It mainly has the following three steps:
Steamed or Pan Fried – Rolling – Drying
The first step of green tea is the growing and havesting After the tea leaves are picked, it should be thinly spread for 2-3 hours depend on different teas in order to reduce the water content.
Steamed or Pan Fried
This step is the crucial technique for quality. Shaqing has four important goals:
to get the proper color, smell and taste of Green Tea by completely destroying the activity of enzymes in fresh leaves and stop the enzymatic oxidation of polyphenols to give off grassy smell in order to release the aroma;
to evaporate part of the water in the fresh leaves to soft the leaves and enhance toughness to make the next step rolling easier;
to promote the transformation of inclusions, and promote the formation of green tea.
-Rolling
Second, he purpose of Rounian is to make the shape tight in order to make the next step drying easier. As well as destructing of leaf tissue to make better quality for easy brewing out the tea liquor.
Drying=
The Last drying of the produced tea is responsible for many new flavor compounds particularly. At the same time improve its appearance.
After the above processing steps. A cup of green liquor, fragrant and sweet light taste tea can be brewed. Have a look at our articles on how to brew a classic Green Tea.