ʻO Bai Hao Yin Zhen Needle Kālā Keʻokeʻo #1
Bai haoyin ʻO zhen ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo White Hair Silver Needle, he kī keʻokeʻo i hana ʻia ma Fujian Province ma Kina.ʻO ka nila kala a i ʻole Bai Hao Yin Zhen a i ʻole ʻo Yin Zhen wale nō ka ʻano kī keʻokeʻo Pākē.Ma waena o nā kī keʻokeʻo, ʻo ia ke ʻano kumu kūʻai nui loa a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, no ka mea, ʻo nā ʻōpuʻu kiʻekiʻe (nā lau lau) o ka mea kanu camellia sinensis i hoʻohana ʻia e hana i ke kī.Hana ʻia nā Needles kālā maoli mai nā mea kanu o ka ʻohana lāʻau kī ʻo Da Bai (Large White).Manaʻo nui ʻia ʻo Chinese Silver Needle (Yin Zhen) ʻo ke kī keʻokeʻo maikaʻi loa ma ka honua.He nani ke ʻike ʻia me nā ʻōpuʻu kī a pau, tʻO ka brew māmā he mea leʻaleʻa a ʻoluʻolu iki.
I nā makahiki mua o Jiaqing i ka Qing Dynasty (AD 1796), ua hoʻoulu maikaʻi ʻia ʻo Baihao Yinzhen mai ke kī kīʻaha ma Fuding.Ua hoʻomaka ka lawe ʻana aku o Baihao Yinzhen i ka makahiki 1891. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Baihao Yinzhen ma mua ʻo Luxueya, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ke kupuna o ke kī keʻokeʻo.Ua kanu ʻia ka lāʻau makuahine ma ke ana ʻo Hongxue ma ka mauna ʻo Taimu ma Fuding. He kī keʻokeʻo ka Needle Kālā maoli.No laila, ua oxidized māmā wale.ʻO nā mea i ʻimi nui ʻia mai nā ʻōpala mua, e hana maʻamau ma waena o ka hopena o Malaki a i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻApelila, i ka wā e "flush" ai nā ʻōpuʻu hou o ka makahiki.No ka hana ʻana i ka Needle Kālā, ʻo nā ʻōpuʻu lau wale nō, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻōpuʻu lau ma mua o ka wehe ʻana.ʻAʻole e like me ka ʻohi ʻana i ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻo ka manawa kūpono a me ke aniau no ka ʻohi ʻana i ke kī keʻokeʻo he kakahiaka lā ke kiʻekiʻe ka lā e hoʻomaloʻo ai i ke koena o ka wai ma luna o nā ʻōpuʻu.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, waiho ʻia nā ʻōhi i loko o nā hīnaʻi pāpaʻu e maloʻo ma lalo o ka lā no ka manawa lōʻihi, a ʻo ka maikaʻi maikaʻi loa i hana ʻia i kēia lā ke hana ʻia nei.I mea e pale aku ai i ka pohō ma muli o ka ua hikiwawe, ʻino, a i ʻole nā pōʻino ʻē aʻe, lawe kekahi mau mea hana i nā ʻohi i loko o ka hale e maloʻo i loko o kahi keʻena me ka kahe ʻana o ka ea mehana.Hoʻopili ʻia nā ʻōpuʻu palupalu no ka enzyme oxidation i makemake ʻia (pinepine hewa ʻia ʻo ka fermentation) ma mua o ka lawe ʻia ʻana no kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa bake-maloʻo.
Hōʻike ʻono maʻamau: Aia ka ʻala ma ka ʻaoʻao māmā akā me ka nui o ka paʻakikī: hiki ke loaʻa i nā huaʻai, pua, lāʻau, mauʻu, a me nā memo e like me ka mauʻu.ʻO ke ʻano he maʻalahi i ka waena, hiki ke heluhelu ʻia he "ʻokiʻoki" a ʻoluʻolu paha a ʻoluʻolu i nā pōʻaiapili kūpono!