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Welcome to Taste Tea. Previously, we talked about the growing regions of Green tea, yellow tea and white tea. Just in time, Taste Tea Podcast received a question from a listener from Germany. This listener shared that he likes oolong tea and hopes to get some recommendations about oolong teas. When I heard this question, I was very excited, so I shared 4 types of oolong teas with him. In this episode, I will elaborate on the answer I had for this listener and introduce the growing areas of oolong tea and its distinctive tea varieties. Without further ado, let’s start this journey of tea tasting. According to the growing origins, oolong teas can be divided into: Northern Fujian oolong (闽北乌龙茶), Southern Fujian oolong (闽南乌龙茶), Guangdong oolong (广东乌龙茶) and Taiwan oolong (台湾乌龙茶), of these, oolong tea from Fujian has the largest production.  For more detailed information, please refer to the shared notes below:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tfJwvFAYxfGMWSNx-JUBmw4iDbtMqqZ-R78wiSk2UcQ/edit?usp=sharing  Reference links:  Northern Fujian oolong:  https://www.puretaiwantea.com/china-wuyi-narcissus-oolong-tea  https://www.teavivre.com/info/four-famous-firs-of-wuyi.html  Southern Fujian Oolong:  https://www.puercn.com/wulongcha/zhishi/159429.html  https://www.puer10000.com/chalei/123596.html  Guangdong Oolong:  https://www.163.com/dy/article/GLKD5N1J0552HOHQ.html  https://serenetea-cha.com/blogs/news/what-is-phoenix-dan-cong-oolong-tea  Taiwan Oolong:  https://www.puercn.com/zhishi/44163/  Instagram@taste_tea_taste_life  Email: tasteteatastelife@gmail.com

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中国茶及它们的产区： 绿茶：绿茶的产地很广泛，在贵州，河南，江苏，江西，四川，浙江，陕西，湖北，湖南，广西，福建等地都有生产。下面就给大家简单介绍三款有名的中国绿茶及其产地。 龙井茶：龙井茶在浙江省广泛种植，主要有西湖、钱塘、越州三个产地，但还是以西湖龙井的品质最佳。据杭州市西湖区龙井茶产业协会介绍，除了西湖产区规定的168平方公里的茶叶叫作西湖龙井外，其它两地产的俗称为浙江龙井茶，或者钱塘龙井和越州龙井。 信阳毛尖：主要产地在河南省信阳市。 碧螺春：产于江苏省苏州市吴中区东洞庭山及西洞庭山，因此又称洞庭碧螺春。 黄茶：黄茶的六大主要产地为湖南、湖北、四川、安徽、浙江和广东省。其中湖南被称为“中国黄茶之乡”。有名的黄茶有，产于中国湖南洞庭湖中君山岛的君山银针、产于四川省雅安市蒙顶山的蒙顶黄芽，还有产于安徽省霍山县的霍山黄芽。 白茶：关于白茶有流传着这样一句话，“世界的白茶在中国，中国的白茶在福建。”，是的，中国白茶主要产在福建省的福鼎、政和、建阳、松溪等县，台湾也有生产少量的白茶。有名的白茶如福鼎的白毫银针、建阳的白牡丹和贡眉。 我喜欢品白茶，一直希望去福鼎看看，所以就在2020年的时候，去到了这个地方，也将品过后买下的白茶茶饼寄给我的家人、朋友和同事一起赏味。福鼎并不是一个繁华的城市，而是一个小镇，民风淳朴。没有大城市人的复杂，可以感受到人和人之间单纯而善良的交集。 好的，那么今天的品茶就到这里咯。还是如以往一样，和大家更新一下我生活的近况。今天公司发了物资，满满的一大袋，沉在手上，暖在心里，很感谢公司，也非常感谢上天让我遇到了好老板，学习到很多，只是觉得自己应该更加努力。网上的新闻漫天飞舞，自己的身体被锁在小区，但是思绪和心已经飞到了很多地方。不知道听到这一期提及了这么多地方的你，有没有也和我一样，想去看看美丽的茶田，呼吸呼吸大自然新鲜的空气了呢？那就开始安排起来吧，等到哪天时机到了，就可以来一场说走就走的旅行。想一想都觉得这是一件多么幸福又令人感到激动的事！笔记里也有这篇文章的参考文书，如果对这个话题有兴趣，也可以点击查看。期待我们下次品茶品生活咯。我们下次再见。IG@teatasteslife 参考文书： http://www.xhlj.org/newsitem/277197065 https://www.puercn.com/huangcha/zhishi/159960.html https://www.puercn.com/baicha/bccs/163688.html

