What are the benefits of drinking frozen top oolong tea?

Frozen top oolong tea, commonly known as frozen top tea, is a famous tea in Taiwan Province Province. Frozen top oolong tea is a kind of packaged tea in Taiwan Province Province. The so-called "packaged tea" originated in Anxi, Fujian. The tea sold by the local tea shop is filled with two square pieces of wool paper, with a sharp contrast between the inside and outside. Four pieces of tea are put in a rectangular square package, and the package is covered with the logo of the tea shop. Then it is sold in packages. This kind of tea is called "packaged tea". Baozhong tea in Taiwan Province Province belongs to mild or moderate fermented tea, also known as "fragrant oolong tea". According to different shapes, packaged tea can be divided into two types. One kind is strip-shaped packaged tea, represented by Wenshan packaged tea. The other kind is hemispherical seed-wrapped tea, represented by "frozen top oolong tea". Known as the "North Wenshan South Frozen Roof". Originated in Lugu Township, Nantou County, Taiwan Province Province, it is mainly a semi-fermented tea made of Qingxin Oolong. Traditionally, its fermentation degree is about 30%. The tea-making process is unique: after drying, the tea leaves need to be wrapped in cloth and repeatedly kneaded to make the tea leaves semi-fermented and hemispherical, which is called "cloth-kneaded tea" or "hot-kneaded ball". Traditional frozen top oolong tea has obvious roast taste, and in recent years, it has also been lightly cultivated to make tea. In addition, there is "aged charcoal roasted tea", which is repeatedly taken out at high temperature every year and baked slowly to produce mellow and full-bodied tea. 1September 2, 19991After the earthquake, tea farmers in Lugu area developed "frozen-topped imperial concubine tea" in post-disaster reconstruction. Lugu Township Farmers' Association holds a tea competition every year, and selects top grade (champion tea), top grade, second grade, third grade and excellent tea (five plum, four plum, three plum, two plum and one plum). Picking bud leaves of fine varieties such as Qingxin Oolong, drying in the sun, airing, wave frying, rolling, primary drying, rolling for many times, re-drying, and re-drying. The color is dark green and oily, the soup is yellowish green, and the taste is mellow.

Place of production

Frozen top oolong tea is produced in the frozen top mountain area of the branch of Fenghuang Mountain in Nantou County, Taiwan Province Province. Frozen Top Mountain is a branch of Phoenix Mountain, which lives on a mountain 700 meters above sea level. It is said that tea is planted in the mountains. Because it is rainy and the mountain is high and the road is slippery, tea farmers who go up the mountain have to stand on their toes (frozen toes) to reach the top of the mountain, so they call this mountain "frozen roof". On the top of the frozen mountain, green heart oolong tea and other fine varieties of tea trees were planted. The mountains are high and dense, the soil is good, and the tea trees are flourishing. The average annual temperature in Lugu Township, the main planting area, is 22℃, the annual precipitation is 2200mm, the air humidity is high, and it is covered with fog all the year round. Tea garden is brown high cohesive soil mixed with weathered fine soft stones, which has good drainage and water storage conditions. Picking in April-May and11-65438+February every year, the standard is one bud and two leaves, the color is light green, the soup is golden and green, and there are flowers.

The origin of tea name

Judging from the natural environment in which the tea garden is located, even in winter, there is no cold current invasion and ice and snow are frozen. Then why is it called a frozen roof? It is said that the frozen top mountain is foggy and rainy, and the mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk. Climbers must tighten their toes. Taiwan Province Province is commonly known as "frozen toes" to get up. This is the origin of Frozen Top Mountain, and tea is also named after this mountain.

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According to legend, in 1855 (the reign of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty), Lugu "Lin Fengchi" went to Fujian to take the exam, and when he returned home, he brought back 36 Qingxin oolong tea seedlings from Wuyishan, of which 12 plants were planted by Lin Sanxian on the "Frozen Top Mountain" next to Qilintan. It turned out to be a tea farmer in the frozen top mountain area, selling tea with jars, also known as "frozen top jar oolong tea".

