When will the green tea be picked?

Qingming tea is made from the tender buds collected during the Qingming period, and it is the earliest batch of tea in a year. Due to the moderate temperature and abundant rainfall in spring, spring tea generally has no pests and diseases, no need to use pesticides, and tea is pollution-free and rich in vitamins and amino acids. The fragrance is mellow, peculiar and elegant, and it is a good product in a year. Emperor Qing Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River to enjoy Longjing tea, praising it as "tender before the fire, old after the fire, and only riding the fire is the best." Grain Rain tea refers to the spring tea harvested in Grain Rain season, also called spring catechu. In addition to picking tender buds, Grain Rain tea also has one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves, which was the best of Qingming tea in that year. Xu Cishu in the Ming Dynasty mentioned in Tea Sparse that "Qingming is too early, long summer is too late, and around Grain Rain, the time is moderate." It can be seen that Qianming tea and Grain Rain tea are highly regarded by everyone because of their early collection of endoplasm.

Compared with Qingming tea and Grain Rain tea, it is hot in summer, and the tea tree grows rapidly, so it is easy to age. There is a saying that "tea grows overnight and grows strong in summer". Although the weather in autumn tea is mild, it is dry, and the tea trees picked in spring and summer are not only lacking in intrinsic quality, but also easy to wither. The quality of tea is not as good as that of spring tea, but spring tea is not necessarily the best tea in a year. When is the best tea that year?

Although spring tea is good, not every tea garden can produce delicious spring tea due to the influence of weather change or poor management of tea gardens. The quality of Mingqian tea and Grain Rain tea is also good or bad. Coupled with market factors, many merchants take advantage of people's psychology of catching up early, shoddy or picking tea in advance, resulting in insufficient tea quality. Some people think that Qingming tea and Grain Rain tea are the earliest new teas in a year. They pursue freshness and drink them as soon as they buy them. However, the new tea classics often smell of fire, which is actually very harmful to the stomach. Even green tea is not suitable for fresh drinking. In addition, black tea and white tea are more fragrant as they are preserved. The longer they are preserved, the more mellow they taste and the better their nutrition. So, it's really hard to say when tea is best. There are good teas all year round, and different seasons are suitable for different teas. There is no need to rush to drink tea.