China News Agency, Hangzhou, October 30th: A cup of Longjing tea, drink Jiangnanchun

　　Author Qian Chenfei

　　Every autumn, tea farmer Li Shiliang will make osmanthus Longjing, and give the fragrance of osmanthus to the West Lake Longjing, so that tea drinkers can feel the taste of autumn.

　　"It's not just spring that is lively on the tea mountain. Whenever the osmanthus flowers in Hangzhou are in full bloom, we will fry tea to make tea. The fragrance of tea and flowers is refreshing."

Although it is not the peak season for tea production right now, Li Shiliang still revolves around the West Lake Longjing, taking care of the tea garden, frying the osmanthus Longjing, and teaching children in primary and secondary schools to recognize and fry the West Lake Longjing...

　　West Lake Longjing, known as the "Queen of Green Tea", is named after the mountains surrounding West Lake Longjing Village in Hangzhou.

The name of West Lake Longjing originated in Song Dynasty, Wen Yu Yuan, Yang Yu Ming, Sheng Yu Qing.

Legend has it that when Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited the West Lake, he highly praised the West Lake Longjing Tea and named the eighteen tea trees in front of Hugong Temple at the foot of Shifeng Mountain as "Royal Tea".

　　"Longjing is the name of the place, the spring, and the name of the tea." According to Shen Hong, a national first-class tea critic, due to the temperature, light, relative humidity, rainfall and other growth conditions, the famous green tea in China is mostly distributed in the northern latitudes. Between 28° and 32° the "Golden Line", and the West Lake Longjing Tea Area is located in the middle of the "Golden Line", which is unique.

　　West Lake Longjing often has a saying that "the tea in the Ming Dynasty is as precious as gold".

　　"Every March and April, tea lovers from all over the world can't wait to come to taste and buy tea." Li Shiliang said, "We often say that 'picking three days early is a treasure, picking three days late becomes grass'. Early is expensive, and it is very particular about the tenderness of tea leaves, generally one bud and one leaf. Before the Qingming Festival, the temperature was low, and the West Lake Longjing tea that met the standard had less output and high quality, so the price was higher.”

　　West Lake Longjing is known for its "green color, fragrant, sweet taste and beautiful shape".

Its shape is flat and pretty, the color is green, the inner quality is clear and mellow, and the bottom of the leaves is delicate and flowery.

　　In order to ensure the quality and taste of tea, the production of West Lake Longjing is very particular.

"Hand-frying tea, picking is the premise, finishing the green is the foundation, and the key is the hot pot. There are more than a dozen processes in the West Lake Longjing, and none of them should be neglected." Fan Shenghua is the intangible cultural heritage of Zhejiang Province. The representative inheritor of the skill has been dealing with West Lake Longjing for more than 40 years.

In his opinion, skill determines the taste. The hand-frying of West Lake Longjing tea includes grasping, shaking, tapping, throwing, pushing, buttoning, expanding, pressing, pressing and grinding "ten techniques", which test the skill of the fryers.

　　"Throughout the spring tea season, from the first wave to the last wave of fresh leaves, tea farmers should make tea according to the weather and conditions of fresh leaves, flexibly adjust the frying process, and try to make every fresh leaf reach the best quality. "Fan Shenghua said that generally fresh leaves with a water content of 75% will eventually become dry tea with a water content of about 6%, and 500 grams of premium West Lake Longjing usually takes six or seven hours to fry.

　　To brew West Lake Longjing, it is most suitable to use high-quality white porcelain cups and glass cups.

Half of the water is poured into the tea, the hanging pot is high flushed, the green and yellow tea leaves are tumbling in the water, and the shades are appropriate like a Chinese ink painting.

Shake the glass slightly to infiltrate the tea leaves, and the rich and tender chestnut or bean flower fragrance will immediately hit the nostrils.

　　A cup of Longjing tea, drink Jiangnanchun.

The Longjing Tea Room, located by the West Lake in Hangzhou, has tea customers coming and going from time to time. In this quiet place to rest and drink tea, the famous sentence of Su Shi, a writer of the Northern Song Dynasty, is inscribed in the courtyard: "Good tea is always like a beautiful woman".

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