Pry tea can be described as a big problem in making tea! I believe that many tea lovers have such an experience: every time they carefully hold the tea needle, they can't start with a cake of tea, or pry the tea leaves into thin pieces with a needle, or pierce the tea cake in pairs, or even worse, a hand slides directly into the other hand.........So how to pry tea so that it can be easy and hands-free?
First of all, we need to take advantage of the "** that isTea needlesorTea knives
Tea needles are more common, but note that we are not talking about the bamboo tea needles of the Six Gentlemen of the Tea Ceremony, but the hard metal tea needles, which are suitable for making all kinds of pressed teas.
The tea knife has a wider surface area than the tea needle, and is suitable for unpressing bricks, cakes, and tuo tea that are not tightly pressed or the materials are relatively coarse. When choosing a tea knife, it is advisable to choose the one with a thin blade and a sharp top, and the blade that is too thick is not easy to insert into the tea cake.
1. Usually the tea cakes are pressed together layer by layer. Therefore, it is most important to find the articulation points between layers. After all, that's the most vulnerable part of the tea cake.
2. After finding the entry point, insert the tea knife into the tea cake, and note that the first action is to go straight into the tea cake. The more the knife is lost, the more successful it is.
3. Then, slowly move the tea knife laterally. In other words, the "wound" of the tea cake is changed from "point" to "surface".
4. Insert first and then sweep, and then you can pry, please note that this action is prying. Using the principle of leverage, slowly pry open the tea cake, so that you can "pry" the whole tea leaves.
5. It should be noted that the tea should not be pryed too hard, and the hand should not be placed in front of the tea knife when prying the tea, so as to prevent the hand from being pricked.
6. In addition, hold the left hand of the tea cake, and try to keep it parallel or small to the angle at which the tea knife is inserted.
The tightness of the tea cake is moderate, and it can be operated according to the normal prying method. If it is relatively tight, you need to place the tea cake arc face down, press your hands on both sides, apply pressure slowly, and then press in a few different positions to make the tea cake slightly looser and easier to pry, but be careful not to break the tea cake.
For other shapes of Pu'er tea, such as brick tea or Tuo tea, as long as the principle of prying tea is mastered, the basic method is the same. In fact, no matter what shape it is, in the process of prying tea, you should try as slowly as possible, along the gap between the tea leaves and the texture of the tea strips, so that the tea can be pry more complete, not too broken, and more conducive to brewing.
Senior tea lovers know that many teas have the step of waking up tea before brewing, so they want to disassemble all the tea cakes and put them in a jar to drink while waking up, why not? For tea, although it is convenient to disassemble into a pile of tea pieces, it hinders its value of "group aging". After prying open, the small piece of tea cake has no support from the group, and the contact area with the outside world is greatly increased, which is more susceptible to the invasion of dust, water vapor and peculiar odor in the air, which affects the tea quality. Therefore, it is recommended that you drink it at any time on weekdays, and pry down the required amount at any time. After prying, the tea cake is still wrapped in white cotton paper, and then sealed and stored in the dark.