5 Jun 2010

Year three-pronged approach to identify tea

Year three-pronged approach to identify tea

The market often met 40 years as a product for sale "in tea" trademark red marks round tea. But in fact, "the tea" trademark was in December 1951 was registered in Beijing. Appeared on the market in 1980 produced the "Panchen tight tea." The Panchen Lama in 1986 only to Yunnan tea factory inspection of Shimonoseki, in 1980, therefore there can be no "Panchen tight tea."
Market, the so-called 1970-1980 "Phoenix Tuo", indicating that Nanjian tea factory produced. In fact, only 80 Nanjian tea factory was established. Some places sell the factory in 1957, the "Yunnan Pu'er brick tea." In fact, only started in 1977 in Yunnan to the production of this tea, only 7581,7811 grade two, and has never been printed on the packaging label. Some called 1967 the factory or the factory during the Cultural Revolution, nor credible.
Market for the sale of the known 50's production of "Discus", in fact, this tea is only 1972 out of the first.
How to identify tea Year:
1, see the appearance of tea
The new color of tea fresher look, with pekoe, and the strong flavor; tea after a long period after post-oxidation; tea was date will be the appearance of red, pekoe also turn into brown.
2, different color wrapping paper
Usually suppressed over the aged Pu'er tea, White has the packaging has become obsolete with time, so a little yellow paper, so you can print from paper and colored by hand Gyrosigma start of aging, which can only serve as reference absolute basis, because there may be some unscrupulous traders take advantage of this psychology, Chen yellow wrapping paper Diaobao secondary products.
3, read tea Year
Generally speaking, tea usually Year divided as follows:
Before 1949, the production of tea during this period known as the "antique tea", such as the appointment of Song No. century, a century tribute with Hing, No. Celebration century, the old number with Chang, Jing Song No. employed. Usually placed within a tea cake made with a glutinous rice, like the name printed on the paper, called "internal flight."
1949-1967 production of tea in China "printed on grade change by the" tea products, tea is the word on the wrapping paper with different color-coded as red for the first batch of India for the second batch of green, yellow and India for the first three batches.
Then in 1968, after the production of tea cake packaging is no longer printed on the Chinese tea industry company number, changed by the tea factory-demand production, collectively, the "Seven Yunnan cake"
Including: Snow Cake 73 Green Green cake, big mouth small green printing, print and other small yellow.