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Here is a standard method to distinguish the characters of tea.

Brewing 3g tea leaves in a bowl with 150 ml boiled water for 5 minutes.
Then....
First, tea farmers would use a china spoon to press tea leaves together gently to see the color of tea soup.
Second, smelling the fragrance kept on the spoon to find out the characters of tea.
Last, taking a sip of the tea soup to taste its sour, sweet(on the tongue), bitter, astringent, sweet(on the throat), fragrance carefully.
Actually, people are not used to drink tea like this way because it is for evaluating but not for enjoying. The normal way is to use tea pot to brew tea leaves or use tea bags with a cup or a mug usually.

Here is another interesting point.

Brewing tea leaves can be so easy :)

Tea pot set is not always necessary.
Here is an easy and simple way for everyone to drink Chinese tea.

Here we choose Oolong tea to be the sample.

1. Go to get a mug
2. Put tea leaves in the mug directly (the amount of tea leaves has to cover the bottom of your mug completely)
3. Pour hot water (95℃) into the mug roundly (for wetting tea leaves totally) until almost full
4. Waiting few minutes (around 3~5 minutes, but 3 minutes is necessary)

After these 4 steps, you can have a cup of professional Chinese tea quickly and easily. :))

Baking

Last time we mentioned that one of  major factors to influence Chinese tea is baking.
Here is the chart of Baking degree. I don't want to change the colors of tea because it  generally represents the color of these kinds of tea appropriately. So please pay more attention to the percentage in the chart.

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Green tea             綠茶              0%

Bao Zhong tea     包種茶           0%

Oolong tea          烏龍茶      0~80%

Tie Guan Yin       鐵觀音      0~80%

Oriental Beauty  東方美人         0%

Black tea              紅茶              0%

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Fermentation

Hello everyone,

Have you had some cup of Oolong tea today? :) The best way to understand tea is to drink it. There must be some tea you would like to drink it again, and it could be your entrance to enjoy the world of tea. Here are the fermentation degree of some Chinese tea....
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Green tea             綠茶               0%
Bao Zhong tea     包種茶     15~20%
Oolong tea          烏龍茶     20~30%
Tie Guan Yin       鐵觀音     40~50%
Oriental Beauty  東方美人        70%
Black tea              紅茶           100%
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Do NOT write it down or try to remember it please because it was changed all the time. The fermentation degree of teas is not a rule. It is just for consultation.