When will Xinyang Maojian tea be picked?

The picking time of Xinyang Maojian tea is about 40 days, usually from mid-March to the end of May. In the first two days, the harvest was very small, which was called "running to the top of the mountain", and most of them were harvested before Grain Rain, which was also called "Maojian before the rain".

At the end of May, the harvest period of spring tea stopped for 5 days, and then summer tea was harvested, and the harvest period was about 1 month.

Autumn buds sprout in August and September, which is called "autumn tea".

Xinyang Maojian tea, also known as Mao Feng, belongs to green tea. It is one of the top ten famous teas in China and one of the famous specialties in Henan Province. The main producing areas are Shihe District of Xinyang City (formerly Xinyang City), Pingqiao District (formerly Xinyang County) and luoshan county. Created by Han tea farmers. In the early years of the Republic of China, five tea clubs in Xinyang tea area produced high-quality Benshan Maojian tea, which was officially named "Xinyang Maojian".

Xinyang Maojian tea has a unique style of "thin, round, bright, straight, white hair, high aroma, strong taste and green soup color", and has many functions such as promoting fluid production to quench thirst, clearing heart and improving eyesight, refreshing the mind, removing greasy and promoting digestion.

Xinyang Maojian tea has a unique personality in color, aroma, taste and shape. Its color is fresh and clean, without impurities. Its fragrance is elegant and fresh, and its taste is fresh and sweet. From the appearance, it is uniform, bright green, shiny and has obvious whiteness.

Generally refers to the tea collected before the end of May of that year. After a winter break, the new shoots and buds of spring tea are plump, tender, hairy and rich in effective substances, which is the best period of the year.

Tea picked in front of Grain Rain (around April 20th of Gregorian calendar). In spring, the temperature is moderate and the rainfall is abundant. The growth of tea has been fully blossomed, with a bud and a leaf formally formed.

Tea picked before the end of spring (the end of May in the solar calendar). Compared with tea for tomorrow and tea before rain, the strip shape is slightly worse, but it is durable and delicious, and the price is relatively cheap. Most of the ordinary tea that local people drink is spring tea.

References:

Xinyang Maojian Tea _ Baidu Encyclopedia