Tea lovers drink tea every day, but have they ever wondered what the leaves and the tea liquor look like under an electron microscope? Someone conducted a fun experiment with several types of Chinese Tea. They brewed each type following standard procedures and placed the most suitable tea liquor for tasting, along with fully unfurled tea leaves, on a slide to observe them under a 1500x electron microscope…

Thus began a magical journey of interstellar travel.

1

Sheng Pu'er Planet

Type of Tea: Yi Wu Loose Leaf

Amount of Tea: 7g

Water Volume: 110ml

First Infusion: 15 seconds

Fourth Infusion: 10 seconds (used for observing the tea liquor)

Sheng Pu'er Tea Liquor: I am not transparent, and I have many little black dots.

The Sheng Pu'er tea liquor does not contain transparent circular spots; instead, it has irregularly shaped dark spots.

Sheng Pu'er Tea Leaves: Like mud-covered glass balls.

The texture of the Sheng Pu'er tea leaves resembles dried, darkened soil without bubbles or streaks.

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Ripe Pu'er Planet

Type of Tea: Yi Wu Ripe Pu'er

Amount of Tea: 7g

Water Volume: 110ml

First Infusion: 5 seconds

Fourth Infusion: 10 seconds (used for observing the tea liquor)

Ripe Pu'er Tea Liquor: I am a lonely little planet in the Milky Way.

The transparent circular spots in the Ripe Pu'er tea liquor are not evenly distributed across the entire image but resemble a single line, much like a flowing stream.

Ripe Pu'er Tea Leaves: The top half looks like water ripples, and the bottom half looks like mountain ridges, with distinct characteristics!

3

Green Tea Planet

Type of Tea: Luan Guapian

Amount of Tea: 3g

Water Volume: 110ml

First Infusion: 15 seconds

Second Infusion: 20 seconds (used for observation)

Green Tea Liquor: It appears calm, but it's actually turbulent.

The green tea liquor looks solidified on the slide, but under the microscope, it is constantly moving.

Green Tea Leaves: Numerous straight lines form countless irregular shapes.

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White Tea Planet

Type of Tea: Bai Mudan

Amount of Tea: 3g

Water Volume: 110ml

First Infusion: 15 seconds

Second Infusion: 10 seconds (used for observation)

White Tea Liquor: The most lively water patterns.

The white tea liquor is thin, and the mottled patterns seen are partly due to the slide itself, but its circular spots are not prominent, almost transparent.

White Tea Leaves: Tiny bubbles shining like stars.

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Black Tea Planet

Type of Tea: Dian Hong

Amount of Tea: 3g

Water Volume: 110ml

First Infusion: 10 seconds

Second Infusion: 10 seconds (used for observation)

Black Tea Liquor: The tea liquor with the most circular spots in the tea world, do you understand? The black tea liquor displays numerous tiny circular spots, densely packed.

Black Tea Leaves: Don't mistake me for Mars!

After being magnified 1500 times, the black tea leaves appear as small hills standing on the leaf surface, somewhat resembling clouds floating above.

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Yellow Tea Planet

Type of Tea: Mengding Yellow Bud

Amount of Tea: 3g

Water Volume: 110ml

First Infusion: 15 seconds

Second Infusion: 10 seconds (for observing the tea liquor, observe the tea leaves after the fifth infusion)

Yellow Tea Liquor: I represent the moon to defeat you!

Although similar to green tea, this is truly yellow tea, displaying very small green spots that differ from those of black tea.

Yellow Tea Leaves: My appearance is most similar to Earth, but I'm not your ‘big brother.'

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Dark Tea Planet

Type of Tea: Anhua