What are the effects and functions of Dahongpao respectively?
Dahongpao tea contains high tea polyphenols, tea polysaccharides, and theanine three kinds of beneficial components, with enhanced memory, anti-cancer, lowering blood lipids and lowering blood pressure, and other good effects.
Dahongpao tea also has the ability to quench thirst and quench summer heat, brighten the eyes and mind, refresh the mind, lose weight and slow down the aging process, strengthen the stomach and eliminate food, diuretic and disinfectant, expectorant and asthma, antiradiation, anti-cancer, anti-aging, and lowering cholesterol and so on.
I. Introduction of Dahongpao
Dahongpao is mainly produced in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian Province, and belongs to the oolong tea, its tea quality is excellent, is a special Chinese famous tea. Dahongpao is Wuyi rock tea in the best, legend has it that at the end of the Ming and early Qing Dynasty has been the name of Dahongpao.
1.1 History of Dahongpao
Recognized Dahongpao, only the ones on the rock wall of Jiulongke. Is the best year, the big red robe tea production is only a few hundred grams. In 1959 in the national ‘ten famous tea’ evaluation, was selected as ‘one of China's top ten famous tea’.
1.2, big red robe value
During the Republic of China, a catty was worth 64 silver dollars, and 4000 jin of rice at that time. Some years ago, Jiulongke Dahongpao tea in the market auction, of 20 grams of surprisingly 156,800 yuan, creating the highest price for tea record.
1.3. World Intangible Cultural Heritage
In May 2013, the Wuyi City government officially declared Dahongpao to UNESCO as the World Intangible Cultural Heritage.
1.4 National Treasure
Dahongpao is also known as ‘high-end tea, precious tea, ecological tea, brand tea, and health tea’. Dahongpao production technology is the only handmade technology in the tea production process, Dahongpao tea is the king of tea, known as the tea in the ‘national treasure’.
1.5 Cognition of Dahongpao
Dahongpao tea appearance of tightly knotted, green-brown color and is moist; unique orchid aroma, and fragrance lasting; soup color of orange and yellow bright, red, and green leaves.
Dahongpao tea is resistant to brewing, and there is still a residual flavor after seven or eight times of brewing. Drinking Dahongpao, only work tea in small pots and small cups of slow drinking, to really taste the rock tea of the Zen tea flavor.
Second, Dahongpao varieties
Dahongpao can be divided into four varieties: Bird's Tongue, Beidou, Qidan, and commercial Dahongpao. Among them, Beidou and Bird's Tongue are the asexual reproduction offspring of the Dahongpao mother tree, while Qidan and Jiulongke Dahongpao mother tree in the No. 2 plant, No. 6 plant homologous, is the real Dahongpao; commercial Dahongpao is more than three strains of tea together with the collocation and become.
2.1 Grade of Dahongpao
The grade of Dahongpao can be divided into special grades, as well as second-grade Dahongpao.
Special Grade Dahongpao
Spring plucked Dahongpao level and quality are the best, spring tea time without pests and diseases, no pesticides, tea is pollution-free. The dried tea leaves are firm, with a strong aroma and sweet and mellow flavor.
First Grade Dahongpao
Dahongpao is picked in summer when the weather is hot, and the new growth of the tea tree is rapid, but also easy to age. Amino acids and vitamins contained in the tea leaves are reduced, and the aroma is not as strong as that of spring tea; the content of caffeine, tea polyphenols, and anthocyanins is increased instead, and the taste of the tea leaves is slightly bitter, and astringent.
Second Grade Dahongpao
In the late autumn tea, the weather is mild, the rainfall is insufficient, and the Dahongpao tea leaves picked at this time are more withered and old. Tea tree and through the spring tea and summer tea picking, tea nutrition is missing, tea tastes bland, the aroma is not good, leaf color yellowish.
2.2 Dahongpao origin tea
Rock Tea
Positive rock tea picked from the Wuyi Mountain Scenic Spot tea plantation, the best quality, full lines, pure color, clear tea broth, rocky valley fragrance, mouth, and mouth fragrance.
2. Half Rock Tea
Half-rock tea is picked from the tea gardens around the Wuyi Mountain Scenic Spot, and its quality is a little worse than that of the main rock tea.
3. Chau Tea
Chau tea from the Wuyi Mountain scenic area near the townships and localities, generally through grafting and the growth of tea, tea quality than the positive rock tea and half-rock tea and then a chip.
Third, the efficacy and role of Dahongpao
Dahongpao tea contains high tea polyphenols, tea polysaccharides, and theanine three kinds of beneficial components, with enhanced memory, anti-cancer, lowering blood lipids and lowering blood pressure, and other good effects.
Dahongpao tea also can quench thirst and quench summer heat, brighten eyes and minds, refresh the mind, lose weight and slow down the aging process, strengthen the stomach and eliminate food, diuretic and disinfectant, dispel phlegm and treat asthma, anti-radiation, anti-cancer, anti-aging, and lower cholesterol, and so on.