Shengpu Dragon Pearl

Answer 1

Shengpu Dragon Ball was a new form of Pu 'er tea production. It was made by kneading raw Pu' er tea into small balls, mostly by hand.

** 1. Craftsmanship **
1. ** Material preparation **: Prepare raw Pu 'er tea, bamboo net coasters, white cotton gauze, and other tools.
2. ** Softening tea leaves **: Put an appropriate amount of tea leaves (personal preference: 1 - 20 grams of tea leaves, wrapped in pure cotton cloth) on the top of the bubble, and use the hot air after boiling to soften the tea leaves. You can also use an electric cooker (fully enclosed with only one vent) to place the wrapped tea leaves in the steam outlet to steam the soft tea leaves.
3. ** Rolling and Forming **: After the tea leaves soften, quickly put the tea leaves on the white cotton gauze and rub them repeatedly until they become small balls.
4. ** Dry treatment **: Use the natural drying method, because the Pu 'er tea will change color when dried, and it will easily change its taste and may even become green tea.

** 2. Quality characteristics **
1. ** Appearance **: Small spherical, thin, round and tightly knotted, clear and complete, prominent, reddish-brown and glossy.
2. ** Fragrance **: Thick fragrance.
3. ** Soup color **: Bright red.
4. ** Taste **: Thick, mellow, sweet and refreshing.
5. ** Leaf base **: Soft reddish-brown.

** 3. Brewing Points **
1. ** Choice of tea set **: You can choose a covered bowl or a purple clay teapot. Covering the bowl was convenient for observing the shape, color and smell of the tea leaves. The purple clay pot had good heat preservation performance and good air ventilation, which could ensure that the inner quality would seep out after continuous high-temperature soaking, and could also prevent the leaves from being suffocated by the high water temperature.
2. ** Awakening Tea **: When pouring water, you must pour hot water along the wall of the bowl at a high speed and low frequency (not directly onto the tea leaves). The raw tea should be poured into the water for about 60 seconds, and the cooked tea should be poured into the water for about 40 seconds. With the dragon pearl rope slightly unfolded as the standard, the first soup of Awakening Tea should be directly poured away.
3. ** Brewing **: The high-quality Shengpu Dragon Ball has a high bubble resistance due to its pure ingredients and pure buds. When brewing, the inner quality can be perfectly released and the bottom of the leaves is relatively complete.

** IV. The reason why tea lovers like it **
1. ** Easy to brew **: 5 - 8 grams each, just enough for one brew. No need to pry or weigh the tea, convenient to carry, suitable for modern life rhythm and tasting needs, convenient for office people to drink.
2. ** Save tea leaves **: Eliminate the process of prying the tea leaves. There will be no tea dregs and scattered tea leaves, which will avoid the waste of tea leaves. The bottom of the leaves after brewing will be well-proportioned and neat, with complete strips and no residue. The appearance is beautiful.
3. ** Opportunity to taste high-priced tea **: After the size is reduced, tea lovers who were originally deterred by the high-priced tea cakes will have a chance to taste it, and at the same time, the risk of buying tea is reduced.
4. ** Favorable for later storage **: Compared to other large-sized Pu 'er teas, the Shengpu Dragon Pearl was more "free" to store. It did not have high requirements for storage containers and was more flexible.