One is Su Jia, who lives in rural Lu Gu and Frozen Top Lane. Their ancestors immigrated from Chinese mainland to Taiwan Province during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. From the Qianlong period, they planted tea on the frozen top of the mountain.

Related records

It has a long history to produce tea on the frozen roof. According to the General History of Taiwan Province Province, tea production in Taiwan Province Province has a long history. Formerly called Shuishalian (now Puli, Sun Moon Lake, Shuili, Zhushan and other places in Nantou County), it has a loose color and can escape the summer. Up to now, tea in five cities is still on sale, and frozen roofs are the best, but there are not many. According to legend, Lin Fengchi, a villager from Lugu Township, Nantou, went to Fujian to study in the fifth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (1855). He returned to his hometown and brought back 36 Wuyi oolong tea seedlings, which were planted in the frozen top mountain and other places, and gradually developed into today's frozen top tea garden.

trait

1. Tea is hemispherical, dark green in color, with a faint golden edge.

2. The brewed tea soup is golden yellow, amber in color, with ripe fruit or rich floral fragrance, mellow and moist in taste, full of sweet throat rhyme and obvious baking charm.

3. When the tea leaves are spread out, there are gray spots like frog skin, the leaves are curled into shrimp balls, the middle of the leaves are light green, and the edge of the bottom of the leaves is inlaid with red edges, which is called "green leaves with red edges" or "green stems, green bellies and red edges".

Mining technology

Frozen top tea can be picked all year round, and the spring tea picking period is from late March to late May. Summer tea from late May to late August; Autumn tea from late August to late September; Winter in Chaze is from mid-June to late October. Picking undeveloped one-bud, two-leaf and three-leaf buds. The best pick-up time is from 10 to 2 pm every morning, and it will be sent to the factory for processing immediately after picking up the goods. Its production process is divided into two major processes: primary preparation and refining. In the original system, doing green was the main procedure. After mild fermentation, the collected tea seeds are exposed to the sun for 20 ~ 30 minutes, so that the tea seeds become soft and the water evaporates moderately, which is beneficial to protect the integrity of tea buds during rolling. When withering, it should be turned frequently, so that the tea cyanine can fully absorb oxygen to produce fermentation, and when the fermentation produces a clear fragrance, it should be immobilized at high temperature. Immediately after molding, the strip is shaped into a hemisphere, and then the coarse, fine and thin slices are completely separated by a winnowing machine and sent to a baking machine for high-temperature baking to reduce the caffeine content in tea.

Tea quality

The finished frozen top oolong tea is hemispherical, dark green in color and has natural fragrance. When brewing, the tea leaves naturally rush to the top of the lid, the soup color is orange, the taste is mellow and moist, the osmanthus fragrance is diffuse, and the aftertaste is strong, leaving no residue at the bottom of the cup after drinking. Its tea quality is the best in spring tea, with high aroma, strong taste and bright color; Autumn tea is second; The quality of summer tea is poor.

Frozen top oolong tea is a kind of oolong tea produced in Taiwan Province Province. Oolong tea produced in Taiwan Province Province can be divided into mild fermented tea (about 20%), moderate fermented tea (about 40%) and severe fermented tea (about 70%) according to the degree of fermentation. Mildly fermented tea, like green tea, has a fragrance; Heavily fermented tea is like black tea, fragrant and sweet; Moderately fermented tea has a strong fragrance. Frozen top oolong tea belongs to mild or moderate fermented tea, which is mainly produced in Frozen Top Mountain in Lugu Township, Nantou County, Taiwan Province Province.

