How to distinguish the grades of green tea?

The grades of green tea are from high to low: special grade, first grade, second grade, third grade, all the way to tenth grade.

Among them, special to third-grade teas are high-end teas, which can be used for gifts and personal tasting; fourth- to seventh-grade teas are mid-range teas, generally used for family drinking on weekdays, and are used in better teahouses, restaurants, and hotels. Entertaining; from the eighth level onwards, there are large pots of tea that belong to ordinary restaurants, guest houses, and teahouses and only serve tea flavor, simply for quenching thirst and relieving heat. However, grades 9 to 10 are generally no longer produced or marked with grades because they are too inferior.

High-end tea will be further subdivided out of necessity, such as "special grade AAA", "first-class A grade", "third-class AAA", which are divided on the premise of large grades, " The more A's, the better the quality, with three "A's" being the limit. Since Hangzhou produces high-end tea, the city has added an extra grade to green tea—high-quality tea, which is ranked before special grade.

In addition, if we distinguish according to the picking time, Mingqian and Yuqian tea are high-end teas, and those picked after that are ordinary teas (summer tea is the worst).

Grading of bulk green tea:

1. Primary green tea

(1) Fried green tea is divided into long-fried green tea and round-fried green tea. Long fried greens are divided into first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades, while round fried greens are divided into first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades.

(2) Roasted green tea is divided into first-level, second-level, third-level, fourth-level, fifth-level and sixth-level.

(3) Sun-dried green tea is divided into first-level, second-level, third-level, fourth-level and fifth-level.

2. Refined green tea colors are determined according to the shape and quality characteristics of color, aroma and taste, and each color is graded according to product quality.

(1) Precious eyebrows are divided into first-grade rare eyebrows, second-grade rare eyebrows, first-grade rare eyebrows, second-grade rare eyebrows, third-grade rare eyebrows, fourth-grade rare eyebrows and no grade.

(2) Pearl tea is divided into special grade, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade and unclassified grade.

(3) Yucha is divided into first level and second level.

(4) Gongxi is divided into Tegong level one, Tegong level two, Gongxi level one, Gongxi level two, Gongxi level three and unlisted level.

(5) Fengmei is not graded.

(6) Eyebrow beauty is divided into special grade, first grade, second grade and third grade. Tea slices are not graded.

(7) Baked blue and white tea blanks are divided into first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth levels.