「Yanyu」Rock Tea・Old Fir Narcissus（老枞水仙）51g

Net Weight: 51g/Box

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Product: Old Fir Narcissus

Net weight: 51g

Ingredients: One bud and three or four leaves from the Wuyi Mountain core production area - Narcissus tea tree

What is Old Fir?

Usually, we call 30 years old tea tree as Fir, 30-60 years old tea tree as High Fir, 60 years old or more as Old Fir, and over 100 years old as 100 years old aged fir.

Old fir tea trees have something in common, they will have a "fir flavor".

And, what is fir flavor?

Fir flavor is the "mossy", "woody" and "dumpling leaf" flavor in the tea soup and fragrance. The mossy flavor is because the tea tree grows in a humid environment all year round, and the trunk is covered with moss, which naturally absorbs the fragrance of moss. The woody smell is due to the aging of the tea tree, presenting the original smell of the tree. The dumpling leaf fragrance is created by the environment the tea tree is in, and will occasionally appear in good quality tea. If you want to try the taste of black tea made from 100 years old fir, you can click here (Zheng Shan Tang - 100 years old fir black tea)

Why Old Fir Narcissus? Is there no old fir cinnamon?

First of all, Narcissus is a small tree species and Cinnamon is a shrub species, they are different. Small trees grow upwards, and their trunks grow taller and thicker, producing a "fir flavor".

On the other hand, shrubs grow horizontally and have limited vitality, and will become senile in 8-10 years. Secondly, the tastes of the two tea trees are different. Narcissus pursues the richness of the tea soup, and the older the tree is, the more mellow and soft the taste is.

Cinnamon pursues the spiciness and high aroma of the tea soup.
The tea tree must be pruned regularly to keep the tea tree fresh and young.

How is the taste?

Dry tea: dark brown and fat

Taste: orange-red and bright soup color, mellow and soft taste, woody and dumpling leaf aroma with orchid fragrance

Wet Leaf: brown and thick

This Article can help better know the Black Tea Brewing. Hope you could like it.

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Black Tea:  

Tea Amount: 3-5 Grams. Can be added/decreased by your taste.

Tea Set: Gaiwan(盖碗) Better. Or any cups (better with infuser lid)

Water Temperature: 98-100°C

Steps:

1^st: Boil the water, use the boiling water to warm the empty tea cup and Gaiwan(盖碗).

2^nd: Pour the boiling water out.

3^rd: Putting the tea leaves in Gaiwan(盖碗), shake it, smell the fragrance of dried tea in warm place.

Putting the tea leaves in cup (if you don’t have the Gaiwan).

After the above steps, if cost time, water may lower the 90°C, boil the water again.

4^th: Pour boiling water along the wall of the Gaiwan(盖碗). 80 percent full at most.

The more brewing times, the more steeping time. It depends on the quality of the tea and tea lover’s taste.

5^th: After steeping, pouring the tea water into tasting cup(品茗). Pour the boil water into the Gaiwan for next brewing…

Tips: Without Gaiwan(盖碗). Please attention to the steeping time in water, too long will not excite the full taste value of black tea:-）

Frequent Asked Questions.

Q: What is Gaiwan?

A: Tradition China Tea Set, can easily control the tea sitting time in boiling water.

Q: Why Gaiwan is better? If use normal cups, what difference?

Porcelain Gaiwan(瓷盖碗), dissipate the heat faster, shorter the brewing time, can maximize release the fragrance and taste of the tea. Most suitable for brew Black Tea, White tea and Oolong Tea.

Glass Cup(玻璃杯), suitable for viewing the tea leaves, normal brewing time between Porcelain Gaiwan and Purple Clay Teapot. Most suitable for brew the Green Tea.

Purple Clay Teapot, longer brewing time than above two. Most suitable for brew Pu’er.

You might wonder, why Purple Clay Teapot can make tea more mellow and smooth.

Answer is:

Because purple sand is a porous material with good air permeability, it will absorb tea juice, so brewing the same tea tea soup multiple times will make it richer and softer.

In addition, for daily convenient drinking, black tea and green tea can be directly put in the cup and drink.

By your flavor, 2-3 Gram tea with boiling water its ok!

Q: Why Tea from Zheng Shan Tang should use 100°C water to brew?

A: First, pure water is suitable for brewing the tea leaves. Using 100-degree temperature, can make tea water more bright, fragrant, not sour. Also by using this way, can easily judge whether its high mountain tea.

Q: How to correctly brew the best taste of Jin Jun Mei?

Same as normal brewing, better using the Gaiwan.

From first to third brewing, when pouring the water, keep the tea leaves not to sit more than 5s in water.

From 4^th to 6^th brewing, sit 5-10s in water.

Afte 6^th, longer the time.

This Black Tea can brew for more than 12 times. View the gold brilliant tea soup, freshness taste. Sweety and fragrance:-)

Rock Tea:  

Tea set: 150ml Tea Tureen (Gaiwan) or Purple Clay

100℃ Hot Water for usage.

1^st Step：Warm the Cup-Raise the temperature, suitable for shake the cup and smell the dried tea fragrance.

2^nd Step: Put in 8-10 Gram Teas.

(Due to the different size tea set, the ratio of tea to water is controlled at about 1:20 its ok. Or add by one’s flavor)

Brewing: 100℃ mineral water is suitable. First four times brewing for short time. Gradually longer the time when after four times.

Pour the soup into the Sharing Cup, rock tea mainly red bright color with fragrant strong taste.

Taste: Pour the soup from sharing cup to each tasting cup. Suitable with seven points full.

Green Tea:  

Tea set：150ml Glass Cup or Tea Tureen (Gaiwan).

100℃ Hot Water.

1^st Step: Warm the Cup-Raise the temperature, suitable for shake the cup and smell the dried tea fragrance.

2^nd Step: Put in 3 Gram Teas.

(Due to the different size tea set, the ratio of tea to water is controlled at about 1:50 its ok. Or add by one’s flavor)

Brewing: 85-90℃ Pure water is suitable, adding hot water smoothly. Steeping tea leaves for about 30-60s.

Tasting: Drink when the temperature is right, green tea soup green and refreshing, add water after drinking, can be added for over 3 times.

White Tea:  

Tea set: 150ml Tea Tureen (Gaiwan) or Purple Clay.

100℃ Hot Water for usage.

1^st Step：Warm the Cup-Raise the temperature, suitable for shake the cup and smell the dried tea fragrance.

2^nd Step: Put in 5 Gram Teas.

(Due to the different size tea set, the ratio of tea to water is controlled at about 1:30 its ok. Or add by one’s flavor)

Brewing: 95℃ Pure water is suitable, adding hot water smoothly. Steeping tea leaves for about 10s, add 5 seconds for further times of brewing.

(If Taste Tea Cake, don’t drink the first-time brewing, make the first brewing as the washing)

First four times brewing for short time. Gradually longer the time when after four times.

Pour the soup into the Sharing Cup fast passing tea leak, white tea usually has light apricot yellow and translucent soup.

Taste: Pour the soup from sharing cup to each tasting cup. Suitable with seven points full.