What's the difference between black tea and pure tea? which one is better?

As we all know, tea from different producing areas has its own characteristics. Sometimes, some senior tea lovers will mix tea from different producing areas to get mixed tea with better flavor in order to seek a more comprehensive flavor.

However, before we discuss mixed tea, we need to know the original tea.

What is original tea?

After more than ten hours of processing, the leaves harvested in the tea garden will have a unique tea-making number. These numbers, also known as batch numbers or invoice numbers, record basic information such as tea-making days, tea production and harvest areas.

These numbers not only prove the date of manufacture of black tea, but also represent that other teas have not been added and are pure black tea derived entirely from the origin.

Original tea is non-mixed tea, this year began to rise the name "single tea", emphasizing the preservation of the industry and origin and other characteristics, pure characteristics.

Take Darjeeling as an example, the producing area is affected by environmental differences such as altitude and region, and the tea in each tea garden has its own aroma, so most of them will not be mixed with other teas, but will directly put the prepared tea on the market. Deliberately advertise the "original tea".

What is mixed tea?

Assam in India can pick and make tea for eight months of the year, while Sri Lanka produces tea all the year round.

But the quality of the tea produced every day is different, and the tea will show slight differences according to the environment of the day. In order to homogenize the quality of the whole batch of tea, the tea factory will mix the tea produced within 1 to 3 days.

Even if it is the same country or origin of tea, the quality will still change at any time, so after the purchase of tea will be identified while blending to adjust the flavor, so as to maintain a certain flavor.

The manufacturing time of the tea used is different, and each kind of tea has its own characteristics, so 5 to 20 kinds of tea may be used to rectify the quality before it will be shipped.

How do you mix black tea?

Before mixing different kinds of tea, you need to figure out what kind of black tea you plan to make. The following examples are for reference only:

① was originally light brown, but it is also suitable for brewing milk tea in addition to deepening the brown color.

60% Darjeeling Spring picking Tea + 10% Wuwo Black Tea + 30% Kandi Black Tea

Darjeeling spring pick tea is light, deepen the color with Kandi black tea, and then give it a mellow flavor by Wuwo black tea.

② was originally too dark brown, so it can be adjusted without damaging the taste and aroma.

③ was originally too fragrant and unique, so it needs to be softened.

④ originally had a weak aroma and needed to improve its aroma.

50% kandi black tea + 20% Wuwo black tea + 30% Darjeeling summer tea

Kandi black tea is more orthodox with dark brown color and uncharacteristic flavor. Therefore, add Darjeeling summer picking tea to add musk grape unique aroma, add Wuwo black tea to enhance astringency.

⑤ black tea is too astringent and needs to be softened.

50% Assam CTC black tea + 20% Dingpula black tea + 30% Nuvala Elia black tea

Assam CTC black tea has a rich and astringent taste, which is added to Nuwara Eriya black tea to neutralize the astringent taste, and then use the rich black tea flavor of Dingpula black tea to make the taste more calm.

The astringent taste of ⑥ black tea is too weak, so it needs to be full-bodied and astringent.

60% Keemun Black Tea + 10% Darjeeling summer picking tea + 30% Wuwo black tea

Keemun Black Tea astringent taste is weak, add Wuwo black tea to enhance the astringent taste, and then increase the Jiling summer tea to add exciting taste.