Longjing tea is only up to 1 year shelf life, and quality decreases over time, not enough to attract hot money. Tea made after July are rated as autumn longjing.
"The quality of tea from time to affect the basic, raw Pu'er tea light of the period is seven years, if stored well, longer, and more and more flavor. Longjing tea is not, even if packaged together with nitrogen cold storage on the law, can only save up to one year. The roasted West Lake   dragon well teas have their own specialties due to the varieties of the grades of raw tea leaves and diverse processing techniques.
 Green tea easily oxidized, in the general temperature for two or three months will be aging, but dropped the tea quality. "yellow river hung that, for hot money, the hype of the time difference not only a very short, and the quality will change, naturally have no desire to. Superior West Lake dragon well tea is all roasted by hand.
    Tasting method
    Look: Look for packaging origin marking. The first step is processing the fresh and tender Dragon Well  tea shoots at 80 degrees, with the tea leaves required to keep their original color, aroma and good-looking appearance.
West Lake Longjing tea has always been excellent reputation and the resulting "Li Gui," not only in sales to, and even areas will have fish in troubled waters. How to identify authentic West Lake Longjing tea? Insiders said that in addition to look for origin marking, mouth tasting himself is undoubtedly the best method of identification. Each time only 100g dragon well tea leaves are fired in one pan.
    Like Yangcheng Lake side of the "bathing crab," the sale of West Lake "West Lake Longjing" also from Anhui counterfeit. For superior longjing tea, the tea leaves are fresh and in jade green color, shiny and with a lot of fuzz.
In order to combat fake tea, especially the West Lake Longjing apply to national authorities to protect geographical origin of products, and now consumers can look for the origin marking on the package will be able to identify the authenticity. The dragon well tea shoots are flat and straight without curves in their tips.
    In addition, Yellow River Hung said that this year the West Lake Longjing plan inscription, its fake and illegal regulatory authorities will be more stringent. Consumers can look for big businesses, generally do not buy fakes. Dry dragon well tea leaves are with pure aroma.
    Taste: less than mouth ear
    In the industry view, is far more important than listening to personally introduce taste and see the product phase. The inner surfaces of shoots of superior dragon well tea can send out a natural pure faint aroma, which is quiet and elegant.
    "I wanted to buy a good quality of West Lake Longjing, less mouth to ear more. Even if introduced, no matter how tea, tea appears to be beautiful, and his personally do not drink a drink." The total dragon well tea  leaves represent light green of uniform sizes.
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