GB/T 9833.1-2013Compressed tea - Part 1: Hua zhuan tea (English PDF)
紧压茶 第1部分:花砖茶
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Issued by
AQSIQ; SAC
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
July 19, 2013
Implementation date
December 6, 2013
Scope
GB/T 9833.1-2013 is the English-translated version of 紧压茶 第1部分:花砖茶.
Part 1 of China's national standard for compressed tea, covering hua zhuan or flower brick tea. Compressed tea exists because of a trade route: tea was carried into Tibet, Mongolia and Central Asia for centuries, and loose leaf was impossible to transport, so it was steamed and pressed into bricks that could be loaded onto animals and would keep for years. Hua zhuan is one of the dark teas of Hunan, made from coarse black raw tea and pressed into a brick weighing around a kilogram. The name refers to the golden flowers - the spores of Eurotium cristatum, a fungus deliberately cultivated during the piling stage, which is what distinguishes this family from every other tea in the world. The fungus is not a defect but the product: it transforms the tea's chemistry during fermentation and produces the mellow character the tea is valued for, and its abundance is a quality criterion. This part specifies the requirements, test methods, inspection rules, marking, labelling, packaging, transport, storage and shelf life for flower brick tea.
Document preview — GB/T 9833.1-2013
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 67.140.10
- Classification
- X 55
Issued by: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine; Standardization Administration of the PRC
Contents
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 4 Requirements
Foreword
GB/T 9833 "Pressed" is divided into nine sections.
--- Part 1. Flower brick tea;
--- Part 2. black brick;
--- Part 3. Fu tea;
--- Part 4. Kang brick tea;
--- Part 5. Tuocha;
--- Part 6. tea tight;
--- Part 7. golden tip tea;
--- Part 8. m brick;
--- Part 9. brick tea. This part of GB/T 9833 Part 1. This section drafted in accordance with GB/T 1.1-2009 given rules. This Part replaces GB/T 9833.1-2002 "Pressed Flower brick tea." Compared with GB/T 9833.1-2002, major technological changes as follows:
--- Remove physical and chemical indicators in Note 1, the physical and chemical indicators of water extracts to determining indicators;
--- Health indicators using GB 2762 "contaminants in food limited", GB 2763 "national food safety standards for pesticides in food Maximum Residue Limits "and GB 26130" food paraquat and other 54 kinds of pesticide maximum residue limits "requirement, instead of defunct GB 9679-1988 "tea health standards";
--- Judgment rule to the project according to the requirements of Chapter 4, any one of non-compliant products as unqualified products. This part is proposed by the China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives. This part of the National Technical Committee of Standardization Tea (SAC/TC339) centralized. This section was drafted by: China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives Hangzhou Tea Research Institute, China Tea Circulation Association, Hunan Tea Co. Secretary, Hunan white Shaxi tea factory limited liability company. The main drafters of this section. Weng Kun, Yangxiu Fang, Wang, Xi-end, Zhou Chong Wang, cooper Liuxue Hui Mei Yu, Zeng Xuejun, Zhang Lingling, Zhang Yali. This part of the standard replaces the previous editions are.
--- GB/T 9833.1-1988; GB/T 9833.1-2002. Pressed Part 1. brick flower
1 Scope
Part 1 of China's national standard for compressed tea, covering hua zhuan or flower brick tea. Compressed tea exists because of a trade route: tea was carried into Tibet, Mongolia and Central Asia for centuries, and loose leaf was impossible to transport, so it was steamed and pressed into bricks that could be loaded onto animals and would keep for years. Hua zhuan is one of the dark teas of Hunan, made from coarse black raw tea and pressed into a brick weighing around a kilogram. The name refers to the golden flowers - the spores of Eurotium cristatum, a fungus deliberately cultivated during the piling stage, which is what distinguishes this family from every other tea in the world. The fungus is not a defect but the product: it transforms the tea's chemistry during fermentation and produces the mellow character the tea is valued for, and its abundance is a quality criterion. This part specifies the requirements, test methods, inspection rules, marking, labelling, packaging, transport, storage and shelf life for flower brick tea.
GB/T 9833 provisions of this part of the brick flower requirements, test methods, inspection rules, marking, labeling, packaging, transportation, storage and security Shelf. This section applies to black raw tea leaves as the main raw material, through Maocha screening, blending semi-finished products, pile, steam pressing, drying, finished package Process equipment and other flowers made of brick.
2 Normative references
The following documents for the application of this document is essential. For dated references, only the dated version suitable for use herein Member. For undated references, the latest edition (including any amendments) applies to this document.
GB/T 191 Packaging - Pictorial signs
GB 2762 Contaminants in Foods Limited
GB 2763 National Food Safety Standard maximum residue limits for pesticides in food
GB 7718 National Food Safety Standard pre-packaged food labels General GB/T 8302 sampling tea
GB/T 8304 Determination of tea points
GB/T 8305 Determination of tea extract
GB/T 8306 Determination of total ash tea
GB/T 23776 tea sensory evaluation method
GB 26130 food paraquat and other 54 kinds of pesticide Maximum Residue Limits GH/T 1070 General tea packaging GH/T 1071 General Store tea
JJF1070 prepackaged goods measured net content inspection rules State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine [2005] 75 of Decree prepackaged goods measured Regulatory Measures State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine decided [2009] 123 Decree on Amending the "food labeling regulations," Level 3 and the physical samples Brick flower regardless of grade. Standard samples for the physical quality of the lowest limit, replaced every five years.
4 Requirements
4.1 sensory quality Sensory quality standards should be consistent with the physical kind. Shape. brick flat, clear patterns, angular, uniform thickness, color dark brown, no black mold, white mold, Penicillium and other fungi.
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Referenced standards
Normative references
- GB/T 191Graphical symbols marking for handling and storage of packages
- GB 2762National food safety standard - Limits of contaminants in food
- GB 2763National food safety standard-Maximum residue limits for pesticides in food
- GB 7718National food safety standard - General rules for the labelling of prepackaged foods
- GB/T 23776Methodology for sensory evaluation of tea
GB/T 8302 · GB/T 8304 · GB/T 8305 · GB/T 8306 · GB 26130 · JJF1070
Cited by
- GB/T 9833.2-2013Compressed tea - Part 2: Hei zhuan tea
- GB/T 9833.3-2013Compressed tea - Part 3: Fu zhuan tea
- GB/T 9833.4-2013Compressed tea - Part 4: Kang zhuan tea
- GB/T 9833.5-2013Compressed tea - Part 5: Tuo tea
- GB/T 9833.6-2013Compressed tea - Part 6: Jin tea
- GB/T 9833.8-2013Compressed tea - Part 8: Mi zhuan tea
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