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What if the Pu'er tea cake is too hard to pry open?

Use the tea knife to pry the tea cake: insert the tea knife from the side of the tea cake along the edge. Push the tea knife into the tea cake. Push up and pry the tea cake open and peel off. Pry it open layer by layer along the gap between the tea leaves in the same way. The tea cake has been pried loose. Use the tea cone to pry the tea: insert the tea cone along the edge of the inner vortex of the tea cake. Slowly peel off along the edge of the inner vortex of tuo tea. The tea cake has been pried loose.

The following methods can be used: use Pu'er knife or tea knife, cut from the edge of the cake to the center, first cut around, then cut out from the center, and finally pat the cut hard, the cake can be successfully separated. Soak the cake in boiling water, soak it soft and take it out, then separate it with Pu'er knife or tea knife. Put the Pu'er tea cake into a hot cup, fill it with warm water, wait for about 10 minutes, soften the cake, and then open the tea cake.

When the hardness of the Pu'er tea cake is moderate, you can use the tea knife to find the "breakthrough" of pressing the tea cake and carefully pry it open along the tea level. For authentic Pu'er tea cakes, they are usually pressed according to levels and can be broken directly by hand along these levels. If the compression degree of Pu'er tea cake is slightly higher, it is recommended to use a special Pu'er tea knife to pry it open from the side to avoid damaging the structure of the tea cake.

Pry open layer by layer: remember to pry layer by layer along the gap between the tea leaves, so that the tea cakes can be completely broken up. Pay attention to the technique: don't pry too hard, be gentle, or the tea may break and affect the taste. In this way, you can easily open the hard Pu'er tea cake! Remember, patience and carefulness are the key.

If the Pu'er tea cake is too hard to pry open, you can choose special tools, such as tea needle and tea knife, and gently push along the edge of the tea cake. You can also heat the Pu'er tea cake in a pot to soften it, which will make it easier to open.

How to open the tea cake

Place the tea cakes on clean utensils or paper. Take the tea knife out of the scabbard and find a more comfortable angle to hold the handle. Lift one side of the tea cake about 45 °, press the tea cake with one hand, and enter the knife from the side of the tea cake with the other hand. When looking for the entry point on the side, you should look for the gap between the tea cake. starting from the gap, the tea knife will be more likely to pierce the tea cake and will not hurt the tea.

Using Pu'er knife or tea knife, cut from the edge of the cake to the center, first cut around, then cut out from the center, and finally pat the cut hard, the cake can be successfully separated. Soak the cake in boiling water, soak it soft and take it out, then separate it with Pu'er knife or tea knife. Put the Pu'er tea cake into a hot cup, fill it with warm water, wait for about 10 minutes, soften the cake, and then open the tea cake.

Use tools: you can gently scrape it with tea needles, knives or toothless knives. The outer package is torn open: the outer packaging of some tea cakes is relatively loose, you can first tear open the outer paper shell, and then gently fold the tea cakes. Hot water infusion: soften the tea cake with warm water or hot water, then fold it gently, do not pull it open hard, so as not to damage the tea.

How to open tea cakes, tea needles and pry tea. Choose one of the two between tea needle and tea cone, which is suitable for pressing loose brick tea and tuo tea. Insert hard along the edge of the inner vortex of Tuocha, slowly peel off and pry it, or slowly peel and pry along the outer edge of Tuocha, so that Tuocha can be easily broken up. Remove the tea with both hands.

How to open the tea cake of Pu'er tea

1. Use the tea knife to pry the tea cake: insert the tea knife from the side of the tea cake along the edge. Push the tea knife into the tea cake. Push up and pry the tea cake open and peel off. Pry it open layer by layer along the gap between the tea leaves in the same way. The tea cake has been pried loose. Use the tea cone to pry the tea: insert the tea cone along the edge of the inner vortex of the tea cake. Slowly peel off along the edge of the inner vortex of tuo tea. The tea cake has been pried loose.

2. When opening the Pu'er tea cake, put the tea nest facing yourself, start from the edge, pull the tea cake in the opposite direction, after repeated several times, pull out the loose cable, and then poke with the tea needle from the gap on the edge of the cake to the center of the circle. when it is more loose, you can pull the tea cake into small pieces with both hands. You can also gently scratch the tea knife from the loose position on the side, and at this time the surface of Pu'er tea cake will fall off.

3. Use a tea knife:-remove the outer package of Pu'er tea cake and make the back face up. -insert the tea cake from the edge of the tea cake with a tea knife, pry it up and pry it open carefully to avoid damaging the structure of the tea cake. Throwing method:-put the Pu'er tea cake on a hard surface. -gently tap the tea cake with a clean table or hard object until the tea cake is loose. After opening the cake, it can be brewed.

4. Tea cakes are pressed together layer by layer, and find the connection point between layers, which is the most vulnerable part of Pu'er tea. (2) finding the connection point is our starting point, pushing the tea knife vertically into the tea cake.