2. Smell aroma: The aroma of Tieguanyin includes variety, regional and craft aromas. First, sniff whether the aroma of the variety is prominent, and then distinguish the aroma level, length, strength, and pure turbidity. When smelling incense, a combination of hot, warm, and cold smells is used. All varieties with outstanding aroma, high aroma and long-lasting fragrance are all top grades.

3. Taste the taste: scoop an appropriate amount of tea soup with a teaspoon, and suck, spin and roll in the mouth through the tongue, so that the taste bud cells in all parts of the mouth can make a comprehensive taste sensation. Those with a mellow taste, mellow and refreshing, thick but not astringent, and rich in the “flavor” characteristics of varieties are all top grades.

4. Look at the color of the soup: look at the color depth, light and shade, turbidity, etc. of the tea soup. Where the soup color is bright orange and yellow, it is the top grade, and the dark and turbid soup is the inferior grade.

5. Viewing the bottom of the leaves: Pour the tea leaves brewed with boiling water (called “leaf bottom”, commonly known as “tea residue”) into a plate filled with water and observe the bottom of the leaves. Those with soft bottoms, bright yellow leaves, and obvious “green pedicles, green belly and red fringes” are all top grades.

In addition to the shaping of Tieguanyin, several other factors are interlinked in the tea production process. The production process of Tieguanyin is spreading, shaking, fixing, rolling, forming and drying. Many of these steps need to be repeated many times during the production process to achieve the best results.

Here listing of the machines for your reference.

Making oolong tea or Tieguanyin is not easy as you see. The production steps of oolong/Tieguanyin are the most complicated in all kinds of tea.

Quanzhou Deli Agroforestrial Machinery Co.,Ltd supply fully sets of machines for oolong tea processing, from oolong tea withering machine, Tieguanyin shaking machine, oolong tea fixation machine, oolong tea rolling machine, Tieguanyin shaping machine, oolong tea drying machine and so on.