It has a long history to produce tea on the frozen roof. According to the General History of Taiwan Province Province, tea production in Taiwan Province Province has a long history. Formerly called Shuishalian (now Puli, Sun Moon Lake, Shuili, Zhushan and other places in Nantou County), it has a loose color and can escape the summer. Up to now, tea in five cities is still on sale, and frozen roofs are the best, but there are not many. According to legend, Lin Fengchi, a villager from Lugu Township, Nantou, went to Fujian to study in the fifth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (1855). He returned to his hometown and brought back 36 Wuyi oolong tea seedlings, which were planted in the frozen top mountain and other places, and gradually developed into today's frozen top tea garden.

Frozen Top Mountain is a branch of Phoenix Mountain, which lives on a mountain 700 meters above sea level. It is said that tea is planted in the mountains. Because it is rainy and the mountain is high and the road is slippery, tea farmers who go up the mountain have to stand on their toes (frozen toes) to reach the top of the mountain, so they call this mountain "frozen roof". On the top of the frozen mountain, green heart oolong tea and other fine varieties of tea trees were planted. The mountains are high and dense, the soil is good, and the tea trees are flourishing.

Frozen top oolong tea is a kind of packaged tea in Taiwan Province Province. The so-called "packaged tea" originated in Anxi, Fujian. The local tea shop sells tea with two square pieces of wool paper, which is compared inside and outside. Put in four pieces of tea, wrap them into a rectangular square package, the package is covered with the logo of the tea shop, and then sell them by the package, which is called "packaged tea". Baozhong tea in Taiwan Province Province belongs to mild or moderate fermented tea, also known as "fragrant oolong tea". According to different shapes, packaged tea can be divided into two types. One kind is strip-shaped packaged tea, represented by Wenshan packaged tea. The other kind is hemispherical seed-wrapped tea, represented by "frozen top oolong tea". Known as the "North Wenshan South Frozen Roof".

The processing technology of frozen top oolong tea is very particular. It is made by picking the bud leaves of excellent varieties such as Qingxin Oolong, drying in the sun, air-drying, wave-drying, frying, rolling, primary drying, repeated rolling, re-drying and re-drying.

The quality characteristics of frozen-topped oolong tea are: the shape is semi-spherical, the color is dark green and oily, the brewed soup is bright yellow-green, the aroma is high, the floral fragrance is caramel, the taste is mellow and it is resistant to brewing. Frozen-top oolong tea has been favored by consumers because of its excellent quality, and it sells well in Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong, Macau, Southeast Asia and other places. In recent years, some teahouses in Chinese mainland are also popular to drink frozen top oolong tea.

Tracing the origin of tea history

With the migration of mainland population to Taiwan Province Province, tea planting and tea-making technology in Taiwan Province Province was brought to Bao Dao. According to unofficial history legend, Lin Fengchi, a juren in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, was brought back to Wuyishan from Fujian and planted on the frozen top of the mountain. The tea industry in Taiwan Province Province has just developed, and it has its own famous tea-Frozen Top Oolong. This kind of tea is very famous and popular in Taiwan Province Province.

Appreciation of famous tea

Frozen top oolong belongs to mild semi-fermented tea. Frozen top is the name of the mountain, and oolong is the name of the variety. Frozen top tea has excellent quality and is in a leading position in Taiwan Province tea market. Its top-grade appearance is compact, curved, strip-shaped, dark green, bright in color, with gray spots like frog skin, and the aroma of dry tea is rich; After brewing, the soup is slightly orange-yellow, with obvious fragrance, similar to osmanthus fragrance. The entrance of tea soup is full of vitality and has a strong flavor of moistening throat. The leaves have red edges at the bottom and light green in the middle.

The processing technology of frozen top oolong tea is very particular. Fresh leaves are bud leaves of excellent varieties such as Qingxin Oolong Tea, which are made by sun drying, cooling, shaking, frying, rolling, primary baking, re-rolling, re-baking and baking. Some people describe that drinking frozen top tea feels wonderful, and the more you drink it, the more fragrant it becomes.