charcoal fire. However, the electric roasted rock tea has only fragrance.

But if the baking fire is too heavy, the tea itself has already carbonized. At this time, even if it is baked with electricity, it will smell of charcoal fire. But the tea at this time is already "bad tea", which is easy to distinguish.

2. The durability of incense is different.

Charcoal roasting takes a long time. When tea leaves are baked by the heat emitted by charcoal fire for a long time, the charcoal fragrance absorbed by tea leaves will be more and stronger. Therefore, the charcoal aroma of rock tea after charcoal roasting is more durable and more resistant to storage.

However, the fire fragrance of electric baked rock tea can only last for more than ten months, and the low fire disappears faster.

3. Different tastes

Wuyi rock tea baked by electricity has a strong aroma on the lid, but the aroma is not easy to fall into the tea soup, that is, the water fragrance is weak; Carbonated rock tea has a rich aroma, a long history of water fragrance, tea rhyme, throat rhyme, soaking in water and full of stamina.

It can be said that the aroma of electric roasted tea is high, but it is not durable enough; Carbonated roasted tea, like Tai Chi Chuan, has endless stamina.

Since carbon-baked tea is different from electric-baked tea, which one should we drink?

If the two options are put together, it must be grilled rock tea. But now most of the charcoal roasting processes are used in rock tea with better quality, with less output and high price.

And for ordinary tea lovers, the rock tea baked by the tea baking machine can meet the demand, even better meet the market demand!

Therefore, if there is no special requirement, you can choose electric roasted rock tea. After all, existence is valuable, otherwise this technology will not appear!