什麼是老茶？
當茶葉經過長時間存放後，其滋味變得渾厚且不苦澀，這是老茶的主要特色。
會發生這樣的轉變，是因爲茶葉內的化學物質氧化而產生的結果，
包含茶多酚（澀味、酸味）、氨基酸（甘味、香味）、醣類（甜味、膠質）、脂肪（酸味），這是一連串複雜的變化過程。
什麼茶可以存放成老茶？
烏龍茶、紅茶為老茶首選
依照製造工藝區分，烏龍茶、紅茶都適合存放成為老茶。需注意的是清香型的烏龍茶，包含高山烏龍茶與文山包種茶，雖然發酵度比綠茶重，但是內含物質也容易氧化而產生走味的現象。
順帶一題，東方美人茶也可以放成老茶，但是隨著存放時間的增加，茶中的蜂蜜香氣會逐漸淡去。
輕發酵茶葉較不適－綠茶
然而，並不是所有茶類都可存放成為老茶。茶葉發酵度較輕的茶葉並不適合存放成為老茶（普洱茶例外），例如：綠茶，因為葉內的化學物質較不穩定，容易氧化，使滋味裂變，尤其是顏色的改變最為明顯，從鮮綠色變成褐色。
茶老就是好？茶葉須存放多久才可成為高品質老茶？
沒有標準說明存放多久後可茶稱為老茶。當茶葉存放一段時間後，滋味變得好喝、順口、不苦澀，就可稱為老茶。當然，茶放很老也不見得會是好茶，要成為好的老茶，就要回歸到最初的茶葉本質，好的茶葉，加上適當的存放條件，才能成為好茶。
老茶存放怎麼做？保持通風、乾燥最重要
茶葉容易吸收濕氣而變質，想要存放老茶，茶葉必須保持在通風，避光，乾燥的地方。如果環境較為種密閉，建議定期換氣，讓新鮮空氣與原本的空氣進行交換，茶葉才不會出現悶臭味。我們感到舒服的環境，就適合保存茶葉。
老茶泡法技巧公開，4步驟沖出一杯好茶
滋味濃淡可依照沖泡時間長短與置茶量而定，以沸騰水沖泡才可以表現出茶滋味。
步驟一：準備紫砂壺（150ml容量以內為佳），將茶壺溫熱。
步驟二：壺底鋪平茶葉，加入沸水，10秒後倒出不。
步驟三：再次加入沸水，50秒後倒出飲用。
步驟四：可重複沖泡8次以上，直到沒有茶味。
老茶價格怎麼算？ 便宜貨會不會買到假老茶？
老茶的價格通常較高，主要原因是時間，而其他因素還包含倉儲成本、加工成本（烘焙）、耗損成本（茶葉碎末化、水分流失、害蟲入侵）。
有些人就會擔心會不會買到假茶？真假老茶該怎麼分辨？真假老茶怎麼分辨？我們可以透過沖泡後的茶葉滋味和形狀來做簡易的判斷。以烏龍茶來說，真烏龍老茶，即便經過烘焙，茶滋味甘甜，茶湯橘黃透亮，茶葉舒展後依然春風，且烘焙香氣清淡。如果茶葉烘焙滋味重，沖泡後葉子無法舒展，這就必須考慮是否是真烏龍老茶。最重要的是，找到具有優良信譽的商家，才能有效避免購買到假老茶。
老茶常見問題
1. 烏龍老茶與老茶風味的烏龍茶有什麼不一樣？
烏龍老茶是經過長時間存放而成的茶。
烏龍風味老茶指新鮮茶葉經過高溫長時間烘焙而成，並沒有經過長時間存放，
此茶喝起來烘焙滋味相當重，滋味淡薄，甚至鎖喉。
2. 老茶一定要烘焙嗎？
老茶不一定要烘焙，烘焙是為了降低茶中含水量，以抑制微生物滋長，也去除茶中雜味。烘焙過程必須依照茶葉特性制定。烘焙是一種修飾，能提升茶滋味，去除茶風味缺陷。
3. 老茶喝起來是什麼感覺？
最明顯的風味改變在15至20年間，茶葉會產生酸味。主因是茶多酚裂解出沒食子酸與脂肪裂解成脂肪酸而產生的風味。約在25年之後會轉換為蔘香與紅豆香，滋味單純且厚實。
遊山茶訪與臺灣茶的邂逅
烏龍茶作法源於福建，在臺灣臻於完美，其中又以凍頂烏龍茶為最。遊山茶訪追求當年凍頂烏龍茶“涼喉、釘甘”的獨特風味，採較成熟的茶菁予以充足的發酵，再適度的烘焙，最終成就烏龍茶“茶那芳入骨，刀削也未揉”令人懷念的風味。這是遊山茶訪所追求製茶工藝的極致。
遊山茶訪於竹山工業區設有茶文化館，在這裡除了可以了解到臺灣茶的發展史與製作工藝外，還能透過品茶課程的預約，親身了解臺灣茶滋味。
The skills of judging, brewing and storing private old tea are public, and you can drink it at home to taste old tea.
