Why wash tea before drinking?

I have written many articles about "tea", in line with the purpose of sharing more tea knowledge for the majority of tea lovers, I always feel that there are still many important tea knowledge that has not been shared with everyone. Today I want to write about the knowledge of tea drinking skills. Tea has a long history of thousands of years in China, and in China, tea culture is very strong. Tea has long been not just an ordinary leaf used to quench thirst, but a "magical thing" that gives it too much "inspiration" and "thought", drinking tea is a double enjoyment of the senses and the soul.

However, in order to taste the charm of tea, in addition to the requirement of high-quality tea, you must also master the art of brewing tea, otherwise even if it is a good tea, if you do not know how to brew, the result will be unsatisfactory. The brewing process of tea, generally speaking, can be roughly divided into several major steps such as tea casting, tea washing, first, second and third brewing, and each of these steps has its own operation skills and specific meaning, we have to master one by one to brew a good pot of tea. Today, I am not exhaustive, I just want to talk about the "tea washing" link in detail.

Many people should see that when everyone makes tea, after putting the tea leaves into the teapot, the first brew must be thrown out, in fact, this is the so-called "washing tea". For the step of washing tea, in fact, there is a lot of controversy and questions among tea drinkers, specifically there are the following voices: Is all tea, need to wash tea before drinking tea? Is it necessary to wash tea? Is tea washing for cleanliness or to improve the quality of tea drinking? Can washing tea wash away pesticide residues and harmful substances in tea? Wait, let's answer these questions one by one.