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Tian Cheng took the disposable teacup, took a sip, and said, "It's quite sweet."

Seeing this, Su Xing and Zhang Xueyan each took a cup of Shoumei tea handed to them by the tea artist.

Zhang Xueyan took a sip and felt that the tea was too sweet. She looked at Su Xing.

Su Xing took just a small sip and said nothing.

The tea artist opposite was trying hard to sell everyone his own white tea, saying that it was seven-year-old white tea and had medicinal properties.

Su Xing threw the disposable cup into the trash can and left with his two classmates.

The three of them chatted while walking.

Tian Cheng asked: "Is there anything wrong with this white tea?"

Su Xing said: "There is a saying about white tea: 'one year old tea, three years old medicine, seven years old treasure', so many merchants who sell white tea like to say that their aged white tea is more than seven years old. In fact, there are not that many aged white teas of more than seven years on the market.

The older the white tea is, the darker the tea soup is. Some tea lovers think that the tea soup is really old when they see the deep red tea soup. In fact, some merchants will make the white tea look old for profit. This kind of old tea is not only unhealthy, but also very harmful to the body. "

Tian Cheng was surprised and asked, "Can tea be aged?"

"Of course." Su Xing nodded and said, "There are many ways to make white tea look old. The real white tea craftsmanship is not to stir-fry or roll it. After picking, it goes through withering, drying, and fixing the fragrance, sweetness, and color. This set of processes is done in one go.

However, there are some unnecessary processes in making old tea, such as piling to make it old. After the green tea leaves are picked, those unscrupulous tea merchants will spray water on the green tea leaves and ferment them in piles to stimulate the craft fragrance in advance. They will also repeat the above steps, spraying water, fermenting, drying, breaking up and spraying water again, fermenting again, and drying again. Each time this process is repeated, the tea is aged for a year. If you want tea that is several years old, you have to age it several times. This kind of old tea not only has no room for natural transformation in the later stage, but is also very cold. Drinking it is not good for the body, especially for us women. "

Tian Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "There are always unscrupulous businessmen who want to kill us!"

Zhang Xueyan asked: "How do you tell whether it is aged white tea?"

Su Xing replied: "Let's talk about Shoumei. The color of aged Shoumei dry tea is dark brown and dull, while the color of normal transformed Shoumei is very rich and layered.

After adding water, if the tea soup color appears quickly and is very dark, be careful. There are very few white teas on the market that are truly more than seven years old, and three to five years old white tea cannot produce the deep red tea soup color just by brewing it. Most of them are orange-yellow with a translucent red amber color.

Finally, look at the activity of the tea leaves. Many aged white teas have lost their activity. The leaves will break if you twist them with your fingers. They are basically worthless to drink. "

Su Xing pulled Tian Cheng away from the two tourists she almost bumped into, and continued, "Old white tea used to be loose tea, but now a lot of white tea on the market is in cakes. In fact, white tea cake pressing started around 06, and it was not until 08 that white tea was widely pressed into cakes. Some merchants sell eight, ten, or even twenty years old white tea cakes, most of which are old tea. Of course, there are also cases where old white tea loose tea that has been stored for a few years is pressed into cakes later, but it is rare.

She paused and reminded, "One more thing, when drinking white tea, don't be superstitious about its so-called medicinal properties. This belief has become a means for some people to deliberately hype white tea. In today's tea circle, there are endless ways to hype white tea, Pu'er tea, and black tea. You must be vigilant! In fact, no matter what kind of tea you drink, just treat it as a health drink."

Tian Cheng twitched his lips. "My dad is like that. He no longer drinks tea purely. In his words, he 'plays with tea'. It's not enough to have a room full of tea. He also likes to participate in tea auctions. I think he has bought some tea worth tens or even millions."

Su Xing, Zhang Xueyan: "..."

They cannot understand the world of rich people and can only respect it.

Zhang Xueyan suddenly said, "I feel that the white tea soup just now is a bit too sweet. Is it the case that sugar is added to white tea?"

Su Xing said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. Adding sugar to tea is not only found in black tea, but also in any other type of tea.

There are also flavorings and other additives, and every type of tea is possible.”

Zhang Xueyan asked: "Besides tea with sugar and flavoring, what other additives are there?"

Su Xing replied, "Some teas have pigments added, such as lemon yellow and carmine, which can make some poor-looking teas look good. Some teas have talcum powder or paraffin added to increase the glossiness of the tea leaves, and Longjing is the worst affected tea. Some teas with a lot of tea hairs may have artificial tea hairs added, which is called "beating hair" in the jargon. Some herbal teas may have smoked sulfur added. There is also a very popular type of cooked tea on the market called Sui Yin Zi, which is made of low-quality cooked Pu'er tea or scraps, edible glue, and glutinous rice grass."

"Oh my god!" Tian Cheng exclaimed, "So many traps!"

"Alas..." Su Xing sighed, "It's not wrong for merchants to pursue profits, but some tea merchants really dare to use all kinds of messy means to make profits, so don't buy tea blindly. You must learn more and observe more before making a move."

Zhang Xueyan was speechless for a moment, then said, "My relatives gave my dad some small change, and the tea was brewed for a long time and the tea leaves were still intact."

Su Xing said: "Some silver coins are like this. Even if you soak a lot of them in tea, they won't fall apart. The tea soup becomes sticky in your mouth and tastes a bit like rice soup."

Zhang Xueyan: "...That's it."

Behind them, two tourists happened to hear their conversation.

Coincidentally, they had just bought a lot of change at a booth.

The two looked at each other, then turned around and walked back.

They're going to return the goods!

Su Xing and the other two didn't pay attention to what was happening behind them. They didn't know that their chat had ruined the business of a certain unscrupulous businessman.

Su Xing took Zhang Xueyan and Tian Cheng to drink some white tea, and tried Baihao Yinzhen, White Peony, Shoumei and Gongmei.

It’s better to just take a small sip of most of the time, and drink a little more for good quality ones.

Following the identification method Su Xing told them, they felt the various qualities of white tea more intuitively and avoided some pitfalls.

Tian Cheng went to the bathroom and came out saying, "I just stood up too fast and almost fell into the toilet. I'm still a little dizzy now."

Su Xing quickly reached out to support her, "You drank too much tea, you may have low blood sugar, come on, let's go get some refreshments."

The three girls came to the snack area. Su Xing took a piece of peanut crisps for trial and stuffed it into Tian Cheng's mouth.

Tian Cheng frowned and said incoherently: "I'm so sick of it..."

Zhang Xueyan picked up another piece of preserved fruit and stuffed it into her hand, "Then eat this."

Tian Cheng puffed his cheeks, "..."

Su Xing pushed Tian Cheng to Zhang Xueyan and quickly bought a bag of snacks.

Then she took two classmates to the direction of the stage.

"There will be various performances at different times of the tea expo. Let's not drink tea yet. Let's go watch the performances, eat something, and take a rest."