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What's the saying about seasonal tea picking in Grain Rain?

Grain Rain, as its name implies, means sowing grain and raining. In other words, now is the best time to sow seedlings, cultivate melons and order beans. Do you know what Grain Rain said about picking tea? Let's take a look at what Grain Rain says about seasonal tea picking. Welcome everyone to have a look!

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Why do you pick tea in Grain Rain?

The Function and Efficacy of Grain Rain Tea

Grain Rain tea is healthier than Qingming tea.

Why do you pick tea in Grain Rain?

When talking about the "tea-picking season" in Tea Shue in Ming Dynasty, Xu Cishu said, "Qingming is too early, long summer is too late, Grain Rain is around, and the time is moderate", which shows that tea-picking in Grain Rain is an ancient tradition and has certain basis and arguments.

Tea tree said why tea leaves should be picked in Grain Rain season, because the temperature is moderate and the rainfall is abundant at this time, so that tea leaves can fully carry out photosynthesis under the sunlight. In addition, after half a year's winter conditioning, the tea leaves are plump, green in color, soft in leaves, rich in vitamins and amino acids, which makes the tea taste fresh and fragrant. Because of this, when Zhu Quan talked about tea drinking methods from four aspects: tasting tea, tasting water, frying soup and ordering tea, he thought that tasting tea should be Grain Rain tea.

In addition to the tender buds, Grain Rain tea has a bud and a tender leaf or a bud and two tender leaves: tea with a bud and a tender leaf is soaked in standard water like an ancient gun, which is called a flag gun; A bud of tea with two tender leaves is like a sparrow's tongue, called a sparrow's tongue. Using Qingming tea "Lotus Heart" is a good product in a year.

Folk also said that Grain Rain tea can bring back the dead. Although this is only a legend, it can be seen that the grain rain tea has a high weight in people's hearts. Nowadays, in rural Grain Rain, it has become a big custom for people to drink Grain Rain tea. It is said that drinking tea in Grain Rain on this day will clear fire, ward off evil spirits, improve eyesight and so on. Therefore, no matter what the weather is in Grain Rain, people will go to Chashan to pick some new tea to drink.

What is Grain Rain tea?

Grain Rain tea, that is, tea before rain, is spring tea picked in Grain Rain season, also called spring catechu. The moderate temperature and abundant rainfall in spring, coupled with the recuperation of tea trees in winter for half a year, make the buds and leaves of spring shoots plump, green in color, soft in leaves, rich in vitamins and amino acids, and make spring tea taste fresh and fragrant. Grain Rain tea has a bud and a leaf or a bud and two leaves. Tea leaves with buds are soaked in water like ancient guns with labels, called flag guns; A bud and two tender leaves are like sparrow's tongue, called sparrow's tongue; With Qingming tea, it is a good product in a year. Generally, the price of tea before rain is relatively economical, the shape in water is good, and the taste is not inferior to that of tea before Ming Dynasty. Most people who drink tea usually prefer Grain Rain tea.

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The Function and Efficacy of Grain Rain Tea

1, clearing away fire and curing diseases

Grain Rain tea is warm and cool, because Grain Rain grows in mild spring, and the temperature in spring is moderate, so Grain Rain tea has the characteristics of warming and removing fire, and can be used as therapeutic tea.

2. Healthy teeth and tooth protection

The tea leaves collected before and after Grain Rain are green in color, fragrant in smell, slightly bitter and cool to chew; This kind of tea can be used to drink Camellia oleifera. Camellia oleifera is pure in orange color, delicious in taste and full of saliva. Therefore, Wuguyu tea has no concentration of ordinary tea, but it is sweet and refreshing. Achieve the effects of tooth health and tooth protection.

3, sterilization and disinfection

Spring buds, buds and leaves are rich and mellow. Grain Rain tea is fully developed due to the influence of temperature, and the leaves are full of fat juice. Fat leaf bud is also one of the unique characteristics of Grain Rain tea. Such Grain Rain tea is rich in vitamins and amino acids, rich in nutrients and minerals. It contains physiologically active components and has the functions of sterilization and disinfection. Professor Cao Jin of Hunan Medical University used Grain Rain tea and Guzhi tea to test the ability to inhibit the adhesion of Proteus, and found that Grain Rain tea and Guzhi tea had the effect of antibacterial plaque formation.

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Grain Rain tea is healthier than Qingming tea.

In people's traditional ideas, it is always believed that Qingming tea (tea picked before Qingming) is better than Grain Rain tea. Yes, Qingming tea is tender and of good quality, but after soaking for two or three times, the taste becomes weak. And the tea made in Grain Rain before, the green tea soaked in it is comfortable and vivid, such as the regeneration of branches, full of eyes in spring, rich tea fragrance and long aftertaste. After taking a sip, I suddenly felt that the fragrance was overflowing, and the impetuousness and fame and fortune in the world were dispersed. Therefore, people who love tea and know tea often treasure the tea picked before Grain Rain.

In the eyes of tea farmers, although the price of tea before the Ming Dynasty was high, it was by no means the real quality of tea. According to the saying handed down from the ancestors of tea makers, it seems that they prefer the tea before and after Grain Rain, especially the tea in Grain Rain that day. The tea picked by tea farmers on the same day is reserved for entertaining guests, and they are generally unwilling to drink it themselves. It is said that the tea picked in Grain Rain that day is very good for people's health, which can relieve the stagnation of the whole body. Diseases can be cured, and diseases can be prevented. The book Shennong Materia Medica says: Drinking tea before rain is "safe and beneficial for a long time" ... intellectual man fit but not old. Tea experts are more convincing. The reasons are as follows: First, Grain Rain tea is affected by the temperature, fully developed, rich in leaves and thick in soup, which is far more resistant to soaking than Qianming tea; Second, the price is favorable, and it is worth the money, which is suitable for the consumption level of ordinary people.