Why wash the tea first?

Most tea drinkers have a habit of pouring out the first tea, commonly known as "washing tea" or "waking tea."
It's a pity that the first tea is poured out of the expensive tea, but if you don't wash it, you always feel that there is one less process. I am afraid that the tea will not be clean.

Do you want to wash Pu-erh tea?
For tea customers, in fact, washing tea is both feelings and safety.

1. Tea washing is a habit left over by history.
In the past tea-making process, due to the simplicity of environmental appliances, some details will appear unhygienic, so the former tea drinkers will wash the tea to keep the strip clean.
However, with the development of science and technology and food safety regulations, the tea produced pays more attention to safety and hygiene, and must pass the safety and quality testing of relevant departments.
Nowadays, most of the tea leaves are grown to be completely pure and free of agricultural residues, and the first bubble even reaches a level where it can be consumed healthily.
At this time, the "tea-washing step" has changed from practicality to the habit of making tea, or a psychological demand.

2. Wash off part of the dust.
Pu-erh tea will inevitably have some harmful substances such as dust or mildew during the production and storage process, which can be washed away by the first bubble tea.

3. Remove odor.
Pu-erh tea has a strong adsorption. During fermentation and storage, if you don't pay attention, it will produce miscellaneous smells or new flavors. These impurities can be removed by washing the tea, making the brewed Pu-erh tea fresh and pure.

4. Wake up Pu-erh tea, also known as "wake up tea".
Waking tea makes Pu-erh tea reach the most suitable brewing state. After washing tea, brewing again, the taste of tea soup is more sweet.
First warm cup.
The hot water that has just been boiled is poured into the bowl and the bowl is filled with water to increase the internal temperature of the bowl, and the tea will be poured after 1 minute.
 
Second cast tea.
The amount of tea thrown depends on personal taste, it directly affects the concentration of tea.
 
Third Soak tea to make soup.
After filling the water, steep the tea leaves to quickly get out of the soup.

How to wash green tea:
Because raw tea leaves are tender, the tea is usually washed again.
When the water line is filled, the soup is quickly immersed after the tea leaves are completely immersed, which not only helps to retain the aroma substances, amino acids, tea polyphenols, caffeine and other nutrients in the tea, but also plays a certain role in moisturizing.

How to wash cooked tea:
 Cooked tea is generally washed (run) tea again, do not deliberately cool down when filling water, low water level rough water line, as much as possible to allow higher temperature water to form a combination with tea leaves.
Some form a certain degree of cooling; let the water hit the edge of the bowl and prevent it from coming into direct contact with the tea leaves.
In order to warm up after filling the water, you can dull it properly, let the high temperature water excite the brewed tea, and then you can just make the soup.

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