Bamboo Tube Tea
Bamboo Tube Tea Attributes
Leaf Shape
Cylindrical
Liquor Color
Dark brown or greenish brown, with visible white hair
Fragrance
The fragrance of bamboo leaves
Taste
Fresh and sweet
Brewed Tea Leaves
Bright yellow
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Bamboo Tube Tea Introduction
Bamboo tube fragrant tea is a famous historical tea. It is made from Yunnan large-leaf sun-dried green tea as raw material. It is one of the ancient famous tea varieties in Yunnan. Bamboo tube tea is stick-shaped, with prominent white hairs. The tea soup is clear and bright, with the fragrance of bamboo leaves and delicious and refreshing taste. When drinking, just break off a few tea leaves and brew them with boiling water.
Bamboo Tube Tea Origin
Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Diwei, Guangnan County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, and Bawai, Tengchong County
Bamboo Tube Tea Production Process
The picking standard is one bud and two leaves or one bud and three leaves. There are two ways to make bamboo tube fragrant tea: one is to put the fresh leaves that have been withered and rolled into a tube of tender sweet bamboo (also known as fragrant bamboo or golden bamboo) that has only grown for one year, and dry them over a slow fire; the other is to put the first-grade sun-dried green tea into a small rice steamer with glutinous rice at the bottom and steam it until soft, then put it into a bamboo tube and slowly dry it over a slow fire. This bamboo tube tea has the fragrance of tea, the fragrance of sweet bamboo and the fragrance of glutinous rice, and has a unique flavor.
Bamboo Tube Tea Quality Identification
In terms of appearance, bamboo tube scented tea is cylindrical in shape, dark brown or green-brown in color, with white hair visible, and the soup is bright yellow-green or bright orange-red. After brewing, it has the fragrance of bamboo leaves, and the bottom of the leaves is bright yellow.
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