What is old tea?
When the tea is stored for a long time, its taste becomes rich and not bitter, which is the main feature of old tea.
This transformation occurs because of the oxidation of the chemical substances in the tea.
Contains tea polyphenols (astringent taste, sour taste), amino acids (sweet taste, aroma), sugars (sweet taste, gum), fat (sour taste), which is a series of complex changes.
What kind of tea can be stored as old tea?
Oolong tea and black tea are the first choices for old tea.
According to the manufacturing process, oolong tea and black tea are suitable for storage as old tea. It should be noted that the fresh-scented oolong tea, including high mountain oolong tea and Wenshan Baozhong tea, although the degree of fermentation is heavier than green tea, the content of the oolong tea is easy to oxidize and produce off-flavor phenomenon.
By the way, Oriental Beauty Tea can also be used as old tea, but as the storage time increases, the honey aroma in the tea will gradually fade.
Lightly fermented tea leaves are not suitable-green tea
However, not all teas can be stored as old tea. Tea with a lighter fermentation degree is not suitable for storage as old tea (except for Pu'er tea), for example: green tea, because the chemical substances in the leaves are relatively unstable and easy to oxidize, which makes the taste fission, especially the color change is the most obvious. The green turns to brown.
Is old tea good?
How long does the tea store to become a high-quality old tea?
There is no standard stating how long the tea can be called old tea after storage.
When the tea is stored for a period of time, the taste becomes delicious, smooth, and not bitter. It can be called old tea. Of course, if the tea is very old, it does not necessarily make a good tea. To become a good old tea, it must return to the original tea essence. A good tea, coupled with proper storage conditions, can become a good tea.
How to store old tea?
Keep ventilated and dry is the most important
Tea is easy to absorb moisture and deteriorate. If you want to store old tea, it must be kept in a ventilated, dark, and dry place. If the environment is relatively airtight, it is recommended to change the air regularly so that the fresh air can be exchanged with the original air so that the tea will not have a stuffy smell. The environment where we feel comfortable is suitable for keeping tea.
Old tea brewing technique, 4 steps to make a good cup of tea
The intensity of the taste can be determined according to the brewing time and the amount of tea placed, and the taste of tea can be expressed by brewing with boiling water.
Step 1: Prepare a clay teapot (within 150ml is better), and warm the teapot.
Step 2: Flatten the tea at the bottom of the pot, add boiling water, and pour it out after 10 seconds.
Step 3: Add boiling water again and pour it out for drinking after 50 seconds.
Step 4: Repeat brewing more than 8 times until there is no tea flavor.
How to calculate the price of old tea? Can I buy fake old tea at a low price?
The price of old tea is usually higher. The main reason is time. Other factors include storage costs, processing costs (baking), and wastage costs (tea crushing, water loss).
Some people worry about whether they will buy fake tea?
How to distinguish between true and false old tea? How to distinguish between true and false old tea? We can make simple judgments based on the taste and shape of the tea after brewing. Taking oolong tea as an example, true oolong old tea, even after roasting, the tea tastes sweet and sweet, the tea soup is orange and bright, the tea leaves are still spring breeze after stretching, and the roasting aroma is light.
If the tea has a strong roasting taste and the leaves cannot stretch after brewing, it is necessary to consider whether it is true oolong tea. The most important thing is to find a merchant with a good reputation to effectively avoid buying fake old tea.
Old tea FAQ
- What is the difference between oolong tea and the old tea flavor oolong tea?
Oolong tea is a tea that has been stored for a long time.
Oolong-flavored old tea refers to fresh tea leaves that have been roasted at high temperature for a long time, and have not been stored for a long time.
This tea has a strong roasting taste, and the taste is weak, and even the throat will be uncomfortable.
- Does old tea have to be roasted?
Old tea does not have to be roasted. Roasting is to reduce the water content in the tea, to inhibit the growth of microorganisms, and to remove the miscellaneous flavors in the tea. The roasting process must be formulated according to the characteristics of the tea. Roasting is a modification that can enhance the taste of tea and remove the defects of tea flavor.
- How does old tea taste?
The most obvious change in flavor is between 15 and 20 years,tea have a sour taste. The main reason is that the tea polyphenols are cracked into gallic acid and fat into fatty acids.
After about 25 years, it will be converted to ginseng and red bean aroma, with a simple and thick taste.
A Unique Yoshan Oolong Tea
What Yoshan Tea seeks is Dong Ding Oolong’s true flavours- with those distinctive throat-cooling sweet notes so robust and unforgettable the flavours have been described “as an entering into one’s bones”. Only by harvesting ripe tea leaves, letting them ferment
sufficiently and then roasting them for an appropriate amount of time does that full-bodied
sweetness of Dong Ding Oolong come to the fore.
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