Does anyone know the picking time of Tieguanyin tea? Thank you!

The harvesting time is as follows: Spring tea is from Grain Rain to Changchun (from mid-April to early May), and the output accounts for 45%-50% of the total annual output; Summer solstice is summer tea (from mid-June to early July), and the output accounts for 25%-30% of the total annual output; The period from beginning of autumn to Sichuan (early August to late August) is Sichuan tea, and its output accounts for15%-20% of the total annual output; Autumn tea is from autumnal equinox to cold dew (from late September to early October of 10), and its output accounts for 10%-15% of the total annual output. Among them, the quality of Tieguanyin tea in autumn is the best, and the output of spring tea is more, accounting for about 40%-45% of the whole year; Autumn tea has the strongest aroma, commonly known as autumn fragrance, and its output accounts for about 15%-20%. In summer, the thin strips of tea are bitter and the aroma is poor; Tea is better than summer tea.

The picking time of Tieguanyin

The picking of Tieguanyin is very particular. It germinated at the end of March and was mined in early May. Because of the low latitude in southern Fujian, the tea picking time in Anxi is about half a month earlier than that in northern Fujian. The weather of tea-picking day in Anxi is better on sunny days with north wind, so local tea-picking is mostly carried out before 9: 00 am to 4: 00 pm on sunny days, and the quality of tea is better in sunny afternoons. Pay great attention to the change of weather when picking tea. Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" records: "It's sunny and rainy." Tea green cannot be collected in rainy days and cloudy days, because it is difficult to form sweetness and aroma of tea collected in this weather. Authentic Tieguanyin tea can only be picked between 9 am and 4 pm. In each tea season, there is a slight north wind on sunny days, and picking is the top from 2 pm to 5 pm; Picking is medium at 9: 00 am-12 am on cloudy days; Picking in rainy days and before 9 am

Collected at different times can be divided into morning tea, afternoon tea and Erwu tea, but tea farmers in some places are still used to calling them tea dishes. Afternoon tea refers to the tea green collected from 7: 00 am to 10. The tea collected at this time is bitter. At night, the dew is not dry, and the leaves are all water, so it is difficult to bake. Chaze at noon refers to the tea green collected from 10 in the morning to 1 in the afternoon, and Erwu tea collected from 2 to 5 in the afternoon. Both kinds of tea have been dried in the sun because of dew, and their water content is less, which is much better than that at noon. Tea collected in different periods should be made separately to facilitate quality control.

Due to the influence of climate, varieties and cultivation management conditions, the collection and processing of tea are inconsistent in the morning and evening. Even in the same tea area or even the same tea garden, there may be a difference of 5-20 days between years due to climate and management reasons. Because the growth of tea trees is different in different tea seasons, even the tea leaves collected in different tea seasons in the same tea garden have great differences in appearance and quality.

Tieguanyin common sense related reading:

Picking standard of Tieguanyin

The standard of picking fresh leaves is very strict. Wait until the buds grow to 3-5 leaves and are about to mature. However, when the top leaves are open to 60% to 70%, 2-4 leaves are picked, commonly known as open face mining. According to the elongation of new leaves, there are small, medium and large open faces. The area of the first leaf with a small opening at the top of the bud tip is equivalent to1/2 of the second leaf; The area of the first leaf with the middle opening at the top of the bud tip is equivalent to 2/3 of the second leaf; The area of the top leaf with a large opening surface is similar to that of the second leaf. In spring and autumn, tea leaves are "picked", that is, when the top leaves are unfolded and there are buds, one, two or three leaves are picked; Summer tea is suitable for tender picking and small noodles. When picking, don't break the leaves, break the leaves, don't touch the tips of the leaves, and don't take single pieces, fish leaves and old terrier. In addition, fresh tea leaves in different growing areas and different picking time should be picked separately, especially early green, afternoon green and late green, and afternoon green has the best quality.

Picking method of Tieguanyin

Tieguanyin adopts the plane picking method with fixed height, that is, according to the growth of tea trees, the picking surface with a certain height is determined, all buds on the vertical plane are picked, and all buds under the vertical plane are reserved. This method can form a deeper vegetative growth layer, make full use of light energy, improve germination rate, promote yield increase and improve quality. Tea trees with vigorous buds are picked twice. Pick a bud, three or four leaves according to the standard for the first time, and the picking in the next season will be appropriately improved on the basis of this picking surface.

In addition, manual and mechanical sorting can be used. Compared with manual picking, the efficiency of mechanical picking is increased by 4- 13 times, the cost is reduced by 40%, and the quality of fresh leaves basically reaches the standard of manual picking.