Later, in the Qing Dynasty, Liang Zhangju summed up the "rock rhyme" characteristics of Wuyi rock tea with four words: "lively, sweet, clear and fragrant", which has been used by the world to this day. So, what is the deep meaning of these four words?
Fragrant but not clear is a common product, clear and fragrant is a middle product, fragrant and sweet is a top grade, and only "lively and sweet" is the best.
sweet
With tea soup in his mouth, the fragrant smell rushed out of his nose. Rock tea fragrance includes true fragrance, orchid fragrance, faint fragrance and cooked fragrance. Its fragrance is elegant as plum, delicate as blue, and sweet. If it is rich in cinnamon, it makes people feel sweet on the tip of the tongue, fragrant on the teeth and cheeks, and refreshing.
Among them, the fragrance types are divided into: variety fragrance, craft fragrance, regional fragrance and tree age fragrance.
Variety fragrance: Different varieties of tea have their own unique fragrance, which is different from other varieties. For example, daffodils have orchid fragrance, cinnamon has cinnamon fragrance, water turtles have wintersweet fragrance, bergamot has Sydney fragrance, Lan Qi has almond fragrance, iron arhat has herbal fragrance and so on.
Process fragrance: the fragrance produced in the manufacturing process. The green ones are fragrant with flowers and fruits, and the roasted ones are fragrant with fire.
Regional fragrance: the fragrance produced in Shan Ye or small environment. The so-called mountain flavor is still the flavor of the small environment.
Tree age fragrance: fir flavor.
It seems easy to list all kinds of fragrances separately, but the fragrance of a tea, or each fragrance, is often a mixture of several fragrances. To find the answer, you need to study and train.
clean
It means pure and clear-the tea soup is clear and transparent, not muddy or turbid; Tea fragrance is fresh and pure, no different from miscellaneous taste; Tea tastes pure and sweet, not "green".
sweet food
It means that tea soup tastes sweet, and after drinking it, it returns to sweetness-it is sweet in the mouth. Like drinking spring water, the tea soup is fresh and refreshing, and the tea rhyme is heavy.
Rock tea has a strong taste, and the bitterness is often felt first. But good tea soon turns from bitter to sweet, and the cheeks are full of saliva, just like eating raw olives.
alive
"Living" is the highest level of tasting Wuyi rock tea. "A movable type needs to be distinguished from the tongue, which is very small." Living depends entirely on personal feelings. The word "live" fully expresses the natural and cultural connotation of Wuyi rock tea. Wuyishan locals always say "live" when they smell incense, look at the bottom of leaves and make tea. Rock tea pays attention to "birth and death", whether it is green tea or baked tea, it must be "alive". The word "live" appears in the feeling of tea soup entrance. Only when the rock tea with "living" technology is at the entrance can it truly reflect the extremely changeable nature of rock tea.