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How to choose green tea?

Many lovely varieties of green tea large. In one China cultivated more than a thousand. How to choose green tea, which of these varieties to stay?

With this aim worth a visit specializing in tea shops or tea shops. In them the sellers willing to share his secrets, tell all the details about any of the varieties. Here you will be able to thoroughly see the variety that you find interesting. You should pay attention to see if the tea debris and excess cuttings and broken leaves. A valid number of not more than 5% of the total weight. If more is evidence that the product is old. Note the color of the leaves. They can be various shades of bright green or pistachio color. But in any case, the natural green color to dominate. If the tea leaves are dark gray, and sometimes brown tones, it means that he was kept in inappropriate conditions.

Note, the ability of green tea to curl in different ways. Tea leaves can be similar to grass, if they are derived from natural drying. There are also tightly twisted spirals or balls. Strong, thick infusion will give strongly twisted trumpet. However, with weak twisting, a tea taste softer and softer, has a more intense flavor.

Humidity quality tea should be in the range of 3 to 6%, this tea retains its useful qualities. High humidity spoils the tea, and when it exceeds 20 %, it is covered with mold and becomes very harmful and even poisonous!

To recognize an excessively damp tea is easy, closely examining it. But excessive breakage of the tea leaves, on the contrary, evidence that he's dry. RUB a few leaves with your fingers and check for breakage. If they turn to dust, tea is best not to buy. The fact that tea is dried, means its long storage.

Excessive waterlogging of green tea are easy to identify. To do this, open the container in which it is filled, it needs to be, almost to the eyeballs. Sharply push your finger instantly to let him out and watch what happens. When the tea is well dried, it will quickly straighten out and fill the previous level, and the dent will be delayed. Excessively damp tea rises extremely slowly to the place where was the finger, it will compress.


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