A tea enthusiast once said: There are some basic tea facts that every tea drinker must know. But how many of the facts shared by the editor today do you, a tea lover, actually understand?

It's okay if you don't know today, and it's nothing to be ashamed of. Chinese tea culture is vast and profound. Even foreigners say, "One tea, one moment; one leaf, one universe." The most important ways to improve your knowledge are studying and not being ashamed to ask. Today, let's talk about these practical and reliable tea facts.

1. Drinking tea immediately after a meal does not aid digestion; on the contrary, it can hinder it.

2. Pu'er raw tea will not become ripe tea no matter how long it is aged. Ripe tea is a result of processing, not merely time.

3. Not all teas are better when fresh. They need to have their "fire" or "coldness" reduced through resting to be more beneficial for the body.

4. Black tea is not 'Hei Cha' (dark tea); it is 'Hong Cha' (red tea).

5. Chrysanthemum "tea" is a flower infusion, not true tea (from the Camellia sinensis plant).

6. Don't believe that the first infusion of tea is beneficial for health. Rinsing it makes it healthier.

7. Drinking tea does not cause calcium loss. On the contrary, moderate tea consumption is beneficial for calcium absorption.

8. Dongting Biluochun tea is from Dongting Mountain in Jiangsu, not Dongting Lake in Hunan.

9. Anji White Tea belongs to the green tea category, not white tea.

10. Da Hong Pao belongs to the oolong tea category, not red tea.

11. Jasmine tea is not better for having visible flowers; it is tea, after all, not flowers.

12. Junshan Yinzhen belongs to the yellow tea category, not white tea.

13. Oolong tea is Qing Cha (green tea). No matter how "dark" it is, it's still categorized as a type of green tea.

14. Beigang Maojian and Weishan Maojian are yellow teas, not green teas.

15. Matcha is a specially processed tea powder, not simply ground green tea.

16. Aged Pu'er tea can be very valuable, but it is not necessarily made from ancient tree leaves.

17. Yunnan Moonlight White is a white tea, not a type of Pu'er tea.

18. The commonly referred to "Liu'an Tea" is usually not the green tea Liu'an Guapian, but a type of dark tea.

19. Pure ancient tree tea does not mean it contains no blending. Blending is absolute; purity is relative.

20. Pu'er tea is not more valuable just because it is older. Garbage from 100 years ago is still garbage today.