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Selecting best tea always challenges
tea drinkers. Customers usually buy jasmine
tea according to its quality grades, which
may come in as many as ten or more grades,
with grade one being regarded as the best.
Jasmine buds are intentionally put into
the tea to produce an agreeable scent;
but tea connoisseurs classify the tea
by the shape of the leaf, the color of
the liquid, and the aroma, taste and appearance
of the infused leaf.
The following are some simple ways that
may help tea drinkers select tea;
a. Tea leaves should always be kept dry.
Customers can use their fingers to press
tea leaves to see if they are dry. Slight
finger press easily breaks dry tea leaves
into small pieces.
b. Aroma is the most important factor.
Good tea always smells good.
c. The color of the tea liquid and the
shape of tea leaves vary with different
types of tea. Generally, the tea liquid
should remain clear and free of impurity,
and the shape of good tea leaves in the
liquid should be whole and even.
This
article by Yang Tianqing and Daniel Kister.
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