Jasmine, native to India and Arabia, was introduced into southern my country from the Western Regions and the vicinity of the Persian Gulf during the Han Dynasty. Because of its elegant and white flowers, rich and fragrant, it is deeply loved by Chinese people. Ancient Chinese poets praised it even more, "Ice and snow are the wombs of jade, and tenderness is close to the lock window", "In other years, if I repaired the history of flowers, it would be listed as the most fragrant in the world." In the Song Dynasty, it was popular to introduce fragrance into tea, and jasmine was naturally an ideal raw material. The jasmine tea made by combining jasmine and green tea has been handed down to this day because of its unique taste and efficacy, and has an absolute advantage in reprocessed tea.
my country's Guangxi Hengxian, Fujian Fuzhou, Jiangsu Suzhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan are all rich in jasmine. Heng County is also known as the "Hometown of Jasmine in China". With rich and high-quality raw materials, these places are naturally the main production areas of jasmine tea in my country.
There is a legend about jasmine tea. One winter long ago, Beijing tea merchant Chen Guqiu was talking about tea with a master tea taster. He suddenly remembered that a southern girl had given him a bag of tea. When brewing, at the moment when the bowl lid is opened, the fragrance is tangy, and then in the rising heat, a beautiful girl appears, holding a bouquet of jasmine flowers, and then disappears. The erudite master told Chen Guqiu: "This is the best tea 'repaying the immortal'. You must have done a good deed." It turned out that when Chen Guqiu went to the south to buy tea three years ago, he helped a lonely girl bury her dead father and find a place for her. The girl made tea to repay her kindness during her lifetime. Chen Guqiu recalled the scene of a girl holding jasmine in her hands in the hot air, and was inspired to add jasmine to tea to make the jasmine tea that is loved by people today.
As a unique green tea, jasmine tea is made by mixing fresh flowers and green tea. The fragrance of the flowers is exhaled, and the tea base absorbs the fragrance.
Because jasmine likes high temperature, the stronger the sunshine, the fuller the buds and the stronger the aroma, so high-quality jasmine tea is mostly made of high-quality green tea in spring and jasmine in midsummer. The quality of jasmine tea can be identified by observing the tea base, brewing and smelling, looking at the color of the soup, and tasting. Among them, the green tea can be identified with reference to the evaluation criteria of green tea. After brewing, the fragrance of flowers is strong and lasting, the soup color is yellow and bright, the taste of tea is soft, neither bitter nor astringent, these are the characteristics of good jasmine tea.
Jasmine tea is refreshing and delicious, with a pleasant aroma. In addition to the general effects of tea, it can help lower blood pressure, relieve gastrointestinal discomfort and menstrual pain, and also has the effects of scented tea on moisturizing the skin and beautifying the skin.
It is spring, and drinking jasmine tea is undoubtedly a good choice, not only to drive away cold and dampness, but also to stabilize the mood. The scent of flowers is open to the senses and can make people happy. A cup of jasmine tea is full of spring breath between lips and teeth.
