Old Lv's Tea Talk, Part 2

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Old Lv's Tea Talk, Part 2

Taking raw tea as an example, tea fixation can be roughly divided into three schools.

1. Traditional school. In fact, the traditional school has only about 30 years of history. Those claiming ancient methods are actually quite new, only about 30 years old. Saying this is just to sell tea, just like a thirty-something young man whose ancestors were farmers, and tracing back more than ten generations, no one made tea. But as soon as this young man started a tea brand, it had a history of over a hundred years, dating back to the Qing Dynasty. I digress. Let's get back to the point. The traditional school emphasizes retaining greenness, light fixation, and the dry tea smells strongly of leaf aroma. These teas need aging, but as mentioned in the previous talk, market pressure is too great, so these new teas are sold, harming many tea drinkers. This process currently accounts for the largest proportion, especially among Cantonese and old tea enthusiasts.

1. Green tea school. New tea should be fragrant and fresh, like green tea requirements, hence the name. This type of process also accounts for a significant proportion, especially in the Lincang tea region. If the green tea school chooses tea leaves from forest areas for fixation, it can be very good: clear, sweet, crisp, low bitterness and astringency, high aroma, and very pleasant to drink. However, many in the green tea school are speculators, often using tea leaves from the foothills, resulting in a harsh and dry liquor, which is harmful if consumed over time.

1. Fully fixed school. Just like the tea I make myself, such as the Dayi Wu tea area teas from Houyue from 2023-2025, like Houyue's Crowdfunding 8 and Crowdfunding 11. Many famous mountain ancient tree teas in Houyue's spring tea guarded harvest are not fixed by me; they tend to be traditional, because these tea friends who prepaid do not accept my process. The market has kidnapped the process! With full fixation, new tea can be drunk immediately without being cold, but it is also suitable for long-term storage. Evidence: my teas with this process, like Crowdfunding 8, after seven years of storage, are still very good. The 6-gram mini cakes of Crowdfunding 8 are always sought after, with excellent market reputation.