Curl-shaped famous tea processing technology

Take Biluochun as an example to introduce the traditional manual processing technology of curly-shaped famous tea.

(1) Fixing. Using a flat pan with a diameter of 60 cm, the fuel is pine branches and grass, and electric frying pans can also be used. When the pan temperature reaches 180-200°C, 500 grams of fresh leaves are thrown into the pan, stir fry quickly with both hands, shake first. Bored, less stuffy and more shaking, so that fishing net, shake scattered, kill uniform, kill through, no red stem, red leaves, no focal edge, burst point. Fix the time for 3 to 4 minutes, then reduce the pot temperature to the next process.

(2) rubbing. When the pot temperature drops to about 80°C, use both hands to catch and hold the green leaves, and push the hand along one direction of the pot to rub the tea, so that the tea is “revolved” and “rotated” between the palm and the pot wall. At the beginning, knead 3 to 4 shakes and shakes 1 times, then gradually increase the number of rubbing turns and reduce the number of shakes. When holding the tea leaves, they should be tight and moderate, and follow the order of light weight and light weight. When the tea reaches 70% dry, the kneading is completed when the rope is substantially tight. The total rubbing time is about 10 to 12 minutes.

(3) Mission. The lumps are the key steps for the appearance of hairs and tight curls. When the temperature of the pan drops to 60-70°C, the hot billet is controlled by both hands and turns into a mass in the palm of the hand. The direction is the same. Each tea ball does not need to be dissolved immediately, and can be placed in the pot for a moment and then dissolved. The squadron should master the force evenly and operate in the order of light weight and light weight. When the curls and hairs are exposed, the tea greens reach 80% dryness. It takes about 12 to 15 minutes.

(4) Drying. The drying temperature slowly decreased from 60°C to 50°C. Hand-twisting tea leaves will be lightly turned or lightly transferred by hand. The hand gesture must be light. This is the key to the technology. When there is a slight tentacles, the tea will reach the pot when it is 90% dry. The tea leaves will then be thinly spread on the mulberry paper. , The paper is placed in a pot, the use of the pot temperature heat to bake until dry, the time is about 6 to 8 minutes, the water content of the tea is about 6%.