Wuyi Rock Tea

Author: Nanqiang
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The book The Art of Wuyi Rock Tea emphasizes the sensory aesthetics during the brewing and tasting process of Wuyi Rock Tea, revealing people's inner life insights. What is particularly pleasing is that the author not only focuses on the literary quality of the narrative but also on its scientific rigor. Just flip through the chapter Reading the Rock Aroma, and see how he "interprets" the typical characteristics of Wuyi Rock Tea's "rock aroma." He first analyzes the four-character summary "aroma, clarity, sweetness, vitality" by the late Qing Dynasty celebrity Liang Zhangju, and the modern evaluation "rock bones and floral fragrance," then traces it back to its roots, pointing out that "rock aroma" is the special feeling and pleasure experienced by tea drinkers when tasting rock tea. He specifically and accurately describes the various sensory characteristics of rock tea in terms of color, aroma, and taste. Still not satisfied, he further elaborates on the taste of rock tea, dividing it into sweetness, richness, freshness, and smoothness, and integrates these sensory flavors to explain Liang Zhangju's "vitality" as "lively and dynamic," "versatile," and "endless," until it becomes as ethereal as an immortal, admiring "How majestic are the Wuyi high mountains, how vast are the Nine Curves' flowing waters!"