This episode will introduce the famous tea varieties and their growing regions in Green tea, Yellow tea and White tea. Without further ado, let’s get into it! Green tea: There are many regions growing and producing Green tea including Zhejiang, Guizhou, Henan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, etc. The following is a brief introduction to the three types of famous green teas in China and their growing origins. Longjing Tea/ Dragon Well tea (龙井茶): It is widely cultivated in Zhejiang province, and mainly has three growing areas, West Lake, Qiantang and Yuezhou, but the tea grows and processes in West Lake area still has the highest quality of all. According to the record from Hangzhou Xihu Longjing Tea Industry Association, except for the tea cultivated within the 168 square kilometers of West Lake production area that can be called West Lake Longjing; the tea growing in other two areas, Qiangtang and Yuezhou, are commonly known as Zhejiang Longjing tea or Qiantang Longjing and Yuezhou Longjing. Other two well-known green teas are, Xinyang Maojian (信阳毛尖), mainly produced in Xinyang city of Henan province, and Biluochun (碧螺春), mainly produced in East Dongting Mountain and West Dongting Mountain in Wuzhong District, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, so it is also called Dongting Biluochun (洞庭碧螺春). Yellow tea: The six major producing areas of Yellow tea are Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Anhui, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces. Among them, Hunan province is known as the "Hometown of Yellow Tea in China". Famous yellow teas include Junshan Silver Needle (君山银针) from Junshan Island at Dongting Lake, Hunan Province, Mengding Huangya (蒙顶黄芽) from Mengding Mountain in Ya'an City of Sichuan Province, and Huoshan Huangya (霍山黄芽) from Huoshan County of Anhui Province. White tea: There is a saying: “World's white tea is in China, and China's white tea is in Fujian.” Yes, Chinese white tea is mainly cultivated in Fuding, Zhenghe, Jianyang, Songxi and other counties in Fujian Province; Taiwan also produces some white tea locally. Some famous white tea varieties are Baihao Yinzhen aka White Hair Silver Needle (白毫银针) from Fuding, and White Peony (白牡丹) and Gongmei (贡眉) from Jianyang. I love tasting white teas and have always wanted to visit Fuding, so, in 2020, I went to this place. After trying several teas, I picked one and mailed the white tea cakes to my family, friends and coworkers to taste it together. Fuding is not a busy city, rather a small town. Not as sophisticated as the people living in the big cities, you could feel the simple and kind connection among the local people. After hearing all these places mentioned in this episode, do you also feel like to go to a tea field and breath some fresh air? Then start planning for the trip, and when the time has come, you are ready to go. It is such a lovely and exciting thing just by having the thought of it. There are also reference links in the show notes for you to take a look if you would like to learn more about this topic. Looking forward to the next we when we are tasting tea and tasting life together. See ya next time. IG@teatasteslife Reference: http://www.xhlj.org/newsitem/277197065 https://www.puercn.com/huangcha/zhishi/159960.html https://www.puercn.com/baicha/bccs/163688.html

最近喝到了房友小佳的茶，是在淘宝上订到的一款台湾乌龙，而台湾也是以盛产高品质的乌龙茶而闻名的。就像小佳形容的，这款乌龙茶有一种豆浆的奶香味。我没有想到，在没有看到茶品到茶的情况下，淘宝上也能订到这么好喝的茶。喝喝茶，聊聊天，在上海居家的时候，真的是一件很舒服，很开心的事。 今天是清明节。清明节是24节气之一春分之后的第十五天。这一天既是中国人扫墓祭祖的肃穆节日，也是人们亲近自然、踏青游玩、享受春天乐趣的一天。现在似乎不可能出去踏青了，不过还是可以有茶的陪伴。 现在也是产明前茶的时期，也就是清明前采摘的茶。这时候的茶叶，嫩芽居多，芽叶细嫩饱满，香气物质和滋味物质含量丰富，因此品质非常好，被认为是茶叶中的上品。但由于清明前气温普遍较低，发芽数量有限，能达到采摘标准的产量很少，物以稀为贵，所以明前茶的价格也相对较高，茶商们也喜欢用明前茶来形容自己卖的茶是好茶。所以我希望我和我的听友们在买茶前，先懂茶，这样才能更有助找到自己喜欢的茶。希望在这一天，你也可以做你喜欢的事，不论是品茶还是和爱的人相聚。笔记里也有这篇文章的参考文书，如果对这个话题有兴趣，也可以点击查看。期待我们下次品茶品生活咯。 Reference: https://zhaozhoutea.com/qingming-清明/ https://www.sohu.com/a/70449526_202329 https://www.freshcup.com/early-harvest-chinese-teas/ https://www.teaformeplease.com/tea-nerd-dictionary-pre-qingming/

