Withering

The fresh tea leaves picked back should be treated freshly, put the fresh tea leaves at room temperature, thinly spread so that the fresh tea leaves gradually lose water, let the leaf quality gradually shrivel, the leaf area shrink, the leaf color turns from fresh green to dark green, the green grass smell evaporates, and only the clear aroma comes through.

Greening

After the withering of the fresh tea leaves, it is necessary to destroy the enzymatic activity in the fresh tea leaves under high temperature, so that the main chemical component of tea polyphenols in the leaves, after enzymatic oxidation, will be high temperature to remove part of the water, so that the leaf quality becomes softer and easier to knead.

Kneading

By combining kneading and twisting, the tea leaves are reduced in size and then rolled into strips or circles. Through the process of kneading, the fresh tea leaves are shaped into a better shape and the leaf cells are destroyed after proper kneading, and the extruded tea juice can also cling to the surface of the leaves to retain the lasting flavor.

Greening

Through the combination of shaking, sieving or touching, the tea leaves are rotated and rubbed against each other, the leaf cells are destroyed, the polyphenolic compounds are oxidized under the enzymatic action, and the leaf edges appear reddish-brown to enter the fermentation process.

Fermentation

Green tea leaves do not need to go through the fermentation process, but other yellow tea, white tea, green tea, black tea, black tea, all need to be fermented, through the process of stewing, so that the inner substances of the tea leaves are fully transformed, when the leaf color becomes greenish yellow or golden yellow, then it is ready.

Drying

The last process of making all kinds of tea is drying, which is to disperse the water and tighten the tea leaves, and then drying the tea leaves to make a perfect shape, and later after shaping and picking, all the processes of making fresh tea leaves into different kinds of tea are completed.

The same is true for tea, but because different tea types have different requirements for tea categories and production processes, the specific methods for making fresh tea leaves into finished tea are also different, if you are also very curious about a Chinese tea, welcome to continue to pay attention to the content of this website updates.