Jasmine is a common flower in our lives, it not only has a fragrant taste, but also is good at medicinal purposes. Jasmine tea, also known as jasmine tablets, is one of the flower teas in China, and is praised as a delicacy that can bring people a spring breath. According to records, in addition to eating flowers, the Empress Dowager Cixi in Chinese history also liked to add roses, jasmine and wild winter flowers to her tea, and she even frequently drank high-quality Hangzhou chrysanthemum flowers to relieve her discomfort. At the same time, the Empress Dowager Cixi was very particular about drinking flower tea, and the water source she used was spring water transported from Yuquan Mountain every day.
The process of making jasmine tea requires the tea leaves and jasmine flowers to be blended and squirted so that the tea leaves can absorb the floral aroma. The tea aroma and jasmine aroma blend with each other, creating a rich jasmine aroma. In the traditional process of making jasmine tea, people choose to pick fresh and ripe jasmine buds in the afternoon when the sun is shining and place them in a suitable environment for maintenance. When the jasmine reaches the right level of ripeness, it is mixed with the tea leaves, which release aromatic substances and the tea leaves absorb these aromas.
After a few hours of alternating absorption and release, the floral fragrance of jasmine will penetrate into the tea leaves, separating the jasmine from the tea leaves, and evaporating the excess water in the tea leaves in time, so that the aroma of the jasmine will be "locked" in the tea leaves, a process called a "kiln". It usually takes 12 to 14 hours, and because traditional jasmine tea needs to be made many times, even if there is no jasmine in the tea, the floral aroma of the tea is still strong, and the nature is changing little by little. It turns out that the coldness and irritation of green tea blanks will gradually decrease, gradually become milder, and the tea properties will become more and more stable.
But why do you separate the jasmine flowers after the kiln is over? This is because the tea has a strong adsorption capacity, after the kiln process, the tea has fully absorbed the floral fragrance of jasmine, and the jasmine will emit the aroma during the kilning process, if the residual flowers are not separated, the residual petals may turn yellow, affecting the taste of the tea.
According to the research of traditional Chinese medicine and modern pharmacology, jasmine tea has significant benefits for detoxification and beauty, liver and qi regulation, emollient and beauty. As a bitter and sweet food, tea has the ability to diarrhea, dispel dryness and dampness, reduce fire, etc., and is also rich in compounds, such as catechins, vitamin C, A, caffeine, flavanols, tea polyphenols, etc., which are very beneficial to human health; Jasmine tea also contains a large number of aromatic oils, geraniol, orange pepper alcohol, eugenyl esters and other compounds, which add a unique aroma and medicinal ingredients to the tea.
In the process of making jasmine tea, the tea leaves make the tea taste more rich and refreshing by absorbing the aroma of jasmine, and at the same time have the fresh aroma of jasmine, which makes jasmine tea a natural health drink with both natural tea flavor and floral fragrance. In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, liver depression is one of the causes of emotional problems such as depression and depression, and the effect of jasmine tea on soothing the liver and regulating qi can help relieve emotional discomfort and make people feel relaxed and happy.
In addition, the aroma compounds in tea also have a positive effect on oral health, which can remove greasy, strengthen teeth, prevent bad breath, etc., and also have antibacterial effects, which is more beneficial to human health. Although jasmine tea is cool, you can add some red dates and wolfberries to ease the cold of jasmine tea, jasmine tea has a unique floral fragrance and the aroma of tea, giving people a warm and comfortable feeling, and can also bring people relaxation and pleasure in body and mind. Although there are many benefits, there are also some taboos that are not suitable for drinking, just like any good food can not be eaten more, it is very important to choose tea products that suit your taste, let us love tea together, cherish tea, and experience the fun and heritage brought by tea culture together.