Recently I got to taste tea with my flat mate, Jia. It is a Taiwan oolong tea ordered on Taobao, and Taiwan is famous for producing high quality oolong teas. As Jia described, this oolong tea really has a smooth soy milk flavor. Actually, I didn’t expect that we could order a good tea from Taobao without seeing and tasting the tea first. To me, having tea while talking with someone during this lockdown, really is something so comforting and pleasant. Today also is the Qingming Festival known as Tomb Sweeping Day. Qingming Festival is the 15th day after Vernal Equinox (春分), which is one of Chinese 24 solar terms. This day is for people to not only honor the ancestors and people who passed away, but also take time to go out and enjoy the spring time. Even though, it seems that it is not quite possible to go out at this moment, we can still have some tea with us. Now is the time to harvest Ming Qian tea (明前茶), namely Pre-Qingming tea, the tea being plucked and processed around Qingming Festival. These teas are mostly fresh buds with rich aroma and nutrients. Therefore, the quality is high and they are considered the top-grade tea. However, since the temperature is generally low before Qingming Festival, and limited amount of buds could meet the standard to be plucked, so these buds are the previous ones and the price for the pre-qingming teas is higher. Tea merchants also like to describe their teas as Pre-Qingming tea to indicate they are the good tea. So don’t be fooled by the appearance or the marketing techniques, I suggest my listeners and myself to get to know more about tea before buying one, then it’s going to help us find that cup of tea we really like. Reference: https://zhaozhoutea.com/qingming-清明/ https://www.sohu.com/a/70449526_202329 https://www.freshcup.com/early-harvest-chinese-teas/ https://www.teaformeplease.com/tea-nerd-dictionary-pre-qingming/

中国六大茶类的制作工艺（以发酵程度低到高排序）： 1. 绿茶（杀青 → 揉捻 → 干燥）：其中杀青是形成绿茶茶叶形状和品质的关键步骤。 2. 黄茶（杀青 → 揉捻 → 干燥 → 闷黄）：黄茶的制作工艺近似绿茶，只是在制作过程中增加了一道“闷黄”的工艺。闷黄会在杀青、揉捻或者干燥后进行。 3. 白茶（萎凋 → 干燥）：制作过程简单，以最少的工序进行加工，其关键是在于形成白茶特有风味品质的萎凋这一步骤。 4. 青茶/乌龙茶（萎凋 → 做青 → 炒青 → 揉捻 → 烘焙）：做青是乌龙茶制作的重要工序，特殊的香气和绿叶红镶边就是做青中形成的。 5. 红茶（萎凋 → 揉捻 → 发酵 → 干燥）：其中发酵，堪称是红茶加工工艺的灵魂所在。发酵的目的在于形成红茶的色香味的品质。 6. 黑茶：黑茶制茶工艺一般包括杀青、揉捻、渥堆和干燥四道工序。其中渥堆属于发酵工艺中的一种，也是决定了黑茶熟茶品质如何的关键点。 以上就是六大茶类基本的制作顺序了。如果你有什么特别希望了解的，觉得我哪里说得不够准确，或者任何问题意见和反馈，欢迎你来联系我。期待下一期我们再一起品茶品生活咯。 Email：tasteteatastelife@gmail.com Anchor: https://anchor.fm/tali01

6 categories of tea and their basic processing methods from low to high degree of fermentation: 1. Green tea: There are 3 basic steps to processing green tea, fixation, rolling, and drying, and fixation is an important step to form the shape of the tea leaves and ensure the quality of the tea. 2. Yellow tea: The processing of yellow tea is similar to green tea. Only one step is added to the process that is sweltering. The production process can be divided into 4 stages: fixation, rolling, drying and sweltering. Sweltering will be done after fixation, rolling or drying. 3. White tea: There are the least steps to process white tea, withering and drying. The key lies in the step of withering, which forms the special taste and the quality of white tea. 4. Oolong tea: The steps to process oolong tea are withering, laying, stir fixation, rolling and drying. Of these, laying is the key step to give the tea its special aroma and the distinguishing “green leaf with red edge” feature (绿叶红镶边). 5. Black tea: Steps to process black tea are withering, rolling, fermentation and drying. Of these, fermentation is the soul of black tea processing. The purpose of fermenting the tea leaves is to develop the color, aroma and taste of black tea. 6. Dark tea: The processing of dark tea generally includes 4 stages fixation, rolling, piling and drying, of which piling is a kind of fermentation process and the key to determine the quality of the ripened tea in dark tea (黑茶熟茶). So these are the processing methods for the 6 types of Chinese tea. If you have anything you would like to know, feel something is not accurate, or any question and feedback, you are welcomed to reach me. Below are the ways to contact me. Email：tasteteatastelife@gmail.com Anchor: https://anchor.fm/tali01 I look forward to the next time when we are tasting tea and tasting life together. Stay safe, stay healthy everyone. Love ya!

中国茶类的划分有多种方法，根据制作方法和茶多酚氧化（发酵）程度的不同，可分为绿茶（不发酵茶）、白茶（微发酵茶）、黄茶（轻发酵茶）、青茶/乌龙茶（半发酵茶）、红茶（全发酵茶）、黑茶（后发酵茶）这六大基本茶类，而广为人们所知并饮用的花茶则属于再加工茶类。所以中国有6+1类茶系。(摘自《中国茶入门图典》陈龙撰写）

There are 6+1 categories of Chinese tea. According to the processing methods and the degree of oxidation (fermentation) of tea polyphenols, Chinese tea can be divided into green tea (unfermented tea), white tea (slightly fermented tea), yellow tea (lightly fermented tea), oolong tea (semi-fermented tea), black tea (full fermented tea) and dark tea (post-fermented tea); these six major tea categories. What about the +1 category? That is the widely known and consumed scented tea that belongs to the reprocessed tea category.