The whole process is required to be handmade

At the beginning of all the following process should be adopted in Menghai County ancient tea tree protection committee (hereinafter referred to as the committee) assigned personnel and cooperative technical director to supervise the implementation and sign and confirm the initial record supervise the implementation together and sign in early records.

Fresh leaves picking and acceptance

Fresh leaf picking:

the picking standard is 1 bud 3 leaves, not picking leaves and horseshoe leaves;

At least one leaf should be left for each bamboo basket of fresh leaves to be allowed to be used for a minimum of 3 kg. Each ancient tea tree should be prepared with 2 bamboo baskets at least.

Fresh leaf picking needs to have a tea farmer cooperatives 2 people (including one for the ancient tea tree tree ownership), cooperative designated supervisor more than one in three, fresh leaves Picking process should be within 2 hours after completion of the fresh leaves early sent to the designated place, into the processing production process in time after registration.

Fresh leaves acceptance:

Acceptance of the concrete content includes:

Conformity assessment (compliance with the picking criteria)

Fresh leaves weighed

deposit number per plant inspection personnel shall have the right to require the Cooperatives to do not accord with standard of picking fresh leaf filtering and weighing the right again.

Fresh leaf amortization

should be performed on the premise of preservation

When the water content of the amortization was 70% (75% to 80% of fresh leaf picking), the second leaf was obviously bent and drooping while holding the appearance scale to raise a bud and leaf.

The fresh leaf amortization needs to be carried out in a single plant, the thickness of the stack shall be no more than ten centimeters, and should be put to dry once during the amortization period.

The spring fresh leaf amortization process should be completed on the day of the harvest and go into the killing process. The fresh leaves picked in autumn can be finished the next day.

Blanching condition

The kitchen counter that kills green should be customized according to special requirement：The wood smoke and the operation must be isolated, the pan plane tilts about 25. The pan should be iron, about 100 cm in diameter, with a moderate thickness and smooth surface.

It is advisable to keep the temperature of the surface of the pan at 150 degrees centigrade while the temperature of the blade is no more than 72 degrees centigrade.

The fresh leaf is 2.5 to 4 kg, and the time is about 25, 30 minutes. The color of the fresh leaf is changed from bright to dark green, and the thicker and tender stems are soft. The tea leaves are not green and tender, so they can be ripe.

Require the operator to wear undyed canvas gloves all the time.

Tea rolling

The goal of the process: to make the leaves of tea leaves to be fat and strong, to form a beautiful line, and to make the tea juice to leak properly, to the strong taste of ancient tree tea, and the appearance of oil.

The strength of the twist is to be light and heavy, so that the leaf surface is tight and the tea juice oozes out. After the tea juice is evenly seeped, the paper will be followed. The strips must be kept unbroken, the buds and leaves are intact and the incense is exposed.

Sun-dried

It is required to directly put the gently twisted tea leaves in the sun to use rack height to dry, as far as possible not into the big shed.

The thickness of drying is about 0.5cm, and the moisture content of the ideal tea is about 10%, which is the best quality when the raw tea is made into finished product.

Storage

 Weigh and record before storage

First put the tea in the plastic bag and seal it, then put the plastic bag in the carton and paste the number.

Menghai County Ancient Tea tree Adoption Protection Working Committee

March 9, 2012