Da Hong Pao or “Big Red Robe” is an elite Chinese tea with a refined aroma and rich flavor bouquet. To fully discover the delicious qualities of this amazing drink, Da Hong Pao needs to be brewed properly.
According to the tea class "Big Red Robe" belongs to oolongs, therefore, when preparing this drink, the rules for brewing oolongs are taken as a basis.
Features of brewing Da Hong Pao
To brew this noble drink, it is recommended to use filtered or spring water: ordinary tap water will not work, since it will ruin the taste of even the highest quality tea. The taste and beneficial properties of tea directly depend on the temperature of the water used to brew this drink. The optimum water temperature is considered to be 90 ° C - 93 ° C. In no case should you use boiling water to brew tea leaves: too high a temperature will destroy most of the beneficial properties of oolong.
Da Hong Pao is usually brewed in a porcelain, earthen or glass teapot, or in a gaiwan. It is desirable that the volume of the infuser be 180-200 ml (it is recommended to take 5-7 g of dry tea for this amount of water). Before brewing, a kettle or gaiwan should be well warmed up: for this, hot water is collected in the dishes, and after 40-50 seconds it is drained.
Tea brewing process
The Big Red Robe is brewed 5-7 times. Zero brewing awakens the tea and cleanses it of all kinds of unnecessary impurities that can get into the raw materials during the production and storage of tea. This procedure is carried out as follows: dry raw materials are poured with hot water and the tea leaves are immediately drained. This drink does not need to be poured into the sink: it is used to warm tea bowls and Cha Hai.
After zero brewing, you should wait 2-3 minutes: during this time, the tea leaves will "open up" a little. Then Da Hong Pao is poured with hot water, kept for 30-40 seconds and the drink is poured into Cha Hai, and from there the tea is poured into bowls. Typically, the first infusion has a spicy aroma and a mild taste.
The time for subsequent spills is increased by 20-30 seconds. Moreover, after each such brewing "Big Red Robe" will appear with new notes of aroma and amazing taste (there will be sweetish notes of vanilla, and fruity aroma, and the fragrance of flowers, and honey tints). If after the next brewing it seems that the drink has become weak, you can try to increase the time of the next infusion by 1-2 minutes.
Undoubtedly, with such a tea drinking, the energy of Cha Qi tea will pleasantly envelop every cell of the body, relieving stress and giving calmness, as well as pacification.
