丨This article was originally written by Xiao Chen Chashi
丨First published in Baijiahao: Xiao Chen Tea Affair
丨Author: Village Gu Chen
As we all know, there are many "gods" on a certain sound.
For example, dare to challenge all kinds of 99 yuan free shipping for tea.
For the sake of cheapness, reckless of the body.
For example, there is a male anchor in a tea suit, who first cut a bunch of pictures of wind and snow, and then talked about some chicken soup for the soul.
Next, face the camera and slowly speak:
The old dragon well, which has been stored for 100 years, comes across time and space, is precious, and it is drunk and cherished...”
A hundred years of green tea?Oh buy ga.
was instantly aroused, whether it was real or fake, the main thing was that it was "wonderful"!
I saw the anchor, while taking out a glass, and taking out a tea caddy with a sense of age.
A few handwritten words on it - handmade West Lake Longjing.
I opened the lid, grabbed a pinch of "Centennial Longjing" from it, and threw it into the cup.
In the faint light, you can see that the tea leaves have completely turned yellow-brown, and it is not clear whether there is mold.
There is no musty smell, and you can't smell it through your phone.
After the anchor took a sip of the tea soup, he was addicted and praised this cup of tea soup as the highest level and tasteless.
Back in real life, go out for tea, if someone invites you to drink green tea the next year, you may have to frown.
Not to mention, if you are invited to drink green tea for ten years, you will feel that this person is too picky and disrespectful.
The green tea of the year, fresh and refreshing, is the essence.
Green tea is not a post-fermented tea in the first place.
Therefore, what you drink is the freshness of new tea, don't expect that there will be any good flavor after you get old.
In the tea circle, white tea and Pu'er tea are recognized as teas that can be stored for a long time.
As long as the storage conditions are good and the quality is clear, it can be put for more than ten or twenty years.
ButMany people only notice that white tea has a long storage period and ignore the prerequisites.
As a result, due to negligence, the white tea was spoiled.
When white tea absorbs too much water vapor and is over-fermented, it will produce various strange smells, including sour, chocolate, smoky, warehouse, seafood, musty, and so on.
So what to do?
Some people may suggest that you can still drink the tea if it is spoiled.
Take it out to dry when it's out of the sun, or put it in the microwave to dry it.
Well, it turns out that the method is so simple and crude.
It turns out that the withering and drying of white tea is so simple, ordinary people can learn it, and it is good to dry it first and then heat it.
If Lao S hears it, it is estimated that his eyes will be black, and he will cry and faint directly in the warehouse.
The white tea has been stored badly, and it has a miscellaneous and musty smell, is there really a way to save it?
Naturally, there is none.
Those methods that say that you can bask in the sun or dry in the microwave are actually nonsense.
There are two main reasons why white tea will spoil.
First, because the seal is not done well, or the humidity of the storage environment is too high, which leads to the increase of the water content of the tea, which is damp, aggravates the fermentation, and produces an undesirable taste.
The other is because of frequent unpacking and failure to seal the carton in time, resulting in the smell of tea runaway.
WhileThe extra water vapor, in essence, has depleted the contents of the tea.
Even if it is sunbathed, it can only barely evaporate a small part of the water vapor, and it cannot restore the white tea to its original quality.
What's more, if white tea can really be sun-dried, it will dry, why is there still a drying process after the sun withers?
Besides, the practice of drying tea leaves in the microwave oven is even more disastrous.
If the fire and time are not controlled, the tea leaves will be scorched and turned into a pile of "black charcoal".
At that time, it completely loses the characteristics of white tea and becomes a tattered leaf.
Therefore, I advise all the officials, even if you accidentally save the white tea, you can't rush to the doctor.
There are some methods that will not only fail to save white tea, but will also make the situation worse and worse.
Can you still drink bad white tea?
Presumably, this is the most sincere thought of every friend who finds that his tea is spoiled.
At the beginning, when the village aunt Chen encountered such a problem, she would feel distressed together.
The tea that I bought back with real gold**, no matter how I say it, costs it.
After a long time, it's like watching a child grow up with his own eyes, and his feelings are deep.
Therefore, they often persuade each other that it is best not to drink for the sake of the body.
But if you see too much, it will become commonplace and numb.
Now they will bluntly say that they can't drink it.
If you don't plan to put it in the refrigerator to get rid of the odor, then take it to compost and let it turn into spring mud to protect the flowers.
Just like an experienced doctor, when encountering all kinds of patients, he can always keep his face expressionless.
But the prescription can always cure the disease.
Outsiders think he is too perfunctory and his attitude is not enthusiastic enough, but people are because he has seen too much, and he can explain it in a few words.
So, when you find that the white tea you have saved has a chocolate flavor, a sour taste, and a musty taste, please don't hesitate to just pour it out.
Break it up and bury it in the flowers, and make fertilizer.
However, as far as we know, in the face of bad white tea, there are still people who have a fluke mentality.
Fantasizing, in case the tea is only slightly deteriorated, not too serious, a few tea washes can still be drunk.
Or, as long as you don't have diarrhea, you can drink it.
However, spoiled white tea is like spoiled milk, spoiled meat, spoiled eggs....
For the sake of your own body, all spoiled food should not be eaten.
Otherwise, if you drink it, you will only add a burden to your stomach for no reason.
After all, it is oneself who suffers.
Instead of worrying about whether spoiled tea can be drunk, it is better to prevent the deterioration of white tea from the root.
In the process of storing tea, carefully seal, dry, protect from light, cool, and no peculiar smell, so as to achieve perfection.
Our definition of sealing refers to the box where the tea is stored, which should be kept sealed.
In addition to taking the tea out to drink, at other times, it is necessary to ensure that the box is sealed.
Try not to let the tea too much direct contact with the outside water, air, light, etc., with three layers of packaging, one layer of aluminum bags, one layer of food-grade plastic bags, one layer of thick cartons, layer by layer to protect.
The sealing part of the carton should be sealed firmly with scotch tape.
Another point is that the carton should be stored off the wall and off the ground.
Especially during the rainy season or when you return to the south, the walls and floors are prone to accumulate moisture, so it is always necessary to check whether the room where the tea is stored is dry enough and whether the cardboard box is damp.
If you find that the carton close to the wall or floor has signs of moisture to the touch, you must replace the outer packaging and reseal it in time.
On weekdays, don't open the box frequently to get tea.
The white tea to be drunk daily can be packaged in iron cans and stored for a short time, generally about 1 month.
By doing so, you can keep the white tea in a relatively quiet place without too much distraction.
In this way, the white tea can be fully aged and transformed into rich nutrients.
After storing the white tea, it is normal to feel distressed.
The subsequent reaction is to deal with the spoiled tea, and then review the omissions in the storage of the tea.
Is the carton not sealed?Or is the humidity in the room too high?
Or, when this box of tea was bought, the water content exceeded the standard?
And the last thing you should think about is the spoiled and moldy tea, can you still drink it?
In fact, most people are definitely reluctant to drink it.
Unless it is some friends with strong gastrointestinal functions and who are different from ordinary people, they dare to challenge.
If you really want to drink it, please prepare stomach medicine.
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Xiao Chen Tea Village Gu Chen, column writer, the original innovation of the tea industry ** "Xiao Chen Tea Affairs" chief writer, has published a white tea monograph "White Tea Tasting Notes", and has written more than 4,000 original articles from 2016 to 2020.